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Creator: Christopher Buckley; Summary: The story satirizes the tobacco industry and its efforts to deny the health risks of smoking, through the eyes of a tobacco lobbyist.

Creator: Martin Amis; Summary: This novel is a satirical take on the life of a hedonistic television director living in London and New York, his addictions, and the excesses of capitalism.

Creator: Christopher Moore; Summary: This novel is a satirical retelling of the life of Jesus Christ from the perspective of his fictional best friend, Biff.

Creator: George Orwell; Summary: This allegorical novella uses animals on a farm to satirize the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the early Soviet Union.

Creator: Chuck Palahniuk; Summary: This novel satirizes the consumerist culture, the emasculation felt by some men in modern society, and the effects of mass media.

Creator: Joseph Heller; Summary: The novel satirizes bureaucratic operation and reasoning, epitomized by the paradoxical 'Catch-22' rule, which encapsulates the absurdity of war and military life.

Creator: Christopher Buckley; Summary: This novel satirizes baby boomers and their retirement, proposing a drastic solution for funding their social security by those who wish to retire early.

Creator: George Saunders; Summary: This collection of short stories satirizes contemporary American society, focusing on themes of authenticity, media saturation, and the dehumanizing aspects of technology and corporate culture.

Creator: Bret Easton Ellis; Summary: The novel satirizes the excesses of the yuppie lifestyle of the 1980s, materialism, and the shallow emptiness behind the pursuit of wealth.

Creator: Dave Eggers; Summary: The novel is a satirical critique of the digital age, particularly concerning the Internet and the dangers of losing privacy and individuality to social media and surveillance.

Creator: Gary Shteyngart; Summary: This novel is a satirical narrative that parodies the complexity of identity, cultural differences, and the Western perspective on Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Creator: Gary Shteyngart; Summary: This novel is a satire of American culture, societal values, and the impact of technology on human relationships in a dystopian near-future.

Creator: Libba Bray; Summary: A young adult novel that satirizes beauty pageants, corporate sponsorship, and reality television, as stranded beauty queens survive on a desert island.

Creator: David Foster Wallace; Summary: This complex novel contains satirical elements that comment on entertainment, addiction, and the pursuit of happiness through consumption.

Creator: Hunter S. Thompson; Summary: This novel uses gonzo journalism to satirize the American Dream and social conventions, against the backdrop of 1970s America.

Creator: Max Barry; Summary: The novel satirizes free-market capitalism and corporate America by depicting a world where everything is privatized and people take the last names of the companies they work for.

Creator: Jonathan Franzen; Summary: The novel is a satiric critique of capitalist society, family dynamics, and cultural hypocrisy in the late 20th and early 21st century America.

Creator: Paul Beatty; Summary: This novel satirizes race relations and racial identity in the United States, through the protagonist's outrageous actions to reinstate slavery and segregation.

Creator: Don DeLillo; Summary: This novel is a satirical examination of postmodernist society, particularly the omnipresence of media and the fear of death.