Kevin Kwan's 6 favorite social satires

The best-selling author recommends works by Edith Wharton, Evelyn Waugh, and more

Kevin Kwan.
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All three novels in Kevin Kwan's best-selling Crazy Rich Asians trilogy are now available in paperback, and a movie adaptation of the first book is due in August. Below, Kwan names his six favorite social satires.

Snobs by Julian Fellowes (St. Martin's, $17).

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