6 Best classics books like The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, Paula Vogel

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The Skin of Our Teeth

By: Thornton Wilder , Paula Vogel

3.90

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition feat…

If you liked the classics plot in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, Paula Vogel , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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2. All My Sons

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

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  • classics
  • american
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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3. The Skin of Our Teeth

By: Thornton Wilder , Paula Vogel

3.90

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

A timeless statement about human foibles . . . and human endurance, this beautiful new edition feat… read more

Similar categories in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth book and Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • classics
  • american
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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4. 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 Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama

5. 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 Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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6. The Comedies

By: Terence , Betty Radice

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

In English translations that achieve a lively readability without sacrificing the dramatic and comi… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

7. Ten Plays

By: Euripides , Moses Hadas , John Maclean

3.95

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about so… read more

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8. Sila

By: Chantal Bilodeau

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

In Inuit mythology, "sila" means air, climate, or breath. Bilodeau's play of the same name examines… read more

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9. The Heidi Chronicles

By: Wendy Wasserstein

4.22

Format: 129 pages, Paperback

Comprised of a series of interrelated scenes, the play traces the coming of age of Heidi Holland, a… read more

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10. Lost in Yonkers

By: Neil Simon

4.03

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Neil Simon's inimitable play about the trials and tribulations that test family ties - winner of th… read more

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11. Burning Vision

By: Marie Clements

3.91

Format: 631 pages, Paperback

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12. The Children's Hour

By: Lillian Hellman

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Paperback

This is a serious and adult play about two women who run a school for girls. After a malicious youn… read more

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13. The Lieutenant of Inishmore

By: Martin McDonagh

4.15

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

A farcical look at political violence as it's played out during The Troublesin Northern Ireland aga… read more

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14. 'Art'

By: Yasmina Reza , Christopher Hampton

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Tony Award-winning play that focuses on the meaning of art (in the form of a solid white painti… read more

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15. Closer: A Play

By: Patrick Marber

3.97

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

In Closer, Patrick Marber has created a brilliant exploration into the brutal anatomy of modern rom… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Marber's Closer: A Play book and Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"I know who you are. I love you. I love everything about you that hurts."

-Patrick Marber, Closer: A Play

"DAN What do you want? ALICE To be loved. DAN That simple? ALICE It's a big want."

-Patrick Marber, Closer: A Play

"Men want a girl who looks like a boy. They want to protect her but she must be a survivor. And she must come...like a train...but with...elegance."

-Patrick Marber, Closer: A Play

16. Brighton Beach Memoirs

By: Neil Simon

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Paperback

The first in Neil Simon's "Eugene Trilogy," followed by Biloxi Bluesand Broadway Bound Winner of a… read more

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17. The Real Inspector Hound

By: Tom Stoppard

3.90

Format: 44 pages, Paperback

Title: The Real Inspector Hound Binding: Paperback Author: TomStoppard Publisher: SamuelFrench read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

18. The Emperor Jones

By: Eugene O'Neill , None

3.62

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Brutus Jones, a former Pullman car porter wanted in the United States on two murder charges, has es… read more

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19. Burned Out

By: Dean Mafako

4.30

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more

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  • fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

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20. Wife For Sale

By: Tabita Gutu

4.41

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Take an unhappy married couple with a small baby, a man whose wife died in a tragic accident and ca… read more

Similar categories in Tabita Gutu's Wife For Sale book and Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • drama
Cover of Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) by Kyle Keyes

21. Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

By: Kyle Keyes

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Matching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Keyes's Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) book and Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth

  • fiction
  • drama
"Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Molly is not a Quaker, Jeremy. Quakers don't have tits that big."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

10 Best fiction books like The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, Paula Vogel

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Philoctetes

Sophocles

3.89

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All My Sons

Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

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The Skin of Our Teeth

Thornton Wilder , Paula Vogel

3.90

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Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

4.10

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14 must-read fiction books like Burned Out by Dean Mafako

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J.B.: A Play in Verse

Archibald MacLeish

3.69

Transform Your Habits

The Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea

J.M. Synge

2.70

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The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic

Wendy Wasserstein

5.00

Transform Your Habits

Four Major Plays, Vol. 1: A Doll House / The Wild Duck / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder

Henrik Ibsen , Rolf Fjelde

3.93

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