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118 voters
Picaresque Books
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Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.91 — 310,029 ratings — published 1605
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.76 — 305,793 ratings — published 1759
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,346,329 ratings — published 1885
A Confederacy of Dunces (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.89 — 302,746 ratings — published 1980
La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.52 — 36,609 ratings — published 1554
Moll Flanders (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.52 — 49,027 ratings — published 1722
The Adventures of Augie March (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.83 — 19,043 ratings — published 1953
Dead Souls (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.98 — 98,336 ratings — published 1842
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.75 — 34,487 ratings — published 1749
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,031,414 ratings — published 1876
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.30 — 350,200 ratings — published 2006
The Golden Ass (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.85 — 17,591 ratings — published 159
Barry Lyndon (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.62 — 2,954 ratings — published 1844
Under the Net (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.78 — 16,617 ratings — published 1954
The White Tiger (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.77 — 204,774 ratings — published 2008
Kim (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.70 — 40,390 ratings — published 1901
Joseph Andrews (Dover Thrift Editions)
by (shelved 15 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.28 — 6,124 ratings — published 1742
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.06 — 383,403 ratings — published 1971
Simplicissimus (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.72 — 2,828 ratings — published 1669
The Good Soldier Švejk (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.09 — 21,432 ratings — published 1921
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.72 — 23,164 ratings — published 1767
The Pickwick Papers (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.85 — 32,598 ratings — published 1837
The Tin Drum (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.95 — 47,147 ratings — published 1959
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.65 — 78,935 ratings — published 1934
Vanity Fair (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.81 — 133,962 ratings — published 1847
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.43 — 3,574 ratings — published 1771
The Canterbury Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.53 — 239,834 ratings — published 1400
The Adventures of Gil Blas (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.81 — 390 ratings — published 1715
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,272 ratings — published 1847
Journey to the End of the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.18 — 48,825 ratings — published 1932
Roderick Random (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.49 — 1,310 ratings — published 1748
The Sot-Weed Factor (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.12 — 7,791 ratings — published 1960
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.85 — 104,278 ratings — published 2011
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.41 — 779 ratings — published 1751
Historia de la vida del Buscón (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.60 — 3,930 ratings — published 1626
The Decameron (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.88 — 44,117 ratings — published 1349
The Satyricon (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.77 — 9,863 ratings — published 60
The Twelve Chairs (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.39 — 24,742 ratings — published 1928
Flashman (The Flashman Papers, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.05 — 16,226 ratings — published 1969
The Ginger Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.61 — 11,316 ratings — published 1955
Little Big Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,009 ratings — published 1964
James (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.42 — 555,488 ratings — published 2024
Lazarillo de Tormes and The Swindler: Two Spanish Picaresque Novels (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,219 ratings — published 1969
Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.59 — 301,927 ratings — published 1726
Norwood (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,928 ratings — published 1966
Oreo (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.62 — 4,127 ratings — published 1974
Martin Chuzzlewit (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.83 — 17,257 ratings — published 1844
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.88 — 432,669 ratings — published 1838
Suttree (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 4.21 — 29,002 ratings — published 1979
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as picaresque)
avg rating 3.73 — 4,127 ratings — published 1972
“What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool's jokes, but now that the canvas hung there, it had developed its own power.”
― Tyll
― Tyll






