Satirical Books
Satirical books use irony, exaggeration, and sharp wit to critique institutions, social norms, or human folly. The humor in these stories serves a purpose -- it strips away pretension and forces readers to see familiar systems and behaviors in an unflattering new light.
58 books
Literary Fiction
A Certain Hunger
Comedy
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces
Literary Fiction
A Visit from the Goon Squad
Horror
American Psycho
Literary Fiction
Animal Farm
Big Swiss
Comedy
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Comedy
Choke
Comedy
Closing Time
Literary Fiction
Come and Get It
Dead Souls
Comedy
Disorientation
Non-Fiction
Feed
Comedy
Going Postal
Comedy
Guards! Guards!
Comedy
Gulliver's Travels
Comedy
How to Dodge a Cannonball
Infinite Jest
Literary Fiction
Interior Chinatown
Invisible Monsters
Literary Fiction
James
MASH
Non-Fiction
Mother Night
Non-Fiction
Mumbo Jumbo
Comedy
No One Is Talking About This
Romance
Northanger Abbey
Literary Fiction
Pale Fire
Literary Fiction
Quichotte
Rejection
Non-Fiction
S.
Literary Fiction
Severance
Science Fiction
Slaughterhouse-Five
Science Fiction
Small Gods
Contemporary Fiction
Such a Fun Age
Horror
Tender Is the Flesh
Literary Fiction
Tenth of December
Non-Fiction
The Baron in the Trees
Comedy
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
The Good Soldier Svejk
Science Fiction
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Non-Fiction
The Joke
Literary Fiction
The Master and Margarita
Comedy
The Nix
Literary Fiction
The Other Black Girl
Fantasy
The Penelopiad
Romance
The Princess Bride
Literary Fiction
The Sellout
Non-Fiction
The Sirens of Titan
Horror
The Sundial
Literary Fiction
The Sympathizer
Mystery
The White Tiger
Literary Fiction
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Vanity Fair
White Noise
Fantasy
Wyrd Sisters
Non-Fiction
Year Zero
Contemporary Fiction