• The Best Political Satire Books - Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
  • The Best Political Satire Books - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
  • The Best Political Satire Books - Animal Farm by George Orwell
  • The Best Political Satire Books - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
  • The Best Political Satire Books - Put Out More Flags by Evelyn Waugh

The Best Political Satire Books, recommended by P. J. O’Rourke

Satire is humour used for a moral purpose, explains American political satirist P.J. O’Rourke—though it doesn’t have to be particularly funny and can be quite dark. Here, he chooses five classic works of political satire, books that lay bare the shortcomings of not only communism and fascism but also the two-party system and the quest for a perfect society where everyone is happy.