swap_horiz Dirty Weekend Alternatives

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Moll Flanders

Daniel Defoe’s *Moll Flanders* chronicles the life of Moll, a woman born in Newgate Prison who navigates poverty and cri...

18TH Century Classic Crime British

8.7 Great

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Nights at the Circus

Angela Carter’s *Nights at the Circus* (1984) presents a darkly fantastical narrative centered on Sophie Fevvers, a cele...

20TH Century British Postmodern Circus

8.7 Great

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The Family of Pascual Duarte

The Family of Pascual Duarte is a 1942 Spanish novel by Camilo José Cela, notable as the founding work of tremendismo in...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Crime

8.6 Great

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

Roxana is Daniel Defoe's 1724 novel, notable for its first-person account of a woman using disguises, wealth, and sexual...

18TH Century Classic Satire British

8.2 Great

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Hasta no verte Jesús mío

Hasta no verte Jesús mío is a 1969 Mexican testimonio novel by Elena Poniatowska, based on Josefina Bohórquez as Jesusa...

Satire 20TH Century Mexican Testimonial

8.1 Great

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Under the Net

Under the Net is Iris Murdoch's 1954 debut novel, a London story of writer Jake Donaghue noted for mixing philosophical...

Classic Comic 20TH Century British

8.1 Great

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Two Serious Ladies

Two Serious Ladies is Jane Bowles's 1943 modernist novel, her only novel, following Christina Goering and Frieda Copperf...

American Satire 20TH Century Surreal

8.0 Great

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Tipping the Velvet

Tipping the Velvet is Sarah Waters's 1998 debut novel, a Victorian lesbian picaresque following Nan King through music h...

20TH Century Historical British Queer

8.0 Great

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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is Angela Carter's 1972 surreal picaresque about Desiderio in a war betwe...

Adventure Satire 20TH Century British

8.0 Great

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Rubyfruit Jungle

Rubyfruit Jungle is Rita Mae Brown's 1973 debut novel, a coming-of-age account of Molly Bolt notable for its open portra...

American Satire 20TH Century Queer

7.8 Good

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The Good Companions

The Good Companions is J. B. Priestley's 1929 English picaresque about a touring concert party, winner of the James Tait...

Travel Theater Comic 20TH Century

7.7 Good

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A Voice Through a Cloud

A Voice Through a Cloud is Denton Welch's 1950 autobiographical novel, left nearly complete at his death and focused on...

20TH Century British Picaresque Autobiographical

7.7 Good

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Fanny Hill

Fanny Hill is John Cleland's 1748 English erotic novel, notable as an early novel-form pornography and for a long histor...

18TH Century Satire British Erotic

7.4 Good

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Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage is Denton Welch's 1943 autobiographical first book, recounting schooldays and a journey to Shanghai, where...

Youth Satire 20TH Century Rogue

7.4 Good

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Colonel Jack

Colonel Jack is Daniel Defoe's 1722 picaresque novel, notable for tracing an orphan from pickpocket training to Virginia...

18TH Century Satire Crime Rogue

7.2 Good

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The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is G. K. Chesterton's 1914 comic satire, following Humphrey Pump and Patrick Dalroy as they evade England...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.1 Good

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Kinflicks

Kinflicks is Lisa Alther's 1976 debut novel, following Ginny Hull through 1960s identity crises and noted for frank femi...

American Satire 20TH Century Coming Of Age

7.1 Good

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A Start in Life

A Start in Life is Honore de Balzac's 1842 French novel in La Comedie humaine, built around youthful boasting and its so...

Satire 20TH Century Crime British

7.0 Good

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Letty Fox: Her Luck

Letty Fox: Her Luck is Christina Stead's 1946 sixth novel, a New York first-person account often described as both picar...

American Satire 20TH Century Urban

7.0 Good

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Ten Men

Ten Men is Alexandra Gray's 2005 British novel, an episodic first-person account of an Englishwoman's search for lasting...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

5.9 Mediocre