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The Bibliophile's Best Books of Each Genre: Satire

My third last list of this series (which is probably good, given my recent list user numbers!) is devoted to one of my favourite genres - satire. From the darkly humorous satire of Voltaire, Palahniuk, Vonnegut and Swift, to the bleak, twisted and genuinely frightening satire of Orwell, Huxley, Bradbury and Atwood; the method may be different, but they have a common motive - to make a point that is critical to or about the human condition. It's no wonder that so many satirical novels are considered amongst the greatest novels ever written. This is a list to savour and to make sure you read in your lifetime.
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American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
American Psycho
1
Bret Easton Ellis
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
2
George Orwell
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
3
Aldous Huxley
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
4
Voltaire
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
5
Joseph Heller
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
6
Kurt Vonnegut
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
7
Anthony Burgess
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
8
Stella Gibbons
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
9
John Kennedy Toole
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
10
Miguel De Cervantes
Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure
11
Percival Everett
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
12
Ray Bradbury
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
13
Chuck Palahniuk
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
Good Omens
14
Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk
15
Jaroslav Hašek
Great Apes (Will Self)
Great Apes
16
Will Self
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
17
Jonathan Swift
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
18
Margaret Atwood
High-Rise (J.G. Ballard)
High-Rise
19
J.G. Ballard
The History Man (Malcolm Bradbury)
The History Man
20
Malcolm Bradbury
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
21
Douglas Adams
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
22
William Golding
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
23
Mikhail Bulgakov
Money (Martin Amis)
Money
24
Martin Amis
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang
25
Edward Abbey
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
26
Ottessa Moshfegh
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty Four
27
George Orwell
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov
28
Ivan Goncharov
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride
29
William Goldman
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop
30
Evelyn Waugh
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout
31
Paul Beatty
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
32
Kurt Vonnegut
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers
33
Robert A. Heinlein
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart (2011))
Super Sad True Love Story
34
Gary Shteyngart (2011)
Thank You for Smoking (Christopher Buckley)
Thank You for Smoking
35
Christopher Buckley
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
36
James Joyce
Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
Utopia
37
Sir Thomas More
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair
38
William Makepeace Thackeray
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
39
Zadie Smith
Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
Yellowface
40
R.F. Kuang
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