9 must-read plays books like Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith

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Switzerland

By: Joanna Murray-Smith

3.90

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Somewhere in the Swiss alps, a grande dame of best-selling crime literature lives with an impressiv…

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1. A Streetcar Named Desire

By: Tennessee Williams

3.98

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

The Pulitzer Prize and Drama Critics Circle Award winning play—reissued with an introduction by Art… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
"Never inside, I didn't lie in my heart..."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"And funerals are pretty compared to deaths."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I think you have a great capacity for devotion,"

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

"I want to rest. I want to breathe quietly again."

-Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire

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2. Picnic at Hanging Rock

By: Joan Lindsay

3.67

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Yo… read more

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"Thinking's all right if you have the time for it."

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"At every step the prospect ahead grew more enchanting with added detail of crenellated crags and lichen-patterned stone. Now a mountain laurel glossy above the dogwood's dusty silver leaves, now a da…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"Although we are necessarily concerned, in a chronicle of events, with physical action by the light of day, history suggests that the human spirit wanders farthest in the silent hours between midnight…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

"And now, at last, after a lifetime of linoleum and asphalt and Axminster carpets, the heavy flat-footed woman trod the springing earth. Born fifty-seven years ago in a suburban wilderness of smoke-gr…"

-Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock

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3. Pronoun (Plays for Young People to Perform)

By: Evan Placey

3.70

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A love story about transition, testosterone, and James Dean. Josh and Isabella are childhood sweeth… read more

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  • plays
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4. Our Country's Good

By: Timberlake Wertenbaker

3.00

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

An Australian penal colony in 1789. A young lieutenant directs rehearsals of the Restoration comedy… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
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5. Fleabag: The Original Play

By: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

3.95

Format: 768 pages,

'I sit on the loo and think about all the people I can have sex with now. I'm not obsessed with sex… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • contemporary
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6. All My Sons

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

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  • plays

7. 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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8. The Word for World is Forest

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.36

Format: 189 pages, ebook

Centuries in the future, Terrans have established a logging colony & military base named "New Tahit… read more

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9. Hangmen

By: Martin McDonagh

4.05

Format: 371 pages,

In his small pub in Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what's the second-best han… read more

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10. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

By: Angela Carter

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more

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"Her hair falls down like tears"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"ordered me a sky from a florist"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My spite was sharp as broken glass"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"

-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

11. The Mystery of the Blue Train (Hercule Poirot, #6)

By: Agatha Christie

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A mysterious woman, a legendary cursed jewel, and a night train to the Mediterranean -- ingredients… read more

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12. Much Ado About Nothing

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None

3.92

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more

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13. The Cherry Orchard

By: Anton Chekhov , Tom Murphy

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy … read more

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14. Dubliners

By: James Joyce , Jeri Johnson

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

This work of art reflects life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, and by rejecting euphemi… read more

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15. The Ferryman

By: Justin Cronin

3.93

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Passage comes a riveting standalone novel about a… read more

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16. Lola in the Mirror

By: Trent Dalton

4.41

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, Lola in the Mirror is the irresistible new novel from inter… read more

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  • contemporary
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17. Cursed Bunny

By: Bora Chung

3.78

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more

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  • contemporary
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

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18. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

By: Naomi Klein

4.22

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

What if you woke up one morning and found you’d acquired another self―a double who was almost you a… read more

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"Our role here on earth is not simply to maximize the advantage in our lives. It’s to maximize (protect, regenerate) all of life. We are here not just to make sure we as individuals survive, but to ma…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

"A state of shock is what happens to us- individually or as a society- when we experience a sudden and unprecedented event for which we do not yet have adequate explanation. At its essence, a shock is…"

-Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World

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19. 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

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  • theatre
  • plays
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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. Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

By: Clementine Ford

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

'Everyone's afraid that their daughters might be hurt. No one seems to be scared that their sons mi… read more

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"Not all men!" isn't just a mating call for the lazy and aggrieved, it's also a diversionary tactic used to shift attention away from the substantial issues of discrimination and oppression that impac…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"Ah yes, the meritocracy. Isn't it amazing how so many of the 'best people for the job' always happen to be white, cis-het, middle-class men? It couldn't be that structural inequality and hierarchal p…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"What I'm suggesting is that your impulse to assign meaning to something as arbitrary and functional as genitalia is born out of a cultural imperative to affix labels where none are necessary, and tha…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

"It doesn't matter how politically progressive your household is when it comes to aspirations outside the home and the limitless capabilites of women; if it's made clear within those four walls that i…"

-Clementine Ford, Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and the Toxic Bonds of Mateship

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22. Seeing Other People

By: Diana Reid

3.42

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

Which comes first—those you love, or those you want? Charlie’s skin was stinging. Not with heat … read more

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  • contemporary
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23. The Tea Ladies (The Tea Ladies, #1)

By: Amanda Hampson

3.79

Format: 368 pages, Trade Paperback

They keep everyone's secrets, until there's a murder... Sydney, 1965: After a chance encounter w… read more

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24. Making a Scene

By: Constance Wu

3.67

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A powerful and poignant new book by Crazy Rich Asians and Fresh Off the Boat star Constance Wu abou… read more

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25. The Lost Man

By: Jane Harper

4.16

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Two brothers meet at the border of their vast cattle properties under the unrelenting sun of outbac… read more

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  • contemporary
"I've given you a power over me that you do not deserve."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

"Life out here is hard. We all try to get through the best way we can. But trust me, there's not a single person here who isn't lying to themselves about something."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

"Someone can decide it’s in their best interests to agree to something, but a choice is only really a choice if there’s a genuine alternative. Otherwise it’s manipulation and it’s taking advantage."

-Jane Harper, The Lost Man

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26. Girt Nation (The Unauthorised History of Australia #3)

By: David Hunt

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The saga of Australia continues with… GIRT NATION David Hunt tramples the tall poppies of the pa… read more

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27. Teacher

By: Gabbie Stroud

4.29

Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition

A powerful and moving memoir about how the current system is letting down children and parents, and… read more

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28. Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

By: Anita Heiss

4.31

Format: 311 pages, Paperback

What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology, compiled by award-winning au… read more

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"We’ve never been alone, and we have each other. Not everyone gets everything, and we are so lucky for so much. I’m learning my place, my responsibilities."

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

"I love that I’ve been lucky enough to travel to every Australian city and work with some of the best, most forward-thinking individuals, and coach many to extraordinary feats. I love the friendships …"

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

"P.S. I truly love every square inch of Australia. I look forward to when we realise that this country is our giver of life and will survive long after we have passed on. Maybe, then, we will each cho…"

-Anita Heiss, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia

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29. POTUS

By: Selina Fillinger

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spin… read more

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  • plays
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30. Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy (Quarterly Essay #87)

By: Waleed Aly

3.46

Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition

In this original, eloquent essay, Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens explore the ethics and politics of … read more

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31. Switzerland

By: Joanna Murray-Smith

3.90

Format: 47 pages, Kindle Edition

Somewhere in the Swiss alps, a grande dame of best-selling crime literature lives with an impressiv… read more

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4.41

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3.78

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