Humorous & Satirical Books: Complete List

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This is a complete list of books by various authors in the humor/satire category, including novels and short-story collections (with GEMs highlighted). The list includes links for several associated items which may be available online for each book: (a) Wikipedia page, (b) e-book, and (c) audiobook. There is also a column called “More info” with links to optional posts on each book.

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Category	Year	Author	Book Title	GEM!	Comments	Wiki page	E-book	Audiobook	More
Wodehouse	1909	Wodehouse, P. G.	(Part 1 of 'Mike') Mike at Wrykyn		aka Jackson Junior
Wodehouse	1909	Wodehouse, P. G.	(Part 2 of 'Mike') Mike and Psmith		aka Enter Psmith, or The Lost Lambs. Starts from Ch. 30 of 'Mike'
Wodehouse	1910	Wodehouse, P. G.	A Gentleman of Leisure		aka The Intrusion of Jimmy. Expanded from novelette The Gem Collector
Wodehouse	1910	Wodehouse, P. G.	Psmith in the City
Wodehouse	1912	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Prince and Betty
Wodehouse	1913	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Little Nugget		aka The Eighteen-Carat Kid
Wodehouse	1914	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] A Man of Means		(with C.H. Bovill) Linked stories
Wodehouse	1914	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Man Upstairs (& Other Stories)
Wodehouse	1915	Wodehouse, P. G.	Psmith, Journalist
Wodehouse	1915	Wodehouse, P. G.	Something Fresh		aka Something New. Blandings debut
Wodehouse	1917	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Man with Two Left Feet (& Other Stories)
Wodehouse	1917	Wodehouse, P. G.	Uneasy Money
Wodehouse	1918	Wodehouse, P. G.	Piccadilly Jim
Wodehouse	1919	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] My Man Jeeves
Wodehouse	1919	Wodehouse, P. G.	A Damsel in Distress
Wodehouse	1920	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Coming of Bill		aka Their Mutual Child. Mostly a serious novel
Wodehouse	1921	Wodehouse, P. G.	Indiscretions of Archie
Wodehouse	1921	Wodehouse, P. G.	Jill the Reckless		aka The Little Warrior
Wodehouse	1921	Wodehouse, P. G.	Love Among the Chickens		Rewritten from 1906 novel of the same name
Wodehouse	1922	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Adventures of Sally		aka Mostly Sally
Wodehouse	1922	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Clicking of Cuthbert (& Other Stories)		aka Golf Without Tears
Wodehouse	1922	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Girl on the Boat		aka Three Men and a Maid
Wodehouse	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] The Inimitable Jeeves		aka Jeeves
Wodehouse	1923	Wodehouse, P. G.	Leave It to Psmith		Co-stars Psmith
Wodehouse	1924	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Ukridge		aka He Rather Enjoyed It
Wodehouse	1924	Wodehouse, P. G.	Bill the Conqueror
Wodehouse	1925	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Carry On, Jeeves
Wodehouse	1925	Wodehouse, P. G.	Sam the Sudden		aka Sam in the Suburbs
Wodehouse	1926	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Heart of a Goof (& Other Stories)		aka Divots
Wodehouse	1927	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Meet Mr Mulliner
Wodehouse	1927	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Small Bachelor
Wodehouse	1928	Wodehouse, P. G.	Money for Nothing
Wodehouse	1929	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Mr Mulliner Speaking
Wodehouse	1929	Wodehouse, P. G.	Summer Lightning		aka Fish Preferred
Wodehouse	1930	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Very Good, Jeeves
Wodehouse	1931	Wodehouse, P. G.	Big Money
Wodehouse	1931	Wodehouse, P. G.	If I Were You
Wodehouse	1932	Wodehouse, P. G.	Doctor Sally		aka The Medicine Girl
Wodehouse	1932	Wodehouse, P. G.	Hot Water
Wodehouse	1933	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Mulliner Nights
Wodehouse	1933	Wodehouse, P. G.	Heavy Weather		Co-stars Monty Bodkin
Wodehouse	1934	Wodehouse, P. G.	Right Ho, Jeeves		aka Brinkley Manor
Wodehouse	1934	Wodehouse, P. G.	Thank You, Jeeves
Wodehouse	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Blandings Castle and Elsewhere		aka Blandings Castle
Wodehouse	1935	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Luck of the Bodkins
Wodehouse	1936	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Young Men in Spats
Wodehouse	1936	Wodehouse, P. G.	Laughing Gas
Wodehouse	1937	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Lord Emsworth and Others		aka The Crime Wave at Blandings
Wodehouse	1938	Wodehouse, P. G.	Summer Moonshine
Wodehouse	1938	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Code of the Woosters
Wodehouse	1939	Wodehouse, P. G.	Uncle Fred in the Springtime		Co-stars Uncle Fred
Wodehouse	1940	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Eggs, Beans and Crumpets
Wodehouse	1940	Wodehouse, P. G.	Quick Service
Wodehouse	1946	Wodehouse, P. G.	Money in the Bank
Wodehouse	1947	Wodehouse, P. G.	Full Moon
Wodehouse	1947	Wodehouse, P. G.	Joy in the Morning		aka Jeeves in the Morning
Wodehouse	1948	Wodehouse, P. G.	Spring Fever
Wodehouse	1948	Wodehouse, P. G.	Uncle Dynamite
Wodehouse	1949	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Mating Season
Wodehouse	1950	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Nothing Serious
Wodehouse	1951	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Old Reliable
Wodehouse	1952	Wodehouse, P. G.	Barmy in Wonderland		aka Angel Cake
Wodehouse	1952	Wodehouse, P. G.	Pigs Have Wings
Wodehouse	1953	Wodehouse, P. G.	Ring for Jeeves		aka The Return of Jeeves
Wodehouse	1954	Wodehouse, P. G.	Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit		aka Bertie Wooster Sees It Through
Wodehouse	1956	Wodehouse, P. G.	French Leave
Wodehouse	1957	Wodehouse, P. G.	Something Fishy		aka The Butler Did It
Wodehouse	1958	Wodehouse, P. G.	Cocktail Time
Wodehouse	1959	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] A Few Quick Ones
Wodehouse	1960	Wodehouse, P. G.	Jeeves in the Offing		aka How Right You Are, Jeeves
Wodehouse	1961	Wodehouse, P. G.	Ice in the Bedroom		aka The Ice in the Bedroom
Wodehouse	1961	Wodehouse, P. G.	Service With a Smile		Co-stars Uncle Fred
Wodehouse	1963	Wodehouse, P. G.	Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves
Wodehouse	1964	Wodehouse, P. G.	Frozen Assets		aka Biffen's Millions
Wodehouse	1965	Wodehouse, P. G.	Galahad at Blandings		aka The Brinkmanship of Galahad Threepwood
Wodehouse	1966	Wodehouse, P. G.	[Short Stories] Plum Pie
Wodehouse	1967	Wodehouse, P. G.	Company for Henry		aka The Purloined Paperweight
Wodehouse	1968	Wodehouse, P. G.	Do Butlers Burgle Banks?
Wodehouse	1969	Wodehouse, P. G.	A Pelican at Blandings		aka No Nudes Is Good Nudes
Wodehouse	1970	Wodehouse, P. G.	The Girl in Blue
Wodehouse	1971	Wodehouse, P. G.	Much Obliged, Jeeves		aka Jeeves and the Tie That Binds
Wodehouse	1972	Wodehouse, P. G.	Pearls, Girls and Monty Bodkin		aka The Plot That Thickened
Wodehouse	1973	Wodehouse, P. G.	Bachelors Anonymous
Wodehouse	1974	Wodehouse, P. G.	Aunts Aren't Gentlemen		aka The Cat-Nappers
Wodehouse	1977	Wodehouse, P. G.	Sunset at Blandings		Unfinished novel
X-Other	1605	Cervantes, Miguel de	Don Quixote		(originally in Spanish)
X-Other	1704	Swift, Jonathan	A Tale of a Tub
X-Other	1749	Fielding, Henry	Tom Jones		aka The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
X-Other	1759	Voltaire	[Novelette] Candide		(originally in French)
X-Other	1837	Dickens, Charles	The Pickwick Papers (aka The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club)		Debut novel of Charles Dickens
X-Other	1872	Butler, Samuel	Erewhon		Subtitled: Or, Over the Range
X-Other	1889	Jerome, Jerome K.	Three Men in a Boat		Subtitled: To Say Nothing of the Dog
X-Other	1889	Twain, Mark	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
X-Other	1892	Twain, Mark	The American Claimant
X-Other	1911	Saki (H.H. Munro)	[Short Stories] The Chronicles of Clovis
X-Other	1914	Saki (H.H. Munro)	[Short Stories] Beasts and Super-Beasts
X-Other	1929	Lardner, Ring	[Short Stories] Round Up: The Stories of Ring W. Lardner
X-Other	1932	Gibbons, Stella	Cold Comfort Farm
X-Other	1938	Waugh, Evelyn	Scoop
X-Other	1945	Orwell, George	[Novelette] Animal Farm
X-Other	1951	Cecil, Henry	The Painswick Line		Debut novel of Henry Cecil
X-Other	1952	Cecil, Henry	No Bail for the Judge
X-Other	1952	Gordon, Richard	Doctor in the House		Debut novel of Richard Gordon
X-Other	1953	Cecil, Henry	Natural Causes
X-Other	1953	Gordon, Richard	Doctor at Sea
X-Other	1954	Amis, Kingsley	Lucky Jim
X-Other	1955	Cecil, Henry	Brothers in Law		Part 1 of trilogy
X-Other	1955	Gordon, Richard	Doctor at Large
X-Other	1956	Cecil, Henry	Friends at Court		Part 2 of trilogy
X-Other	1957	Gordon, Richard	Doctor in Love
X-Other	1958	Cecil, Henry	Sober as a Judge		Part 3 of trilogy
X-Other	1959	Gordon, Richard	Doctor and Son
X-Other	1960	Gordon, Richard	Doctor in Clover
X-Other	1961	Gordon, Richard	Doctor on Toast
X-Other	1961	Heller, Joseph	Catch-22
X-Other	1962	Gordon, Richard	Doctor in the Swim
X-Other	1968	Hooker, Richard	MASH (aka MAS*H)		Subtitled: : A Novel About Three Army Doctors
X-Other	1970	Kosinski, Jerzy	Being There
X-Other	1973	Goldman, William	The Princess Bride
X-Other	1978	Adams, Douglas	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy		1st book in Hitchhiker series
X-Other	1980	Adams, Douglas	The Restaurant at the End of the Universe		2nd book in Hitchhiker series
X-Other	1982	Adams, Douglas	Life, the Universe and Everything		3rd book in Hitchhiker series
X-Other	1984	Adams, Douglas	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish		4th book in Hitchhiker series
X-Other	1985	Keillor, Garrison	Lake Wobegon Days
X-Other	1999	Barry, Dave	Big Trouble
X-Other	2004	Bhagat, Chetan	Five Point Someone
X-Other	2009	Bhagat, Chetan	2 States
X-Other	2013	Kwan, Kevin	Crazy Rich Asians
X-Other	2018	DeWitt, Patrick	French Exit
Category	Year	Author	Book Title	GEM!	Comments	Wiki page	E-book	Audiobook	More