15 Best plays books like Nye by Tim Price

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Nye

By: Tim Price

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

One man's dream of the NHS. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create th…

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1. Gooseberries and other stories

By: Anton Chekhov , Constance Garnett

3.76

Format: None pages, ebook

"Oh, good God," he kept saying with great relish. "Good God..." 'Gooseberries' is accompanied h… read more

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"The Lie which elates us is dearer than a thousand sober truths"

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Человеку нужно не три аршина земли, не усадьба, а весь земной шар, вся природа, где на просторе он мог бы проявить все свойства и особенности своего свободного духа."

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

"Happiness does not exist, nor should it, and if there is any meaning or purpose in life, they are not in our peddling little happiness, but in something reasonable and grand. Do good!"

-Anton Chekhov, Gooseberries and other stories

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2. Everyman

By: Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more

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3. Constellations

By: Nick Payne

4.07

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

One relationship. Infinite possibilities. 'Let's go for a drink. I don't know what I'm doing here a… read more

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4. Dancing at Lughnasa

By: Brian Friel

3.71

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

It is 1936 and harvest time in County Donegal. In a house just outside the village of Ballybeg live… read more

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"Dancing as if language had surrendered to movement - as if this ritual, this wordless ceremony, was now the way to speak, to whisper private and sacred things, to be in touch with some otherness. Dan…"

-Brian Friel, Dancing at Lughnasa

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5. Journey's End

By: R.C. Sherriff

3.86

Format: 114 pages, Hardcover

The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in durable classroom editi… read more

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"You must always think of it like that if you can. Think of it all as - as romantic. It helps."

-R.C. Sherriff, Journey's End

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6. The Pillowman

By: Martin McDonagh

4.30

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

A writer in a totalitarian state is interrogated about the gruesome content of his short stories an… read more

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"It isn't about being or not being dead, it's about what you leave behind"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention... I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop! - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

"Oh, I almost forgot to mention...I'm the good cop, he's the bad cop." - Tupolski"

-Martin McDonagh, The Pillowman

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7. War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit… read more

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"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

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8. The Impossible Dead

By: Ian Rankin

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Hardcover

The Complaints: that's the name given to the Internal Affairs department who seek out dirty and com… read more

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9. Uncle Vanya

By: Anton Chekhov

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Famous play by the Russian short story writer and playwright. His major plays are frequently revive… read more

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10. Long Day's Journey Into Night

By: Eugene O'Neill

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more

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11. An Enemy of the People

By: Henrik Ibsen

3.84

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

An Enemy of the people (original Norwegian title: En folkefiende) is an 1882 play by Norwegian play… read more

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12. The Mousetrap: A Play

By: Agatha Christie

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A group of strangers is stranded in a boarding house during a snow storm, one of whom is a murderer… read more

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13. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

By: Rory Stewart

4.36

Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more

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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"

-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

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14. Water

By: John Boyne

4.33

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the local… read more

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15. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

By: Salman Rushdie

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more

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"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."

-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder

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16. Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

By: Evelyn Waugh

4.00

Format: 452 pages, Paperback

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here. The most nostalgic and reflective of Evely… read more

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"Here my last love had died."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"No one is ever holy without suffering."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"I had been there before; I knew all about it."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

"My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret."

-Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

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17. Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more

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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

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18. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

By: Judi Dench

4.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more

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"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"

-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent

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19. The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

By: Hisashi Kashiwai

3.70

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

The Kamogawa Food Detectives is the first book in the bestselling, mouth-watering Japanese series f… read more

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"Ah, Setchubai. "Plum Blossoms in the Snow." Perfect, and not just because of the name. It's a little sweet, but it'll go very well with the hotpot."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"We get used to things too easily. You think something's tasty the first time you eat it, but then you start taking it for granted. Never forget your first impressions."

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"It's Swatow lace, I believe-- beautiful, isn't it? The design is titled "The Disc of the Moon"-- apparently it was inspired by the poem "Midnight Song" by the Tang-era poet Li Bai. I looked it up, an…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

"Miyajima oysters, simmered Kurama-style, miso-glazed baked butterburs with millet cake, bracken and bamboo shoot stew, chargrilled moroko, breast of Kyoto-reared chicken with a wasabi dressing, and v…"

-Hisashi Kashiwai, The Kamogawa Food Detectives (Kamogawa Food Detectives, #1)

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20. Good

By: C.P. Taylor

3.98

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

A story about a liberal-minded university professor who drifts well-meaningly into a position in th… read more

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21. Blossomise

By: Simon Armitage

4.22

Format: 63 pages, Hardcover

Blossomise celebrates the ecstatic arrival of spring blossom just as it acknowledges, too, its mela… read more

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22. For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Hue Gets Too Heavy (Modern Plays)

By: Ryan Calais Cameron

4.65

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

I found a king in me and now I love you I found a king in you and now I love me Father figures and… read more

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Cover of Nye by Tim Price

23. Nye

By: Tim Price

4.33

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

One man's dream of the NHS. From campaigning at the coalfield to leading the battle to create th… read more

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24. English

By: Sanaz Toossi

4.53

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

Winner! 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Drama Winner! 2023 Obie Award for Best New American Play It's 2008,… read more

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Cover of The Hills of California by Jez Butterworth

25. The Hills of California

By: Jez Butterworth

3.83

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

Blackpool, 1976. The driest summer in two hundred years. The beaches are packed. The hotels are hea… read more

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Cover of Underdog: The Other Other Brontë by Sarah Gordon

26. Underdog: The Other Other Brontë

By: Sarah Gordon

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Charlotte Brontë has a confession about how one sister became an idol, and the other became known a… read more

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Cover of The Motive and the Cue by Jack Thorne

27. The Motive and the Cue

By: Jack Thorne

4.27

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Richard Burton, the firebrand Welsh actor, newly married to movie star Elizabeth Taylor, is to play… read more

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Cover of Frank and Percy (Modern Plays) by Ben Weatherill

28. Frank and Percy (Modern Plays)

By: Ben Weatherill

4.19

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

People cross our paths for a reason. That, no doubt, reads like a horrible cliché but I never claim… read more

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Cover of En agosto nos vemos by Gabriel García Márquez

29. En agosto nos vemos

By: Gabriel García Márquez

3.63

Format: 142 pages, Hardcover

Un maravilloso regalo inesperado para los innumerables lectores de García Márquez   Cada mes de a… read more

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"Do you know how old I am?"

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"The sea was an oasis of gold under the afternoon sun."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"They both lay listening intently to the sounds of their souls."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

"It was always a joyful love where even madness was admissible."

-Gabriel García Márquez, En agosto nos vemos

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30. London Tide: based on Charles Dickens' Our Mutual Friend

By: Ben Power

3.33

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The genius of Dickens meets PJ Harvey's fierce, lyrical songs in this romantic and propulsive thril… read more

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31. Boys from the Blackstuff (Modern Plays)

By: James Graham

4.20

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Gizza job. Go on, gizzit, go 'head, giz it if you've got it, giz it, I can do it. Giz it then. Go '… read more

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18 must-read fiction books like English by Sanaz Toossi

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Top Girls

Caryl Churchill

3.58

Transform Your Habits

Fleabag: The Original Play

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Topdog/Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

Transform Your Habits

How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

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