11 best-selling plays books like Vanya by Simon Stephens

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Vanya

By: Simon Stephens

4.60

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Chekhov's classic tale of love, art, sex, and attempted murder in a fresh adaptation by Simon Steph…

If you liked the plays plot in Vanya by Simon Stephens , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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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

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  • theatre
  • plays
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2. Richard III

By: William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Richard III is one of Shakespeare's most popular plays on the stage and has been adapted successful… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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3. Daughters of the North

By: Sarah Hall

4.00

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

In her stunning novel, Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future. England is i… read more

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4. Skylight

By: David Hare

4.20

Format: 406 pages,

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  • theatre
  • plays
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5. Arcadia

By: Tom Stoppard

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays

6. 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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7. If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things

By: Jon McGregor

3.89

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

In this Booker Prize–nominated “dream of a novel,” ordinary middle-class lives converge and collide… read more

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"Say excuse me but, really, I am actually very much in love with you."

-Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things

"I remembered the promises we'd made to each other, me and Sarah and Simon, and I wondered if I'd been naive to think we could keep them."

-Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things

"I'm surprised, but I'm glad, I realise that this is what i wanted that night last week, to simply make a connection and keep hold of it."

-Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things

"But there are people too he says, everywhere there are people and I think it is easier to hold hands with people than it is with angels, yes?"

-Jon McGregor, If Nobody Speaks Of Remarkable Things

8. The Effect

By: Lucy Prebble

4.57

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

You're on a placebo, Tristan. Least I've got an excuse. She told me: you're nothing, you're a contr… read more

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9. Strangers

By: Taichi Yamada , None

5.00

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Set in the great human maelstrom of Tokyo, Strangersis a thinking man's ghost story. When Harada, a… read more

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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

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11. Cock

By: Mike Bartlett

3.16

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

When John takes a break from his boyfriend, he accidentally meets the girl of his dreams. Filled wi… read more

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12. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

By: Tim Burton

5.00

Format: 30 pages, Hardcover

From breathtaking stop-action animation to bittersweet modern fairy tales, filmmaker Tim Burtonhas … read more

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13. The Blue

By: Lucy Clarke

4.90

Format: None pages,

In the tradition of Alex Garland's The Beach, a spine-tingling adventure novel about a group of fri… read more

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14. Earth

By: John Boyne

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Kindle Edition

From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man wh… read more

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15. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments

By: Joe Posnanski

4.56

Format: 377 pages, Hardcover

A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more

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16. Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball

By: Keith O'Brien

4.43

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

A page-turning work of narrative nonfiction chronicling the incredible story of one of America’s mo… read more

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17. Enter Ghost

By: Isabella Hammad

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more

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18. Ordinary Human Failings

By: Megan Nolan

3.78

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

When a 10-year-old child is suspected of a violent crime, her family must face the truth about thei… read more

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"She loved the feeling of doing something on her own, and doing it in a routine. It felt thrillingly adult and affirmed her most cherished hope, the hope that she might have an actual inner life of su…"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

"He had the sort of bland, agreeable, rosy face which could disappear into whatever context he wished it to. He was blond but not provocatively so. The naturally dull Kent accent could be clipped and …"

-Megan Nolan, Ordinary Human Failings

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19. Brotherless Night

By: V.V. Ganeshananthan

4.46

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this searing novel, a courageous young woman tries to protect her dream of becoming a doctor as … read more

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20. 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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  • theatre
  • plays
"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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21. The Safekeep

By: Yael van der Wouden

4.08

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the … read more

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22. Baby Reindeer

By: Richard Gadd

4.35

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

I looked at her, wanting her to laugh. Wanting her to share in the joke. But she didn't. She just s… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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23. Glorious Exploits

By: Ferdia Lennon

4.24

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more

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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"

-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits

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24. There Are Rivers in the Sky

By: Elif Shafak

4.58

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the Booker Prize finalist author of The Island of Missing Trees, an enchanting new tale about … read more

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"Books, like paper lanterns, provide us with a light amidst the fog."

-Elif Shafak, There Are Rivers in the Sky

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25. Chrysalis

By: Anna Metcalfe

3.61

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

This provocative, fiercely imaginative debut follows a woman trying to slip the shackles of society… read more

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26. Vanya

By: Simon Stephens

4.60

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Chekhov's classic tale of love, art, sex, and attempted murder in a fresh adaptation by Simon Steph… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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27. 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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  • plays
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28. Marjorie Prime (TCG Edition)

By: Jordan Harrison

4.18

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

Finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama   Now a major motion picture starring Jon Hamm, Geen… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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29. An Enemy of the People (NHB Modern Plays)

By: Henrik Ibsen

4.44

Format: 92 pages, Kindle Edition

When Dr Stockmann makes a disturbing discovery about the healing waters in his local baths, he hold… read more

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  • plays
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30. Prima Facie: The Play

By: Suzie Miller

4.69

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Tessa is a young, brilliant barrister. She has worked her way up from working-class origins to the … read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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31. The Spoiled Heart

By: Sunjeev Sahota

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Nayan Olak hasn’t risked love since his young son died. Instead Nayan has ploughed his grief and… read more

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Nick Payne

4.07

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William Shakespeare , John Jowett

3.37

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David Hare

4.20

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Arcadia

Tom Stoppard

3.80

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

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Andrew O'Hagan

3.96

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Jennie Godfrey

4.29

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David Nicholls

4.08

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