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American Psycho
Patrick Bateman hides violent urges behind suits and reservations in Ellis's 1991 satire of 1980s Manhattan wealth, brands, and moral blankness.
2,837-word summary · 13 min read
classic + satire
5 books tagged both “classic” and “satire”.
Candide
Voltaire's Candide follows a sheltered boy across earthquakes, wars, and Eldorado as his tutor's sunny optimism falls apart. Short, savage, and still funny.
2,614-word summary · 12 min read
Don Quixote
A poor gentleman maddened by knight romances rides out as Don Quixote with Sancho Panza, until the world answers back.
3,785-word summary · 17 min read
Cat's Cradle
Jonah researches the atom bomb and finds ice-nine and Bokononism on San Lorenzo.
2,583-word summary · 11 min read
Northanger Abbey
Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.
2,650-word summary · 12 min read