#Satire

6 books tagged with satire, sorted by rating.

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

5/5

Science Fiction

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

4/5

Fiction & Literature

Good Omens

by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

4/5

Fantasy Fiction & Literature

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

4/5

Science Fiction Fiction & Literature

Yellowface

by R. F. Kuang

4/5

Fiction & Literature

The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

3/5

Fantasy

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

5/5

Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through space aided by quotes from the Guide and a large, friendly towel.

Science Fiction

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

4/5

Set on a small Mediterranean island during World War II, bombardier Yossarian is desperate to survive the insanity of war. The infamous Catch-22 dictates that concern for one's own safety in the face of danger is the process of a rational mind — but anyone rational would fly combat missions, making them insane.

Fiction & Literature

Good Omens

by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

4/5

The Apocalypse is coming, and an angel and a demon who've grown rather fond of humanity team up to prevent it. The only problem? The Antichrist has been misplaced. A wickedly funny tale of Armageddon, friendship, and the power of a nice cup of tea.

Fantasy Fiction & Literature

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

4/5

Billy Pilgrim has become "unstuck in time," experiencing the events of his life in random order — including his time as a prisoner of war during the firebombing of Dresden and his abduction by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. So it goes.

Science Fiction Fiction & Literature

Yellowface

by R. F. Kuang

4/5

When literary star Athena Liu dies in a freak accident, her struggling former classmate June Hayward walks off with Athena's unfinished manuscript, a novel about Chinese laborers in World War I. June edits it, publishes it as her own under the name Juniper Song, and becomes a bestseller, until people online start asking questions.

Fiction & Literature

The Color of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

3/5

On the Discworld — a flat world balanced on the backs of four elephants standing on a giant turtle — the incompetent wizard Rincewind is tasked with guiding Twoflower, the Disc's first tourist, through a world of magic, mayhem, and murderous intent.

Fantasy