The Greatest Satire Books of All Time

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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.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
17172 The Franchiser Stanley Elkin 1976 American English
17172 Up Ronald Sukenick 1968 American English
17172 You Bright and Risen Angels William T. Vollmann 1987 American English
17172 Creamy and Delicious Steve Katz 1970 American Unknown
17172 Mulligan Stew Gilbert Sorrentino 1979 American English
17172 Hogg Samuel R. Delany 1995 American English
17172 Ray Barry Hannah 1980 American English
17172 The Invented Part Rodrigo Fresán 2014 Argentinian Spanish
17172 The Shag Incident Stephanie Johnson 2002 New Zealander English
17172 The Trotternama I. Allan Sealy 1988 Indian English
17172 The Ground Beneath Her Feet Salman Rushdie 1999 British English
17172 Doctor Rat William Kotzwinkle 1976 American English
17172 Towing Jehovah James K. Morrow 1994 American English
17172 Limbo Bernard Wolfe 1952 American English
17172 Journey Beyond Tomorrow Robert Sheckley 1962 American English
17172 The Complete Roderick John Sladek 1982 American English
17172 Tamara Drewe Posy Simmonds 2007 British English
17172 1,000 Years Of Annoying The French Stephen Clarke 2010 British English
17172 Wall And Piece Banksy 2005 British English
17172 F*Ck Feelings Sarah Bennett, Michael Bennett 2015 American English
17172 One Man, Two Guvnors Richard Bean 2011 British English
17003 You Can't Take It With You George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart 1936 American English
17172 Bad Jews Joshua Harmon 2013 American English
16810 The Suicide Nikolai Erdman 1928 Russian Russian
17172 Absurd Person Singular Alan Ayckbourn 1972 British English
17172 Mister Monkey Francine Prose 2016 American English
17172 The Golden Spur Dawn Powell 1962 American English
17172 Tik Tok John Sladek 1983 American English
16902 The Wit Of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde 1900 Irish English
17172 Social Satire And The Modern Novel Paul Rich 1984 Unknown Unknown
17172 The Hostage Brendan Behan 1958 Irish English
17172 Modern Chivalry Hugh Henry Brackenridge 1792 American English
17172 Sheppard Lee Robert Montgomery Bird 1836 American English
17172 Some Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs Johnson Jones Hooper 1845 American English
17172 The Quaker City, Or The Monks Of Monk Hall George Lippard 1845 American English
17172 The Dictionary Of Fashionable Nonsense Ophelia Benson, Jeremy Stangroom 2004 British English
17172 The Slynx Tatyana Tolstaya 2000 Russian Russian
17172 Secret Life Of Saeed The Pessoptimist Emile Habibi 1974 Palestinian Arabic
16918 The Alienist Machado de Assis 1882 Brazilian Portuguese
17172 Please Don’t Call Me Human Wang Shuo 1991 Chinese Chinese
17172 Invisible Monsters Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
16864 Laughable Loves Milan Kundera 1969 Czech Czech
16948 Harrison Bergeron Kurt Vonnegut 1961 American English
17172 Bluebeard Kurt Vonnegut 1987 American English
17172 Glamorama Bret Easton Ellis 1998 American English
17172 Survivor Chuck Palahniuk 1999 American English
16891 Coming Up For Air George Orwell 1939 British English
17172 The Acid House Irvine Welsh 1994 British English
17172 Omon Ra Victor Pelevin 1992 Russian Russian
17172 The Long Dark Tea Time Of The Soul Douglas Adams 1988 British English
17172 The Illuminatus! Trilogy Robert Shea 1975 American English
16999 Singular Travels, Campaigns And Adventures Of Baron Munchausen R. E. Raspe 1785 German German
17172 Kalki Gore Vidal 1978 American English
17172 Choke Chuck Palahniuk 2001 American English
17172 Timequake Kurt Vonnegut 1997 American English
17172 Still Life With Woodpecker Tom Robbins 1980 American English
17172 Diary Chuck Palahniuk 2003 American English
17172 The Rum Diary Hunter S. Thompson 1998 American English
17172 Hocus Pocus Kurt Vonnegut 1990 American English
17172 On Bullshit Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 American English
17172 The Serpent Of Venice Christopher Moore 2014 American English
17172 Quichotte Salman Rushdie 2019 British English
17172 Peterdown David Annand 2021 British English
17172 I Survived Capitalism And All I Got Was This Lousy T Shirt Madeline Pendleton 2024 Unknown English
17167 How To Be Good Nick Hornby 1960 British English
17172 The Great American Novel Philip Roth 1973 American English
17172 Shakespeare For Squirrels Christopher Moore 2020 American English
17172 Fool Christopher Moore 2009 American English
17172 Hoo Hahs And Passing Frenzies Francis Wheen 2002 British English
17172 How To Make Love To A Negro Without Getting Tired Dany Laferriere 1989 Canadian French
17172 The Best Laid Plans Terry Fallis 2007 Canadian English
17172 Alexandra Petri's Us History Alexandra Petri 2023 American English
17172 Semi Tough Dan Jenkins 1972 American English
17172 The Golf Omnibus P. G. Wodehouse 1966 British English
17172 Juoksuhaudantie Kari Hotakainen 2002 Finnish Finnish
17172 The Collected Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde Irish English
17172 The Cavemen Chronicle Mihkel Mutt 2012 Estonian Estonian
17172 The Disaster Tourist Yun Ko-eun 2013 Korean Korean
17172 Thud! Terry Pratchett 2005 British English
17172 Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17172 The Last Continent Terry Pratchett 1998 British English
17172 Monstrous Regiment Terry Pratchett 2003 British English
17172 Pride And Prejudice And Zombies Seth Grahame-Smith 2009 American English
16912 Extraordinary Popular Delusions & The Madness Of Crowds Charles Mackay 1841 British English
17172 The New Sonia Wayward Michael Innes 1960 British English
17089 Candide And Other Stories Voltaire 1759 French French
17126 Uncle’s Dream Fyodor Dostoevsky 1859 Russian Russian
16814 دایی جان ناپلئون Iraj Pezeshkzad 1973 Iranian Persian
17172 Il Paradiso Degli Orchi Daniel Pennac 1985 French Italian
17172 Tales Of The Unexpected Roald Dahl 1979 British English
17172 Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen 2020 American English
17172 What ʿīsā Ibn Hishām Told Us Muhammad Salih al-Jabri Unknown Arabic
17172 Stage Of Fools Charles Brady Unknown English
17172 Girlfriend On Mars Deborah Willis 2023 Canadian English
17172 This Won’t Help Eli Grober 2023 Unknown English
17172 Black Friend Ziwe 2023 Unknown English
17172 The English Experience Julie Schumacher 2023 American English
17172 Unreliable Narrator Aparna Nancherla 2023 Unknown English
17172 Is It Hot In Here? Zach Zimmerman 2023 Unknown English
17172 The Laughter Sonora Jha 2023 Unknown English
17172 Confidence Rafael Frumkin 2023 Unknown English
17050 An Unpleasant Predicament Fyodor Dostoevsky 1862 Russian Russian
17172 The Motion Of The Body Through Space Lionel Shriver 2020 American English
17172 Zero Stars, Do Not Recommend M.J. Wassmer Unknown Unknown
17172 The People Trap Robert Sheckley 1968 American English
17172 The Seasick Whale Ephraim Kishon 1965 Israeli Hebrew
17172 Subtly Worded Teffi 2014 Russian Russian
17172 The Adventures Of Mr. Nicholas Wisdom Ignacy Krasicki 1776 Polish Polish
17172 Four Comedies Molière 1982 French French
17172 Horváth Für Boshafte Ödön von Horváth 2010 Austrian German
17083 The Diary Of Adam And Eve Mark Twain 1904 American English
17172 Popular Hits Of The Showa Era Ryū Murakami 1994 Japanese Japanese
17148 The Relic Eça de Queirós 1887 Portuguese Portuguese
17007 The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions Larry Mitchell 1977 American English
17172 Dead Men's Trousers Irvine Welsh 2018 Scottish English
17172 What Napoleon Could Not Do DK Nnuro 2023 British English
17172 Land Of Big Numbers Te-Ping Chen 2021 American English
17172 The Laughing Monsters Denis Johnson 2014 American English
17172 A Few Corrections Brad Leithauser 2001 American English
17172 Dingley Falls Michael Malone American English