swap_horiz Divided Kingdom Alternatives

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James

James is a 2024 novel by American author Percival Everett that retells Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from...

American Satire 21ST Century Revisionist

9.3 Excellent

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Money: A Suicide Note

"Money: A Suicide Note" is a 1984 satirical novel by British author Martin Amis. The narrative follows John Self, a hedo...

Satire 20TH Century Rogue British

9.0 Excellent

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Earthly Powers

"Earthly Powers" is a panoramic novel by British author Anthony Burgess, published in 1980. Narrated by the aging homose...

Satire 20TH Century Historical British

9.0 Excellent

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Erasure

Erasure is a 2001 satirical novel by American author Percival Everett. The narrative follows Thelonious "Monk" Ellison,...

American Satire Publishing 21ST Century

8.8 Great

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Middlesex

Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex explores themes of identity and family through the life of Cal Stephanides, an American man...

American Satire 21ST Century Identity

8.7 Great

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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot Díaz’s *The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao* explores the complex experiences of an isolated Dominican-American m...

American Satire 21ST Century Diaspora

8.7 Great

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The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet

"The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet" is a historical novel written by British author David Mitchell and published in...

Adventure 21ST Century Historical British

8.5 Great

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The Adventures of China Iron

"The Adventures of China Iron" is a 2017 novel by Argentine writer Gabriela Cabezón Cámara that reimagines the classic 1...

21ST Century Western Journey Argentine

8.3 Great

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The Stone Raft

Originally published in Portuguese in 1986, The Stone Raft is a novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago. The pl...

Satire 20TH Century Allegory Journey

8.3 Great

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Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress

Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress is a 1724 novel by the English author Daniel Defoe. Written as a first-person confession,...

18TH Century Classic Satire British

8.2 Great

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The Luck of Barry Lyndon

"The Luck of Barry Lyndon" is a picaresque novel by British author William Makepeace Thackeray, first published serially...

19TH Century Satire Rogue British

8.2 Great

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Serious Men

Serious Men is a satirical novel written by Indian author Manu Joseph, published in 2010 as his debut work. The narrativ...

Indian Satire 21ST Century Con Man

8.2 Great

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The Adventures of Roderick Random

"The Adventures of Roderick Random" is a picaresque novel by the Scottish writer Tobias Smollett, first published in 174...

18TH Century Satire Rogue British

8.1 Great

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The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman

The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman is a 1972 novel by British writer Angela Carter. Set in an unnamed city u...

Adventure Satire 20TH Century British

8.0 Great

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Phineas Finn

Phineas Finn is an 1869 political novel by the English author Anthony Trollope and the second book in his Palliser serie...

Classic Satire British Political

8.0 Great

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The Impressionist

The Impressionist is the 2002 debut novel by British author Hari Kunzru. Set during the era of British colonial rule, it...

Satire 21ST Century Identity British

8.0 Great

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Cain

Cain is a novel by the Portuguese Nobel laureate José Saramago, originally published in Portuguese in 2009. As his final...

Satire 21ST Century Journey Revisionist

7.7 Good

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Quichotte

Quichotte is a 2019 novel by Salman Rushdie that adapts the structure and themes of Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote to...

Satire 21ST Century British Road

7.3 Good

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The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim

The Terrible Privacy of Maxwell Sim is the ninth novel by British author Jonathan Coe, first published in the United Kin...

Comic Satire 21ST Century British

7.0 Good

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Ben, in the World

Ben, in the World is a 2000 novel by Doris Lessing and a sequel to The Fifth Child. It follows Ben Lovatt after he leave...

Satire 20TH Century British Journey

6.4 Fair