Plays and drama books

Plays and drama books to start from. Open one to see books like it, or tell BookSense what you loved for four picks made for you.

Subgenres

• Tragedy
• Comedy
• Classical theatre
• Monologues
• Screenplays
• Musicals and libretti

Schools and movements

• Existentialism
• Postmodernism
• Romanticism
• Realism
• Naturalism
• Symbolism
• Modernism
• Harlem Renaissance
• Surrealism
• Beat Generation
• Magical realism
• Expressionism
• Dada

More plays and drama books

• Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildJack Thorne2001
• MacbethMacbethWilliam Shakespeare1673
• Romeo and JulietRomeo and JulietWilliam Shakespeare1597
• HamletHamletWilliam Shakespeare1603
• Nineteen Eighty-FourNineteen Eighty-FourGeorge Orwell1949
• Pride and PrejudicePride and PrejudiceJane Austen1813
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireHarry Potter and the Goblet of FireJ. K. Rowling2000
• The Little PrinceThe Little PrinceAntoine de Saint-Exupéry1943
• Fahrenheit 451Fahrenheit 451Ray Bradbury1953
• Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for MeaningViktor Emil Frankl1946
• Wuthering HeightsWuthering HeightsEmily Brontë1846
• LolitaLolitaVladimir Nabokov1777
• Crime and PunishmentCrime and PunishmentFiódor Dostoievski1866
• The Great GatsbyThe Great GatsbyF. Scott Fitzgerald1920
• Little WomenLittle WomenLouisa May Alcott1848
• The Kite RunnerThe Kite RunnerKhaled Hosseini2003
• DraculaDraculaBram Stoker1897
• Of Mice and MenOf Mice and MenJohn Steinbeck1937
• Moby DickMoby DickHerman Melville1851
• Jane EyreJane EyreCharlotte Brontë1847
• Double DownDouble DownJeff Kinney2007
• A Tale of Two CitiesA Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens1800
• The Boy in the Striped PyjamasThe Boy in the Striped PyjamasJohn Boyne2006
• The new Wizard of OzThe new Wizard of OzL. Frank Baum1899
• The Long HaulThe Long HaulJeff Kinney2014

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