The Greatest Satire Books of All Time

Click to learn how this list is calculated.

This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

View: List Grid Table
Filter by: Genres Dates Countries

Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17120 You Bright and Risen Angels William T. Vollmann 1987 American English
17120 Creamy and Delicious Steve Katz 1970 American Unknown
17120 Mulligan Stew Gilbert Sorrentino 1979 American English
17120 Hogg Samuel R. Delany 1995 American English
17120 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17120 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17120 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17120 The Trotternama I. Allan Sealy 1988 Indian English
17120 The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie 1999 British English
17120 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17120 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
17120 Limbo Bernard Wolfe 1952 American English
17120 Journey Beyond Tomorrow Robert Sheckley 1962 American English
17120 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1982 American English
17120 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17120 1,000 Years Of Annoying The French Stephen Clarke 2010 British English
17120 Wall And Piece Banksy 2005 British English
17120 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17120 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
16951 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
17120 Bad Jews Joshua Harmon 2013 American English
16759 The Suicide Nikolai Erdman 1928 Russian Russian
17120 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17120 Mister Monkey Francine Prose 2016 American English
17120 The Golden Spur Dawn Powell 1962 American English
17120 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
16858 The Wit Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1900 Irish English
17120 Social Satire And The Modern Novel Paul Rich 1984 Unknown Unknown
17120 The Hostage Brendan Behan 1958 Irish English
17120 Modern Chivalry Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1792 American English
17120 Sheppard Lee Robert Montgomery Bird 1836 American English
17120 Some Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs Johnson Jones Hooper 1845 American English
17120 The Quaker City, Or The Monks Of Monk Hall George Lippard 1845 American English
17120 The Dictionary Of Fashionable Nonsense Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom 2004 British English
17120 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17120 Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist Emile Habibi 1974 Palestinian Arabic
16873 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese
17120 Please Don’t Call Me Human Wang Shuo 1991 Chinese Chinese
17120 Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
16825 Laughable Loves Milan Kundera 1969 Czech Czech
16888 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut 1961 American English
17120 Bluebeard Kurt Vonnegut 1987 American English
17120 Glamorama Bret Easton Ellis 1998 American English
17120 Survivor Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
16853 Coming Up For Air George Orwell 1939 British English
17120 The Acid House Irvine Welsh 1994 British English
17120 Omon Ra Victor Pelevin 1992 Russian Russian
17120 The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul Douglas Adams 1988 British English
17120 The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea 1975 American English
16935 Singular Travels, Campaigns And Adventures Of Baron Munchausen R. E. Raspe 1785 German German
17120 Kalki Gore Vidal 1978 American English
17120 Choke Chuck Palahniuk 2001 American English
17120 Timequake Kurt Vonnegut 1997 American English
17120 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17120 Diary Chuck Palahniuk 2003 American English
17120 The Rum Diary Hunter S. Thompson 1998 American English
17120 Hocus Pocus Kurt Vonnegut 1990 American English
16768 Mac Flecknoe, Or, A Satyr Upon The True Blew Protestant Poet, T. S. John Dryden 1682 British English
17120 On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 American English
17120 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17120 Quichotte Salman Rushdie 2019 British English
17120 Peterdown David Annand 2021 British English
17120 I Survived Capitalism And All I Got Was This Lousy T Shirt Madeline Pendleton 2024 Unknown English
17090 How To Be Good Nick Hornby 1960 British English
17120 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17120 Shakespeare For Squirrels Christopher Moore 2020 American English
17120 Fool Christopher Moore 2009 American English
17120 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17120 How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired Dany Laferriere 1989 Canadian French
17120 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17120 Alexandra Petri's Us History Alexandra Petri 2023 American English
17120 Semi Tough Dan Jenkins 1972 American English
17120 The Golf Omnibus P. G. Wodehouse 1966 British English
17120 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17120 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17120 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17120 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17120 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17120 Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17120 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17120 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17120 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
16887 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17120 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17042 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17076 Uncle’s Dream Fyodor Dostoevsky 1859 Russian Russian
16769 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17120 Il Paradiso Degli Orchi Daniel Pennac 1985 French Italian
17120 Tales Of The Unexpected Roald Dahl 1979 British English
17120 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17120 What ʿīsā Ibn Hishām Told Us Muhammad Salih al-Jabri Unknown Arabic
17120 Stage Of Fools Charles Brady Unknown English
17120 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17120 This Won’t Help Eli Grober 2023 Unknown English
17120 Black Friend Ziwe 2023 Unknown English
17120 The English Experience Julie Schumacher 2023 American English
17120 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17120 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17120 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17120 Confidence Rafael Frumkin 2023 Unknown English
17006 An Unpleasant Predicament Fyodor Dostoevsky 1862 Russian Russian
17120 The Motion Of The Body Through Space Lionel Shriver 2020 American English
17120 Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend M.J. Wassmer Unknown Unknown
17120 The People Trap Robert Sheckley 1968 American English
17120 The Seasick Whale Ephraim Kishon 1965 Israeli Hebrew
17120 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17120 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17120 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17120 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17041 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17120 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17088 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17120 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17120 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17120 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17120 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17120 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17120 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English
17120 The Last Voyage Of Somebody The Sailor John Barth 1991 American English