Satire authors and series
The best-known satire authors are George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift and Kurt Vonnegut. Below are all 47 satire writers in the directory, their series in reading order, and 152 of their books free to read.
- Authors
- 47
- Series
- 3
- Free to read
- 152
Best-known satire authors
Kurt Vonnegut
Literary fiction, 1922–2007
Vladimir Nabokov
Literary fiction, 1899–1977
Douglas Adams
Literary fiction, 1952–2001
Dorothy Parker
Satire, 1893–1967
George Carlin
Humour, 1937–2008
William S. Burroughs
Literary fiction, 1914–1997
Chuck Palahniuk
Literary fiction, born 1962
Whoopi Goldberg
Satire, born 1955
Ellen DeGeneres
Humour, born 1958
Joseph Heller
Literary fiction, 1923–1999
Evelyn Waugh
Satire, 1903–1966
Bret Easton Ellis
Literary fiction, born 1964
Julian Barnes
Literary fiction, born 1946
Mel Brooks
Humour, born 1926
Stephen Colbert
Humour, born 1964
Scott Adams
Humour, 1957–2026
Billy Crystal
Biography, born 1948
Tom Sharpe
Humour, 1928–2013
Satire series in reading order
All seriesThe Nova Trilogy
William S. Burroughs · 3 books
Free satire classics
All free classicsPygmalion
George Bernard Shaw
Man and Superman
George Bernard Shaw
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World
Jonathan Swift
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World
Jonathan Swift
Utopia
Thomas More
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
Thomas More
The poems of Heine
Heinrich Heine
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine
Heinrich Heine
The Damned Thing
Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce
Vanity Fair
William Makepeace Thackeray
The History of Pendennis, Volume 2
William Makepeace Thackeray
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Henry Fielding
The Lovers Assistant
Henry Fielding
Classic satire authors
George Bernard Shaw
Satire, 1856–1950
Jonathan Swift
Satire, 1667–1745
Thomas More
Satire, 1478–1535
Heinrich Heine
Satire, 1797–1856
Ambrose Bierce
Short stories, 1842–1914
William Makepeace Thackeray
Satire, 1811–1863
Mikhail Bulgakov
Satire, 1891–1940
Henry Fielding
Satire, 1707–1754
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
Satire, 1826–1889
Martial
Satire, 40–104
Joseph Roth
Literary fiction, 1894–1939
Thomas Hood
Satire, 1799–1845
Karl Kraus
Satire, 1874–1936
Al-Jahiz
Satire, 775–869
Ilya Ilf
Speculative fiction, 1897–1937
Carl Michael Bellman
Satire, 1740–1795
Ion Creangă
Poetry, 1837–1889
Guido Gezelle
Satire, 1830–1899
All satire authors
- George Bernard Shaw 88 books
- Jonathan Swift 21 books
- Kurt Vonnegut 36 books
- Thomas More 3 books
- Heinrich Heine 11 books
- Vladimir Nabokov 37 books
- Douglas Adams 17 books
- Ambrose Bierce 23 books
- William Makepeace Thackeray 50 books
- Mikhail Bulgakov 23 books
- Henry Fielding 24 books
- Dorothy Parker 16 books
- George Carlin 10 books
- William S. Burroughs 43 books
- Chuck Palahniuk 27 books
- Whoopi Goldberg 10 books
- Ellen DeGeneres 5 books
- Joseph Heller 15 books
- Evelyn Waugh 40 books
- Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin 7 books
- Bret Easton Ellis 10 books
- Martial 1 books
- Julian Barnes 32 books
- Joseph Roth 16 books
- Mel Brooks 4 books
- Stephen Colbert 7 books
- Thomas Hood 8 books
- Scott Adams 55 books
- Karl Kraus 5 books
- Billy Crystal 4 books
- Tom Sharpe 19 books
- Al-Jahiz 1 books
- Art Buchwald 24 books
- Venedikt Yerofeyev 4 books
- Ilya Ilf 4 books
- Aziz Nesin 7 books
- Fazil Iskander 6 books
- Suman Pokhrel 3 books
- Yury Olesha 3 books
- Marcel Achard 0 books
- Dave Chappelle 0 books
- Carl Michael Bellman 2 books
- Ion Creangă 2 books
- Guido Gezelle 0 books
- Arkady Averchenko 1 books
- Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi 0 books
- Ion Heliade Rădulescu 0 books
Satire FAQ
- Who are the best satire authors?
- The best-known satire authors here, ranked by how widely they are read and written about, are George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, Kurt Vonnegut, Thomas More and Heinrich Heine.
- What are the best satire series?
- The Nova Trilogy by William S. Burroughs — each listed in reading order.
- Can I read satire books for free?
- Yes. 152 satire books by these authors are in the public domain in the US and free to read here.