Books in the satire genre. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and wider issues in society.

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Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal

Voltaire. Candide

Ambrose Bierce. The Devil's Dictionary

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol. Dead Souls

Charles Dickens. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club

Mark Twain. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Kenneth Grahame. The Wind in the Willows

Edwin A. Abbott. Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edgar Allan Poe. Never Bet The Devil Your Head

Oscar Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest