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Great Picaresque Novels - Page 2

A picaresque novel is defined as "a genre of usually satiric prose fiction; often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society." in practical terms it has evolved into a novel, usually humorous, that involves travels and adventures of one or more misfits, innocents, non-conformists, or rogues in a world or society they don't belong to. This list begins with112 n of the "best examples " ( according to Goodreads), and then concludes with several of my own selections.
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Breakfast of Champions (Kurt Vonnegut)
Breakfast of Champions
41
Kurt Vonnegut
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim
42
Rudyard Kipling
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
43
William Makepeace Thackeray
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman
44
George MacDonald Fraser
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle
45
John Cheever
The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
46
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
47
Guy De Maupassant
The Pickwick Papers (Charles Dickens)
The Pickwick Papers
48
Charles Dickens
Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon
49
William Thackeray
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer
50
William Gibson
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo
51
Juan Rulfo
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit
52
Charles Dickens
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji
53
Murasaki Shikibu
Kvachi Kvachantiradze (Mikheil Javakhishvili)
Kvachi Kvachantiradze
54
Mikheil Javakhishvili
A Book of Wisdom and Lies (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani)
A Book of Wisdom and Lies
55
Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch
56
Donna Tartt
Historia De La Vida Del Buscón (Francisco De Quevedo)
Historia De La Vida Del Buscón
57
Francisco De Quevedo
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
58
Hunter S. Thompson
Jacques, O Fatalista E Seu Amo (Denis Diderot)
Jacques, O Fatalista E Seu Amo
59
Denis Diderot
Divided Kingdom (Rupert Thomson)
Divided Kingdom
60
Rupert Thomson
Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Nai'an)
Outlaws of the Marsh
61
Shi Nai'an
Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma (Lima Barreto)
Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma
62
Lima Barreto
Crofton's Fire (Keith Coplin)
Crofton's Fire
63
Keith Coplin
Bouvard and Pécuchet (Gustave Flaubert)
Bouvard and Pécuchet
64
Gustave Flaubert
The White Tiger (Aravind Adiga)
The White Tiger
65
Aravind Adiga
Prince of Foxes (Samuel Shellabarger)
Prince of Foxes
66
Samuel Shellabarger
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
67
Douglas Adams
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders
68
Daniel Defoe
Still Life With Woodpecker (Tom Robbins)
Still Life With Woodpecker
69
Tom Robbins
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum
70
Gunter Grass
Villa Incognito (Tom Robbins)
Villa Incognito
71
Tom Robbins
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver
72
Neal Stephenson
The Golden Calf (Ilf and Petrov)
The Golden Calf
73
Ilf and Petrov
The Complete Stories and Poems (Lewis Carroll)
The Complete Stories and Poems
74
Lewis Carroll
Pippi Longstocking (Astrid Lindgren)
Pippi Longstocking
75
Astrid Lindgren
The Works of Rabelais (Rabelais)
The Works of Rabelais
76
Rabelais
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West
77
Wu Cheng'en
Zelda and the Ffames of Destiny (Blatt)
Zelda and the Ffames of Destiny
78
Blatt
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
79
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man
80
Thomas Berger
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