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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
Breakfast of Champions
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Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
Kim (Rudyard Kipling)
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair
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Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
Flashman (George MacDonald Fraser)
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The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
The Wapshot Chronicle (John Cheever)
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The Golden Ass
The Golden Ass
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Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
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The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers
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Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
Barry Lyndon (William Thackeray)
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Neuromancer (William Gibson)
Neuromancer (William Gibson)
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Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
Pedro Paramo (Juan Rulfo)
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Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
Martin Chuzzlewit (Charles Dickens)
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The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
The Tale of Genji (Murasaki Shikibu)
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Kvachi Kvachantiradze (Mikheil Javakhishvili)
Kvachi Kvachantiradze (Mikheil Javakhishvili)
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A Book of Wisdom and Lies (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani)
A Book of Wisdom and Lies (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani)
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The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
The Goldfinch (Donna Tartt)
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Historia De La Vida Del Buscón (Francisco De Quevedo)
Historia De La Vida Del Buscón (Francisco De Quevedo)
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
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Jacques, O Fatalista E Seu Amo (Denis Diderot)
Jacques, O Fatalista E Seu Amo (Denis Diderot)
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Divided Kingdom (Rupert Thomson)
Divided Kingdom (Rupert Thomson)
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Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Nai'an)
Outlaws of the Marsh (Shi Nai'an)
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Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma (Lima Barreto)
Triste Fim De Policarpo Quaresma (Lima Barreto)
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Crofton's Fire (Keith Coplin)
Crofton's Fire (Keith Coplin)
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Bouvard and Pécuchet
Bouvard and Pécuchet
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The White Tiger
The White Tiger
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Prince of Foxes (Samuel Shellabarger)
Prince of Foxes (Samuel Shellabarger)
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The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
The Ultimate Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
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Still Life With Woodpecker
Still Life With Woodpecker
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The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
The Tin Drum (Gunter Grass)
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Villa Incognito (Tom Robbins)
Villa Incognito (Tom Robbins)
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Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
Quicksilver (Neal Stephenson)
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The Golden Calf (Ilf and Petrov)
The Golden Calf (Ilf and Petrov)
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The Complete Stories and Poems (Lewis Carroll)
The Complete Stories and Poems (Lewis Carroll)
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Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking
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The Works of Rabelais (Rabelais)
The Works of Rabelais (Rabelais)
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Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
Journey to the West (Wu Cheng'en)
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Zelda and the Ffames of Destiny (Blatt)
Zelda and the Ffames of Destiny (Blatt)
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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
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Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
Little Big Man (Thomas Berger)
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