fantasy + satire

4 books tagged both “fantasy” and “satire”.

Terry Pratchett · 1987

Death hires apprentice Mort in this 1987 Discworld comedy, where a spared princess splits reality and duty bends for love, with no Rincewind.

2,386-word summary · 11 min read

Jonathan Swift · 1726

A ship's surgeon meets tiny Lilliputians, giant Brobdingnagians, Laputa's projectors, and rational horses in Swift's 1726 satire.

2,600-word summary · 12 min read

Terry Pratchett · 1983

A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.

2,032-word summary · 9 min read

Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

2,535-word summary · 11 min read