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James

Percival Everett's 2024 novel James revisits Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn through the perspective of Jim,...

American Satire 21ST Century Revisionist

9.34 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

9.02 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

9.01 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

8.84 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

8.70 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

8.47 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

8.16 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

8.04 Great

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The Madonna of Excelsior

The Madonna of Excelsior is a 2002 novel by South African author Zakes Mda, set against a real apartheid-era scandal in...

Community Satire 21ST Century Episodic

8.02 Great

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London Fields

"London Fields" is a 1989 novel by British author Martin Amis that blends elements of a murder mystery with dark social...

Satire 20TH Century British Dark Comedy

8.01 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

7.97 Good

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Inside Mr. Enderby

"Inside Mr. Enderby" is a picaresque comic novel written by British author Anthony Burgess and published in 1963. It int...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.86 Good

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The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

The Sacred Book of the Werewolf is a 2004 Russian novel by Victor Pelevin. The story is narrated by A Hu-Li, a centuries...

Fantasy Russian Satire 21ST Century

7.78 Good

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Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews is a 1742 novel by English author Henry Fielding, recognized as one of the earliest comic novels in the E...

18TH Century Classic Comic British

7.67 Good

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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

7.66 Good

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The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus is a 1994 comic novel by British author Stephen Fry. The protagonist is Ted Wallace, a washed-up, alcoh...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

7.63 Good

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The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is a 1914 novel by the English writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Its plot follows Patrick Dalroy, an Irish...

Comic Satire 20TH Century British

6.52 Fair

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Divided Kingdom

Divided Kingdom is a 2005 novel by British writer Rupert Thomson. It imagines a former United Kingdom divided into four...

Satire 21ST Century Dystopian British

6.50 Fair

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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

6.40 Fair

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The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves

The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves is a comic novel by Tobias Smollett, first published in 1760. It follow...

18TH Century Comic Satire British

6.00 Fair