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Voltaire - Uses its naïve protagonist to satirize the optimistic philosophy of the day and criticize the society and the church.

Mark Twain - Uses humor and irony to criticize the entrenched racism of the American South along the Mississippi River.

Created by Madeleine Smithberg, Lizz Winstead - A television program that uses news parody to examine and critique contemporary politics and the media.

Jonathan Swift - A critique of human folly, with lands of peculiar societies exposing the nature of man.

Aldous Huxley - A dystopian novel that satirizes the pursuit of happiness through technology and engineered social systems.

Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone - An animated series that uses provocative humor to explore various social and political issues.

George Orwell - An allegorical novella that satirizes Stalinism through the story of a farm animal rebellion.

Joseph Heller - A satirical novel that explores the absurdities of war and military life during World War II.

Kurt Vonnegut - Combines satirical and science fiction elements to critique war, specifically World War II and the bombing of Dresden.

Created by Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Ben Karlin - A satirical news show that parodied personality-driven political pundit programs.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick - A satirical film that critiques Cold War attitudes and the nuclear arms race between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Miguel de Cervantes - Satirizes chivalric romances through the adventures of a nobleman who becomes a knight-errant.

George Orwell - Dystopian novel satirizing totalitarianism in a future society dominated by a tyrannical government called Big Brother.

Created by Matt Groening - An animated sitcom that uses humor and parody to examine the traditional American family and societal norms.

Digital media company and newspaper organization - Uses absurd and satirical articles to comment on current events and culture at large.

Jonathan Swift - A darkly satirical essay proposing the selling of children as food to solve poverty in Ireland.

Oscar Wilde - A comedic play that uses wit and irony to lampoon the social conventions and morality of Victorian society.

John Kennedy Toole - A picaresque novel that satirizes various aspects of society in New Orleans through the comical misadventures of its slothful protagonist, Ignatius J. Reilly.

Charlie Chaplin - A film that satirizes fascism and Adolf Hitler through a story of mistaken identity between a Jewish barber and a dictator.