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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 (Bret Easton Ellis)
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
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Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
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Candide (Voltaire)
Candide (Voltaire)
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Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
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Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
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Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
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Erasure (Percival Everett)
Erasure (Percival Everett)
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Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
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Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
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Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
Good Omens (Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman)
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The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
The Good Soldier Svejk (Jaroslav Hašek)
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Great Apes (Will Self)
Great Apes (Will Self)
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Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
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The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
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High-Rise (J.G. Ballard)
High-Rise (J.G. Ballard)
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The History Man (Malcolm Bradbury)
The History Man (Malcolm Bradbury)
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
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Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
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Money
Money
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The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Edward Abbey)
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My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Ottessa Moshfegh)
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Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty Four (George Orwell)
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Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
Oblomov (Ivan Goncharov)
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The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
The Princess Bride (William Goldman)
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Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)
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The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
The Sellout (Paul Beatty)
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Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
Starship Troopers (Robert A. Heinlein)
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Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart (2011))
Super Sad True Love Story (Gary Shteyngart (2011))
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Thank You for Smoking (Christopher Buckley)
Thank You for Smoking (Christopher Buckley)
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Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses (James Joyce)
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Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
Utopia (Sir Thomas More)
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Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
Vanity Fair (William Makepeace Thackeray)
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White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
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Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
Yellowface (R.F. Kuang)
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