7 Best drama books like The Inheritance by Matthew López

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The Inheritance

By: Matthew López

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in …

"Enamorarse es coger cita con el sufrimiento"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"Enamorarse es coger cita con el sufrimiento"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"Leer no es suficiente, Leo. Tienes que poseer tus propios libros."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"Leer no es suficiente, Leo. Tienes que poseer tus propios libros."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

If you liked the drama plot in The Inheritance by Matthew López , here is a list of 7 books like this:

1. The Carnivorous Lamb

By: William Rodarmor , Agustín Gómez Arcos , Jamie O'Neill , None

4.31

Format: 517 pages, Paperback

The latest in the Little Sister's Classics series resurrecting gay and lesbian literary gems: a vic… read more

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2. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches

By: Tony Kushner

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more

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3. Dancer from the Dance

By: Andrew Holleran

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

One of the most important works of gay literature, this haunting, brilliant novel is a seriocomic r… read more

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4. Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

By: Tony Kushner

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

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5. The Normal Heart

By: Andrew Holleran , Larry Kramer , Joseph Papp

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

THE NORMAL HEARTis the explosive drama about our most terrifying and troubling medical crisis today… read more

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6. La mala costumbre

By: Alana S. Portero

4.55

Format: 252 pages, Kindle Edition

Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adol… read more

Similar categories in Alana S. Portero's La mala costumbre book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • drama
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"Cuando reímos con ganas no tenemos edad, lo hacemos igual durante toda nuestra vida y puede adivinarse en nuestra mueca la niña que fuimos o la anciana que seremos."

-Alana S. Portero, La mala costumbre

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7. Indecent

By: Paula Vogel

4.46

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Revelatory…As intimate and immediate as a whispered secret. Vogel’s play thrums with music, desire… read more

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  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • queer
"I too have lost audience members. Six million have left the theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"How do we as artists question our sins in front of a greater audience? How do we as Jews show ourselves as flawed and complex human beings?"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"God forbid the goyim think ladies who work the street are human beings! God forbid the goyim think that Jewish ladies love each other as human beings!"

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

"As you know, six nights a week we gather together to sing songs we know and love, to dance, to escape our daily lives. But on the seventh night … God created Yiddish theater."

-Paula Vogel, Indecent

Cover of Tesis sobre una domesticación by Camila Sosa Villada

8. Tesis sobre una domesticación

By: Camila Sosa Villada

4.11

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

La escritora y actriz trans cordobesa, Camila Sosa Villada, acaba de publicar su nueva novela, la s… read more

Similar categories in Camila Sosa Villada's Tesis sobre una domesticación book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
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9. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

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  • drama
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • queer
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10. Heroes of the Fourth Turning

By: Will Arbery

4.03

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

It's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-… read more

Similar categories in Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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11. Rewind

By: Juan Tallón

3.98

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Una explosión en un edificio que marca un antes y un después. Una novela sobre la posibilidad o no … read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"A veces lleva demasiado tiempo saber cuándo exactamente fuiste más feliz."

-Juan Tallón, Rewind

"Creía que no poner en riesgo la felicidad del momento constituía un buen principio por el que guiarse. Eso era distinto, y desde luego más inteligente, que arriesgar el futuro por alcanzar la felicid…"

-Juan Tallón, Rewind

"Nos encontrábamos en esa edad en que todos nos mostrábamos confiados en la idea de que vivir consistía también en desperdiciar el tiempo, sin llegar a perder su control. Nadie quería alcanzar la edad…"

-Juan Tallón, Rewind

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12. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir

By: Harvey Fierstein

4.37

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more

Similar categories in Harvey Fierstein's I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • lgbt
  • gay
  • queer
Cover of Sexographies by Gabriela Wiener

13. Sexographies

By: Gabriela Wiener

3.88

Format: 240 pages, ebook

In fierce and sumptuous first-person accounts, renowned Peruvian journalist Gabriela Wiener records… read more

Similar categories in Gabriela Wiener's Sexographies book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • lgbt
  • queer
"In a threesome, there are always two exhibitionists and a voyeur."

-Gabriela Wiener, Sexographies

"Moving to another city is to change the accent of your affections."

-Gabriela Wiener, Sexographies

"His relationship with the Catholic Church ended the way love affairs tend to: a priest wanted him to believe a blatant lie, and that was the end of it."

-Gabriela Wiener, Sexographies

Cover of Los bloques naranjas by Luis Díaz

14. Los bloques naranjas

By: Luis Díaz

4.11

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Una ventana a la amistad masculina: la corporalidad y los afectos truncados, torpes, subterráneos, … read more

Similar categories in Luis Díaz's Los bloques naranjas book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • fiction
Cover of The Inheritance by Matthew López

15. The Inheritance

By: Matthew López

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

You have to wonder why there isn't a word in the English language for the fireworks that go off in … read more

Similar categories in Matthew López's The Inheritance book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • drama
  • gay
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • queer lit
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • plays
  • queer
"Enamorarse es coger cita con el sufrimiento"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"Leer no es suficiente, Leo. Tienes que poseer tus propios libros."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"If we are to learn what we mean to each other, we must first examine what we mean to ourselves. And we must be fearless and honest in that attempt —"

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

"A muchos de nosotros no nos han dado nunca un ejemplo sano de lo que significa ser homosexual. Lo que significa, por supuesto, que nunca nos han enseñado a serlo. A amar. A aceptar el amor."

-Matthew López, The Inheritance

Cover of Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style by Paul   Rudnick

16. Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

By: Paul Rudnick

4.07

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed writer Paul Rudnick, a riotously funny, perceptive, and life-affirming novel fol… read more

Similar categories in Paul Rudnick's Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • gay
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • queer
"If all the world's a stage, gay people are often expected to understudy themselves, reinterpreting the truth of their performances, depending on who's out front, and who's paying their salary."

-Paul Rudnick, Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style

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17. Dayspring

By: Anthony Oliveira

4.18

Format: 432 pages, Paperback

A singular, stunning debut that transcends and transfigures genre—at once a bold retelling of bibli… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Oliveira's Dayspring book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • historical fiction
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • queer
"when god died he died whimpering"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"the fox has a den and the bird has a nest only humans go homeless"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"when i sleep i remember days that never were. i dream a life i never saw and which i now see he never wanted..."

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

"saint sebastian was a roman soldier. hot idiot twink go-go dancer pass around party bottom of the lord pincushioned through with arrows"

-Anthony Oliveira, Dayspring

Cover of El Power Ranger rosa by Christo Casas

18. El Power Ranger rosa

By: Christo Casas

4.45

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Un joven español da tumbos por Berlín. En su teléfono conviven apps para buscar piso, trabajo y sex… read more

Similar categories in Christo Casas's El Power Ranger rosa book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • fiction
  • queer
  • gay
  • lgbt
Cover of La mancha by Enrique Aparicio

19. La mancha

By: Enrique Aparicio

4.27

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Con una prosa ágil y cuidada al detalle, la primera novela de Enrique Aparicio sorprende por su nat… read more

Similar categories in Enrique Aparicio's La mancha book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • fiction
  • queer
Cover of Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard

20. Leopoldstadt

By: Tom Stoppard

4.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. B… read more

Similar categories in Tom Stoppard's Leopoldstadt book and Matthew López's The Inheritance

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • 21st century
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of En mitad de tanto fuego by Alberto Conejero

21. En mitad de tanto fuego

By: Alberto Conejero

4.54

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

No estoy aquí para contar la guerra de Troya. Esta es la historia de mi carne, allí donde coincid… read more

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13 must-read fiction books like The Inheritance by Matthew López

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La mala costumbre

Alana S. Portero

4.55

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Indecent

Paula Vogel

4.46

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Tesis sobre una domesticación

Camila Sosa Villada

4.11

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Fat Ham

James Ijames

4.06

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Between Riverside and Crazy

Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

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Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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Kimberly Akimbo

David Lindsay-Abaire

3.26

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Topdog/Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

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