11 Best theatre books like The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

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The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

2.50

Format: None pages,

Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements …

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1. Pygmalion

By: George Bernard Shaw

3.89

Format: 82 pages, Paperback

One of George Bernard Shaw's best-known plays, Pygmalion was a rousing success on the London and Ne… read more

Similar categories in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • humor
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"What you are to do without me I cannot imagine."

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"Happy is the man who can make a living by his hobby"

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"La vida no consiste en buscarse a sí mismo, sino en crearse a sí mismo"

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

"I'm willing to tell you. I'm wanting to tell you. I'm waiting to tell you."

-George Bernard Shaw, Pygmalion

Cover of A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams

2. A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Tennessee Williams

3.98

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more

Similar categories in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

Cover of The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Elaine R. Hedges, Elaine Hedges

3. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wall-Paper book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

Cover of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, Catherine Belsey

4. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night’s Dream book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • school
"My soul is in the sky."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Farewell, sweet playfellow."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."

-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Cover of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare, Folger Shakespeare Library

5. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Cover of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

6. The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

2.50

Format: None pages,

Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more

Similar categories in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • humor
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

7. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
Cover of King Lear by William Shakespeare, William James Rolfe

8. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's King Lear book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

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9. Vinegar Tom

By: Caryl Churchill

3.36

Format: 317 pages,

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Similar categories in Caryl Churchill's Vinegar Tom book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Richard Andrews, Rex Gibson

10. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Hamlet book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • plays
  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

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11. Death of a Salesman

By: Arthur Miller

3.57

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"I’m tired to the death."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"LINDA [with infinite patience]"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"Be liked and you will never want."

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"

-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman

Cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Michael   Meyer

12. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

Similar categories in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

13. The Crucible

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

3.60

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

"I believe that the reader will discover here the essential nature of one of the strangest and most… read more

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14. The Busie Body

By: Susanna Centlivre

4.11

Format: 40 pages,

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge … read more

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15. The Metamorphosis

By: Franz Kafka , Stanley Corngold

3.88

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 0553213695 / 9780553213690 "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning fr… read more

Similar categories in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"Oh, God"

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"I only fear danger where I want to fear it."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"What's happened to me,' he thought. It was no dream."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

"It was half past six and the hands were quietly moving forwards."

-Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis

16. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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17. The Glass Menagerie

By: Tennessee Williams

4.90

Format: None pages, Paperback

The story of a mother, her son and daughter, and her daughter's suitor that brings to life human be… read more

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18. Othello

By: William Shakespeare

4.48

Format: None pages,

In Othello, Shakespeare creates a powerful drama of a marriage that begins with fascination (betwee… read more

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19. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of t… read more

Similar categories in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein: The 1818 Text book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • school
"I am malicious because I am miserable"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"One wondering thought pollutes the day"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Cover of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

20. Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Macbeth book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"What, you egg?"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done, is done"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done cannot be undone."

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"And nothing is, but what is not."

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Cover of Further Than the Furthest Thing by Zinnie Harris

21. Further Than the Furthest Thing

By: Zinnie Harris

3.63

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

On a remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic, a community has lived undisturbed for ce… read more

Similar categories in Zinnie Harris's Further Than the Furthest Thing book and Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

  • plays
  • drama

14 must-read fiction books like The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Transform Your Habits

Pygmalion

George Bernard Shaw

3.89

Transform Your Habits

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Yellow Wall-Paper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Transform Your Habits

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey

3.95

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18 best-selling fiction books like Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Transform Your Habits

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

Transform Your Habits

The Stranger

Albert Camus , Matthew Ward , Stuart Gilbert , None

4.02

Transform Your Habits

Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen , Mark Twain , Virginia Woolf , Anna Quindlen , George Saintsbury , A.C. Bradley , None , None

4.29

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