13 must-read theatre books like The Moors by Jen Silverman

Cover of The Moors by Jen Silverman

The Moors

By: Jen Silverman

4.26

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. …

If you liked the theatre plot in The Moors by Jen Silverman , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Constellations by Nick Payne

1. 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

Similar categories in Nick Payne's Constellations book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Sweat by Lynn Nottage

2. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's Sweat book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • school
  • drama
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3. 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

Similar categories in Martin McDonagh's The Pillowman book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
"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

Cover of How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel

4. How I Learned to Drive

By: Paula Vogel

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Paula Vogel's How I Learned to Drive book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • school
  • drama
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5. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama

6. Appropriate

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Every estranged member of the Lafayette clan has descended upon the crumbling Arkansas homestead to… read more

Similar categories in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Appropriate book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • school
  • drama

7. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

From one of our most admired playwrights, "an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud relig… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Adly Guirgis's The Last Days of Judas Iscariot book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

8. Gruesome Playground Injuries

By: Rajiv Joseph

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

The fourth play written by playwright Rajiv Joseph follows the lives of two best friends tumultuous… read more

Similar categories in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

9. Proof

By: David Auburn

3.63

Format: 256 pages,

"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more

Similar categories in David Auburn's Proof book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

10. 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

Similar categories in Tony Kushner's Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

11. The Flick

By: Annie Baker

3.98

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more

Similar categories in Annie Baker's The Flick book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

12. Doubt

By: John Patrick Shanley

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A superb new drama written by John Patrick Shanley. It is an inspired study in moral uncertainty w… read more

Similar categories in John Patrick Shanley's Doubt book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

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13. The Thanksgiving Play

By: Larissa FastHorse

3.87

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A mismatched but well-meaning foursome sets out to devise a politically correct school play that ca… read more

Similar categories in Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris

14. Slave Play

By: Jeremy O. Harris

4.18

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

The old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation--in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in th… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy O. Harris's Slave Play book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • school
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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15. Everybody

By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

3.84

Format: 55 pages, None

This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amo… read more

Similar categories in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's Everybody book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • school
  • drama
Cover of Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays) by Clare Barron

16. Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays)

By: Clare Barron

4.22

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

'Maybe this is the year, this is the moment, this is the dance where your lives will start!'Somewhe… read more

Similar categories in Clare Barron's Dance Nation (Oberon Modern Plays) book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower

17. John Proctor is the Villain

By: Kimberly Belflower

4.61

Format: 178 pages, ebook

In present day Appalachian Georgia, a high school class explores the seminal American classic, The … read more

Similar categories in Kimberly Belflower's John Proctor is the Villain book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Moors by Jen Silverman

18. The Moors

By: Jen Silverman

4.26

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. … read more

Similar categories in Jen Silverman's The Moors book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • gothic
  • school
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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19. The Welkin

By: Lucy Kirkwood

4.36

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Rural Suffolk, 1759. As the country waits for Halley's Comet, Sally Poppy is sentenced to hang for … read more

Similar categories in Lucy Kirkwood's The Welkin book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • plays
  • drama
Cover of A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson

20. A Strange Loop

By: Michael R. Jackson

4.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • school
  • lgbt
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire by Samantha Hurley

21. I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire

By: Samantha Hurley

4.17

Format: 76 pages, Paperback

None read more

Similar categories in Samantha Hurley's I'm Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire book and Jen Silverman's The Moors

  • plays

7 best-selling school books like The Moors by Jen Silverman

Transform Your Habits

Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

Transform Your Habits

How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

Appropriate

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

3.47

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Slave Play

Jeremy O. Harris

4.18

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

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Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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Fleabag: The Original Play

Phoebe Waller-Bridge

3.95

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Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

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