swap_horiz The Olive Labyrinth Alternatives

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Lazarillo de Tormes

The Lazarillo de Tormes is a foundational Spanish novella published around 1554. It’s notable as an early example of pic...

Classic Spanish Satire Rogue

9.7 Brilliant

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The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

Henry Fielding’s *The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling* is a significant 18th-century British picaresque novel. The sto...

18TH Century Classic Comic Rogue

9.4 Excellent

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El Buscón

Francisco de Quevedo’s *El Buscón* offers a biting critique of Spanish society through the story of Pablos, a young man...

Baroque Classic Spanish Satire

9.3 Excellent

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The Adventures of Augie March

Saul Bellow’s *The Adventures of Augie March* chronicles a young man's unconventional journey through early 20th-century...

Classic American 20TH Century Rogue

9.1 Excellent

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Guzmán de Alfarache

Mateo Alemán’s *Guzmán de Alfarache* is a seminal Spanish picaresque novel published in two parts during the Golden Age....

Classic Spanish Rogue Moral

9.0 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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A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole’s *A Confederacy of Dunces* is a celebrated 20th-century American novel exploring the eccentric lives...

Classic American Comic 20TH Century

8.9 Great

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Rinconete y Cortadillo

Rinconete y Cortadillo is a picaresque novella by Miguel de Cervantes, included in his 1613 collection Novelas ejemplare...

Spanish Satire Crime Rogue

8.6 Great

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The Family of Pascual Duarte

The Family of Pascual Duarte is a 1942 novel by Spanish writer Camilo José Cela, framed largely as the prison memoir of...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Crime

8.6 Great

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La familia de Pascual Duarte

La familia de Pascual Duarte is a 1942 novel by the Spanish writer Camilo José Cela, presented as the first-person accou...

Spanish 20TH Century Antihero Camilo Jose Cela

8.5 Great

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The Hive

*La colmena* (*The Hive*) is a novel by Camilo José Cela, completed in 1946 and first published in Buenos Aires in 1951...

Spanish 20TH Century Episodic Urban

8.4 Great

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The Blue Flowers

"The Blue Flowers" is a comic novel by the French author Raymond Queneau, first published in 1965. The narrative alterna...

French Comic 20TH Century Episodic

8.4 Great

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The Dog of the South

"The Dog of the South" is a 1979 picaresque and comic novel by American author Charles Portis. The narrative follows Ray...

American Comic Satire 20TH Century

8.2 Great

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The Truth on the Savolta Case

The Truth on the Savolta Case is a historical novel by Spanish author Eduardo Mendoza, published in 1975. Set in Barcelo...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Crime

8.2 Great

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The Information

"The Information" is a 1995 novel by British author Martin Amis that serves as a dark satire of literary culture and pro...

Comic 20TH Century British Outsider

8.2 Great

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No Word from Gurb

"No Word from Gurb" is a 1991 comic science fiction novel by the Spanish author Eduardo Mendoza. The narrative is struct...

Spanish Comic 20TH Century Urban

8.0 Great

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The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt

The Mystery of the Enchanted Crypt is a comic detective novel by Spanish author Eduardo Mendoza, published in 1979. The...

Spanish Comic Detective 20TH Century

7.9 Good

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Tortilla Flat

Tortilla Flat is a novel by John Steinbeck published in 1935, set in the Monterey region of California during the period...

Classic American Comic 20TH Century

7.8 Good

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Nuevas andanzas y desventuras de Lazarillo de Tormes

Nuevas andanzas y desventuras del Lazarillo de Tormes is a 1944 novel by Camilo José Cela that continues the classic Spa...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Rogue

6.4 Fair

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Peralvillo de Omaña

Peralvillo de Omaña is a 1921 Spanish novel by David Rubio Calzada, cited as a modern Spanish example of the picaresque...

Spanish Satire 20TH Century Rogue

6.1 Fair