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Description: Based on the tag "satire." Thumbs up the ones you would recommend; vote down the ones you don't like or don't qualify as satire at all.

Based on tag: satire

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

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1
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
24,970 members, 311 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: devenish (1), Edward (1), aulsmith (1), sturlington (1)

Score: 16

2
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
32,576 members, 427 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: devenish (2), Edward (2), sturlington (3)

Score: 9.77

3
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
5,599 members, 72 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2), sturlington (4)

Score: 6.19

4
Moo
by Jane Smiley
1,867 members, 38 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (2), sturlington (7)

Score: 5.82

5
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
22,389 members, 295 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (3), sturlington (5)

Score: 5.71

6
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
12,824 members, 129 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), sturlington (16)

Score: 4.83

7
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
by Jonathan Swift
1,184 members, 26 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: sturlington (8), aulsmith (10)

Score: 4.63

8
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
26,624 members, 329 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7), sturlington (17)

Score: 4.43

9
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
3,598 members, 120 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: devenish (3), lahochstetler (3)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 4.08

10
The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade
by M. J. Trow
30 members, 1 review
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (1)

Score: 4

11
The Debt to Pleasure
by John Lanchester
1,050 members, 22 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

12
The Satires of Juvenal
by Juvenal
1,027 members, 8 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Edward (3)

Score: 3.04

13
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
22,126 members, 346 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: devenish (4)

Score: 2.83

14
The Complete Yes Minister
by Jonathan Lynn
630 members, 8 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: Edward (4)

Score: 2.83

15
The Lecturer's Tale: A Novel
by James Hynes
368 members, 5 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (4)

Score: 2.83

16
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
5,000 members, 45 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (5)

Score: 2.68

17
Apocolocyntosis
by Lucius Annaeus Seneca
84 members, 1 review
2.83 stars (2.83 stars)

Lists: Edward (5)

Score: 2.68

18
The Mouse that Roared
by Leonard Wibberley
484 members, 10 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (6)

Score: 2.56

19
Julius excluded from heaven
by Desiderius Erasmus
10 members, 0 reviews
4.67 stars (4.67 stars)

Lists: Edward (6)

Score: 2.56

20
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
12,808 members, 269 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: sturlington (11)

Score: 2.2

21
The Sirens of Titan
by Kurt Vonnegut
6,220 members, 58 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (11)

Score: 2.2

22
Small Gods
by Terry Pratchett
7,477 members, 87 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (12)

Score: 2.15

23
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
8,456 members, 96 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (13)

Score: 2.11

24
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
13,893 members, 143 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: sturlington (15)

Score: 2.03

25
Good Omens
by Neil Gaiman
19,630 members, 396 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: sturlington (19)

Score: 1.92

26
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
12,842 members, 202 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: sturlington (20)

Score: 1.89

27
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
7,298 members, 158 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: sturlington (21)

Score: 1.87

28
The More than Complete Hitchhiker's Guide: 5 Stories
by Douglas Adams
1,781 members, 13 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: sturlington (23)

Score: 1.83

29
Practical Demonkeeping: A Comedy of Horrors
by Christopher Moore
2,867 members, 78 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: 0.56

30
Monstrous Regiment
by Terry Pratchett
6,124 members, 67 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (8)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.38

31
Night Watch
by Terry Pratchett
7,294 members, 85 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (9)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.31

32
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
19,787 members, 271 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: sturlington (13)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: 0.11

33
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
46,022 members, 779 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

Score: 0

34
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
21,778 members, 261 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Score: 0

35
Emma
by Jane Austen
21,557 members, 273 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Score: 0

36
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
19,936 members, 409 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Score: 0

37
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
16,316 members, 288 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Score: 0

38
Don Quixote
by Miguel De Cervantes
14,756 members, 156 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Score: 0

39
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
14,647 members, 150 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Score: 0

40
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
14,323 members, 150 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Score: 0

41
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
11,704 members, 315 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Score: 0

42
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
11,516 members, 223 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Score: 0

43
The Bad Beginning
by Lemony Snicket
10,346 members, 265 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Score: 0

44
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
9,912 members, 275 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Score: 0

45
The Once and Future King
by T.H. White
9,284 members, 112 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Score: 0

46
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
7,118 members, 279 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Score: 0

47
Survivor
by Chuck Palahniuk
6,557 members, 69 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Score: 0

48
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
5,997 members, 61 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Score: 0

49
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
5,843 members, 72 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

50
Jitterbug Perfume
by Tom Robbins
4,345 members, 56 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Score: 0

51
Grendel
by John Gardner
3,662 members, 61 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Score: 0

52
Then We Came to the End
by Joshua Ferris
3,273 members, 173 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Score: 0

53
The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce
2,841 members, 35 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Score: 0

54
The Third Policeman
by Flann O'Brien
2,582 members, 66 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Score: 0

55
The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove
by Christopher Moore
2,296 members, 57 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Score: 0

56
Island of the Sequined Love Nun
by Christopher Moore
2,283 members, 63 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Score: 0

57
Pudd'nhead Wilson and Those Extraordinary Twins
by Mark Twain
2,277 members, 26 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Score: 0

58
Coyote Blue
by Christopher Moore
2,079 members, 45 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Score: 0

59
Bored of the Rings
by Harvard Lampoon
2,064 members, 31 reviews
3.06 stars (3.06 stars)

Score: 0

61
Lucky You
by Carl Hiaasen
1,711 members, 23 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Score: 0

62
The Stepford Wives
by Ira Levin
1,590 members, 38 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Score: 0

63
Thank You for Smoking
by Christopher Buckley
1,350 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Score: 0

64
Election
by Tom Perrotta
608 members, 19 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Score: 0

65
Tomcat in Love
by Tim O'Brien
529 members, 8 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Score: 0

66
Never mind the Pollacks: a rock and roll novel
by Neal Pollack
160 members, 5 reviews
3.21 stars (3.21 stars)

Score: 0

69
The Apologist
by Jay Rayner
79 members, 4 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Score: 0

70
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
by Gregory Maguire
19,033 members, 481 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

71
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
15,322 members, 217 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: sturlington (10)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, lilithcat

Score: < 0

72
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
30,892 members, 379 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: sturlington (14)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, lilithcat

Score: < 0

73
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll
12,642 members, 155 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

74
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
12,399 members, 99 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

75
Fight Club
by Chuck Palahniuk
12,382 members, 173 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

76
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
12,286 members, 250 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

77
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
8,411 members, 154 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

78
Mostly Harmless
by Douglas Adams
7,805 members, 64 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Thumbs down: Edward

Score: < 0

79
Utopia
by Thomas More
6,386 members, 41 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

80
Jingo
by Terry Pratchett
6,056 members, 54 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

81
Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
2,892 members, 54 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

82
One of Our Thursdays is Missing
by Jasper Fforde
1,178 members, 68 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

83
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate: Two Novels
by Nancy Mitford
1,153 members, 23 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

84
Asterix and Cleopatra
by René Goscinny
962 members, 9 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

85
Elmer Gantry
by Sinclair Lewis
888 members, 25 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: < 0

86
The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker
by Robert Mankoff
856 members, 7 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

87
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.]
by Mark Twain
662 members, 5 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

88
The Most Of P.G. Wodehouse
by P. G. Wodehouse
641 members, 5 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

89
The Plays of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde
600 members, 5 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

90
Don't Tell Alfred
by Nancy Mitford
451 members, 7 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

91
Don Quixote (Norton Critical Edition)
by Miguel de Cervantes
376 members, 4 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

92
This Land is Their Land
by Barbara Ehrenreich
375 members, 14 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

93
The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
by Edwin Abbott Abbott
326 members, 1 review
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

94
Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
by James Hynes
307 members, 4 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: < 0

95
Three Men in a Boat
by Jerome K. Jerome
4,142 members, 138 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: sturlington (22)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, Edward

Score: < 0

96
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
27,740 members, 489 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, Edward, lilithcat

Score: < 0

97
1984
by George Orwell
46,438 members, 661 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: sturlington (12)

Thumbs down: Edward, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: < 0

98
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
26,866 members, 398 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, lilithcat

Score: < 0

99
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
23,195 members, 545 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, lilithcat

Score: < 0

100
The Divine Comedy, Vol. I: Hell
by Dante Alighieri
12,639 members, 113 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Thumbs down: aulsmith, lilithcat

Score: < 0

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