swap_horiz The Flying Inn Alternatives

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Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews is Henry Fielding's 1742 first full-length novel, notable as a comic epic in prose about a footman and Pa...

18TH Century Classic Comic British

8.3 Great

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The Dog of the South

The Dog of the South is Charles Portis's 1979 comic road novel, following Ray Midge from Arkansas toward Belize in pursu...

American Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.2 Great

3

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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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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The Year of the Hare

The Year of the Hare is Arto Paasilinna's 1975 Finnish picaresque, following journalist Vatanen as he abandons city life...

Comic Satire 20TH Century Road

7.9 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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The Reivers

The Reivers is William Faulkner's 1962 final novel, a lighthearted Yoknapatawpha picaresque that won the 1963 Pulitzer P...

Classic American Comic 20TH Century

7.7 Good

8

The Pea-Pickers

The Pea-Pickers is Eve Langley's 1942 Australian novel, a semi-autobiographical account of two sisters working as rural...

Classic Comic Australian 20TH Century

7.6 Good

9

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

10

The Howling Miller

The Howling Miller is Arto Paasilinna's 1981 Finnish novel about Gunnar Huttunen, whose howling and independence make hi...

Comic Satire 20TH Century Finnish

7.4 Good

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Faserland

Faserland is Christian Kracht's 1995 German-language debut novel, often credited with launching a new wave of German pop...

German Contemporary Satire 20TH Century

7.4 Good

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Quichotte

Quichotte is Salman Rushdie's 2019 Don Quixote-inspired metafiction, shortlisted for the Booker Prize and set on a road...

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 Jonathan Coe's 2010 novel about a lonely salesman crossing Britain, noted for its...

Comic Satire 21ST Century British

7.0 Good

14

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

15

My Search for Warren Harding

My Search for Warren Harding is Robert Plunket's 1983 debut novel, a comic picaresque about historian Elliot Weiner hunt...

Quest American Comic Satire

7.0 Good

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Aaron's Rod

Aaron's Rod is D. H. Lawrence's 1922 picaresque novel about coal-miner and flautist Aaron Sisson leaving family life for...

Travel Artist Satire 20TH Century

6.7 Fair

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Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain

Prisoner in a Red-Rose Chain is Jeffrey Moore's 1999 Canadian debut novel, following Jeremy Davenant and winner of the 2...

Comic Canadian Satire 20TH Century

6.7 Fair

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Mott the Hoople

Mott the Hoople is Willard Manus's 1966 comic novel about Norman Mott, best known for giving its name to the British roc...

American Comic Satire 20TH Century

6.2 Fair

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Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-A-Dub-Dub is Robert Wringham's 2023 Scottish comic picaresque about a railway worker whose self-care experiment begi...

Travel Comic Satire 20TH Century

6.1 Fair

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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