18 must-read fiction books like Dying City by Christopher Shinn

Cover of Dying City by Christopher Shinn

Dying City

By: Christopher Shinn

3.54

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

";The finest new American play I’ve seen in a long while . . . Dying City is a political play and a…

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Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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2. Between Riverside and Crazy

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Written with humor, tenderness, grit, and wonderment by acclaimed playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, … read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Constellations by Nick Payne

3. 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
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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4. Take Me Out

By: Richard Greenberg

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Darren Lemming is the star center fielder for the champion New York Empires. An extraordinary athle… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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5. The Comedy of Errors

By: William Shakespeare

3.72

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Excerpt from Die Kom�die der Irrungen Geste Grayorum or the History of the High and mighty Princ… read more

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  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Why should their liberty than ours be more?"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"Mi corazón ora por él, aunque mi lengua lo maldiga."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"El tiempo es insolvente y debe más de lo que tiene."

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

"¡A cuántos tontos enamorados esclaviza la locura de los celos!"

-William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors

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6. Twelfth Night

By: William Shakespeare , Folger Shakespeare Library

3.95

Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Named for the twelfth night after Christmas, the end of the Christmas season, Twelfth Night plays w… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"a raven's heart within a dove."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"I pity you That's a degree to love"

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Better a witty fool, than a foolish wit."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

"Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage."

-William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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7. 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

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • 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

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8. Topdog/Underdog

By: Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the w… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

9. The Two Gentlemen of Verona

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies Each edition includes: * printed version of the … read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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10. 4000 Miles

By: Amy Herzog

2.33

Format: None pages,

After suffering a major loss while he was on a cross-country bike trip, 21 year-old Leo seeks solac… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

11. All's Well That Ends Well

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine

3.99

Format: 273 pages,

In the acclaimed BBC Radio Shakespeare series, each play is introduced by Richard Eyre, former Dire… read more

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12. This is Our Youth

By: Kenneth Lonergan

0.00

Format: None pages,

Starring Mark Ruffalo, Josh Hamilton and Missy Yager, the original cast was reunited for this exclu… read more

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13. 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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14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

By: Tennessee Williams

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v… read more

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  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing"

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

15. Ruined

By: Lynn Nottage

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "A powerhouse drama. . . . Lynn Nottage's beautiful, hi… read more

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16. People, Places and Things

By: Duncan Macmillan

3.36

Format: None pages, Paperback

Emma is in rehab. Her first step is to admit that she has a problem. But the problem isn't with Emm… read more

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17. Fences (The Century Cycle #6)

By: August Wilson

4.23

Format: 690 pages,

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture directed by Denzel Washington, and starring Denzel Washington and… read more

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18. Dog Sees God

By: None

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

When CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best frien… read more

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19. 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

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  • 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

20. A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theatre

By: None

4.07

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

A Director Preparesis a thought-provoking examination of the challenges of making theatre. In it, A… read more

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21. Clybourne Park

By: Bruce Norris

3.78

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Clybourne park had its UK premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Set in Chicago, the play "ap… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

22. 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

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23. Glengarry Glen Ross

By: David Mamet

4.49

Format: 563 pages,

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat rea… read more

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24. The Aliens

By: Annie Baker

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Professional slackers and best friends KJ and Jasper spend their days talking music and Bukowski ou… read more

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25. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

In the Next Room or the vibrator playis a comedy about marriage, intimacy, and electricity. Set in … read more

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26. Fairview

By: Jackie Sibblies Drury

4.27

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doome… read more

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  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Once... Well, not once, not at all once. Many many many many times, there was a person who worked hard, a person who tried to work hard, and tried to do their best, and tried to do well by their fami…"

-Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview

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27. 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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  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

28. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

By: Haruki Murakami

3.87

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegi… read more

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  • fiction
"Don’t let the bad elves get you."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Every person has their own colour."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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29. The Antipodes

By: Annie Baker

4.13

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

“Endlessly fascinating … The Antipodes leaves you glowing with a wondering satisfaction. I mean the… read more

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  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Dying City by Christopher Shinn

30. Dying City

By: Christopher Shinn

3.54

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

";The finest new American play I’ve seen in a long while . . . Dying City is a political play and a… read more

Similar categories in Christopher Shinn's Dying City book and Christopher Shinn's Dying City

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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31. Paris

By: Eboni Booth

3.67

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Emmie is one of the only Black people living in Paris, Vermont, and she desperately needs a job. Wh… read more

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  • plays

18 Best plays books like Dying City by Christopher Shinn

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Between Riverside and Crazy

Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

Transform Your Habits

Take Me Out

Richard Greenberg

3.92

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20 must-read fiction books like The Antipodes by Annie Baker

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Equus (Penguin Plays)

Peter Shaffer

3.91

Transform Your Habits

Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

Transform Your Habits

The Christians

Lucas Hnath

4.17

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