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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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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of a young boy and an enslaved man navigating the Mississipp...

Classic American 19TH Century Rogue

9.6 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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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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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by Michael Chabon about Josef Kavalier, a Jewish refugee from...

American 21ST Century Historical Picaresque

9.2 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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The Satyricon

The Satyricon is a Latin work of fiction attributed to Petronius, written during the first century AD. Characterized as...

Satire Rogue Ancient Roman

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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True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2000 novel by Australian writer Peter Carey that won the 2001 Booker Prize. It prese...

Australian 21ST Century Historical Outlaw

9.0 Excellent

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Gil Blas

Gil Blas is a lengthy French novel by Alain-René Lesage, spanning from 1715 to 1735. This picaresque work follows the ad...

18TH Century Classic French Satire

8.9 Great

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Simplicius Simplicissimus

Grimmelshausen’s *Simplicius Simplicissimus* offers a unique perspective on the brutal realities of the Thirty Years' Wa...

German Baroque Classic Rogue

8.9 Great

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The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq.

The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. is a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published in 1844. It chro...

19TH Century Satire Rogue Irish

8.8 Great

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The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane

The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane is a picaresque novel written by the French author Alain-René Lesage, published...

French Satire Rogue Lesage

8.8 Great

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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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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 Death of Bunny Munro

The Death of Bunny Munro is Nick Cave's second novel, published in 2009. It follows Bunny Munro, a door-to-door beauty-p...

21ST Century Rogue British Dark Comedy

6.9 Fair

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Mitte 1

Mitte 1 is a German comic novel by Albrecht Behmel, published in 2013. It is the second episode in the Mitte series and...

German Contemporary Satire 21ST Century

5.8 Mediocre

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Mitte 2

Mitte 2 is a German comic novel by Albrecht Behmel, published in 2014. It is the third installment in the Mitte series a...

German Contemporary Satire 21ST Century

5.7 Mediocre