9 best-selling theatre books like I'm Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner

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I'm Not Rappaport

By: Herb Gardner

3.73

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Two elderly men, Nat Moyer, a Jewish radical, and Midge Carter, a Black superintendent meet each da…

"Nat: Maybe you broke something. Midge: I know. Never fall down, never fall down! Nat: Ah, it's nothing. I fall down every morning. I get up, I have a cup of coffee, I fall down. That's the system. Two years old, you stand up and then BOOM! seventy years later, you fall down again."

-Herb Gardner, I'm Not Rappaport

"Nat: Maybe you broke something. Midge: I know. Never fall down, never fall down! Nat: Ah, it's nothing. I fall down every morning. I get up, I have a cup of coffee, I fall down. That's the system. Two years old, you stand up and then BOOM! seventy years later, you fall down again."

-Herb Gardner, I'm Not Rappaport

If you liked the theatre plot in I'm Not Rappaport by Herb Gardner , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. The Power of the Dog

By: Thomas Savage , Annie Proulx

4.18

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

First published in 1967, Thomas Savage's western novel about two brothers now includes an afterword… read more

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"Fate punishes the proud, and dashes hope"

-Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog

"He taught me that if you’ve got guts, you can do any damned thing, guts and patience. Impatience is a costly commodity, Pete."

-Thomas Savage, The Power of the Dog

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2. 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
  • drama
"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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3. The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more

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"Quoth the raven nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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4. 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

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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5. Our Town

By: Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Our Townwas first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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6. The Importance of Being Earnest

By: Oscar Wilde

2.50

Format: None pages,

Oscar Wilde's madcap farce about mistaken identities, secret engagements, and lovers entanglements … read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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7. The Piano Lesson

By: August Wilson

3.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

August Wilson has already given the American theater such spell-binding plays about the black exper… read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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8. Lucky Guy

By: Nora Ephron

3.40

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

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  • theatre
  • plays

9. The Little Dog Laughed

By: Douglas Carter Beane

3.80

Format: 654 pages, Paperback

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10. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

By: Alison Bechdel

4.08

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant… read more

Similar categories in Alison Bechdel's Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

"Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?"

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"Mom, how come you never go outside?" "I told you, I'm a vampire."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

11. 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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12. 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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13. Happening

By: Annie Ernaux

4.32

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plag… read more

Similar categories in Annie Ernaux's Happening book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

"There is no such thing as a lesser truth."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"I was intoxicated, wrapped up in wordless intelligence."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"People judged according to the law, they didn't judge the law."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

"love children are the most beautiful of all.' What a terrible statement."

-Annie Ernaux, Happening

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14. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.87

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-s… read more

Similar categories in Agatha Christie's The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2) book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

"Two people rarely see the same thing."

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Again you have the sentiment and not the logic!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"[...] She is not for you, that one! Take it from Papa Poirot!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Mon ami, двоє людей рідко можуть похвалитись, що бачать однакові речі"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

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15. My Name Is Barbra

By: Barbra Streisand

4.20

Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover

The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more

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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"

-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra

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16. Cost of Living

By: Martyna Majok

4.14

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, reunites with his ex-wife Ani after she suffers a devastating ac… read more

Similar categories in Martyna Majok's Cost of Living book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
"That's not a thing I'll ever know. Everything's started over for me—"

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"Self-pity has little currency in these characters' worlds. Humor, however, has much."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"It matters who you are. Family. Connections. If there's gonna be a net when you fall. Cuz everybody falls."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"The shit that happens is not to be understood. That's from the Bible. The shit that happens to you is Not To Be Understood."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

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17. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

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  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance by John Waters

18. Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance

By: John Waters

3.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A hilariously filthy tale of sex, crime, and family dysfunction from the brilliantly twisted mind o… read more

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19. How to Be Eaten

By: Maria Adelmann

3.60

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

This darkly funny and provocative novel reimagines classic fairy tale characters as modern women in… read more

Similar categories in Maria Adelmann's How to Be Eaten book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

"But something changes after tragedy,"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"Morals create a labyrinth of rules geared toward blaming the victim"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"What if, for some of us, moving on involves finding good in the bad? Or being thankful for how we changed? That doesn't mean we wished it to happen."

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

"Maybe just don't leave the house at all", Gretel pipes in. "Maybe stay home". "But isn't that where accidents happen?" says Ashlee. "So lock all of the doors", says Ruby. "Doesn't always help", says …"

-Maria Adelmann, How to Be Eaten

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20. I'm Not Rappaport

By: Herb Gardner

3.73

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Two elderly men, Nat Moyer, a Jewish radical, and Midge Carter, a Black superintendent meet each da… read more

Similar categories in Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport book and Herb Gardner's I'm Not Rappaport

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
"Nat: Maybe you broke something. Midge: I know. Never fall down, never fall down! Nat: Ah, it's nothing. I fall down every morning. I get up, I have a cup of coffee, I fall down. That's the system. Tw…"

-Herb Gardner, I'm Not Rappaport

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3.98

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4.06

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Our Town

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4.35

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The Importance of Being Earnest

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2.50

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George Bernard Shaw

3.89

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Tennessee Williams

3.98

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Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

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3.95

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