The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful (The Ridiculous Theatrical Co.)
By: Charles Ludlam
3.77
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
Comedy 2 men playing various roles Simple sets This definitive spoof of Gothic melodramas, recentl…
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1. The Humans
By: Stephen Karam
3.91
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving a… read more
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- theatre
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2. Man from Nebraska
By: Tracy Letts
3.43
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A luxury sedan, a church pew and visits to a nursing home form the comfortable round of Ken Carpent… read more
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- theatre
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"You lack freedom, so you fantasize about it."-Tracy Letts, Man from Nebraska
"All Americans are defensive. You can't help it."-Tracy Letts, Man from Nebraska
"(...) defensiveness bores me, because it all sounds the same."-Tracy Letts, Man from Nebraska
"A nun's habit is authentic, but wearing one doesn't make you a nun."-Tracy Letts, Man from Nebraska
3. The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
By: Julie Berry
3.82
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
There's a murderer on the loose—but that doesn't stop the girls of St. Etheldreda's from attempting… read more
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"Each of us could be under a cloud of suspicion for the rest of our lives." "A black spot," Dour Elinor intoned. "A blemish upon our maiden purity." "Oh, no, surely not," disgraceful Mary Jane replied…"-Julie Berry, The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place
4. Wonder of the World: Trade Edition
By: David Lindsay-Abaire
4.23
Format: 510 pages, Paperback
Two years after "Fuddy Meers" floored both audiences and critics, David Lindsay-Abaire followed up … read more
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- theatre
- plays
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5. The Decagon House Murders
By: Yukito Ayatsuji , Sōji Shimada , Ho-Ling Wong
2.50
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly mu… read more
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6. The Stepford Wives
By: Ira Levin
2.89
Format: None pages, Paperback
For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost to… read more
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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
- school
- drama
8. Fitness Junkie
By: Lucy Sykes
3.91
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one woman's attempt… read more
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9. Bird by Bird
By: Anne Lamott
4.24
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
A newer edition of this title can be found here. "Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten… read more
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"Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
"You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too."-Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
10. The Last Night of Ballyhoo
By: Alfred Uhry
3.32
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The newest play by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Driving Miss Daisy. read more
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- theatre
- plays
- drama
11. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
By: Stephen Adly Guirgis
4.18
Format: None pages, Paperback
From one of our most admired playwrights, "an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud relig… read more
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12. Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
3.57
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
'For a salesman, there is no rock bottom to life. He don't put a bolt to a nut, he don't tell you t… read more
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"I’m tired to the death."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"LINDA [with infinite patience]"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"Be liked and you will never want."-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
"I'm losing weight, you notice, Pop?"-Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman
13. A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
"Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of black peo… read more
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14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
By: James Joyce , Seamus Deane
3.64
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art a… read more
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- school
"My heart is quite calm now. I will go back."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"Are you not weary of ardent ways? Tell no more of enchanted days."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
"He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place."-James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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16. 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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17. Talk Radio
By: Eric Bogosian
4.43
Format: 85 pages, Paperback
"Eric Bogosian's Talk Radiois just about the best theatrical expression of our fucked-up culture th… read more
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18. Design for Living
By: Noël Coward
4.34
Format: 592 pages,
Noel Coward's audacious comedy from 1933, written for himself and the Lunts, centers on a sexual th… read more
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19. Twelve Angry Men
By: David Mamet , Reginald Rose
4.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
A landmark American drama that inspired a classic film and a Broadway revival--featuring an introdu… read more
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20. Rules for Aging: Resist Normal Impulses, Live Longer, Attain Perfection
By: Roger Rosenblatt
4.00
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
Acclaimed and beloved prize-winning essayist Roger Rosenblatt has commented on most of the trends a… read more
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21. The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
By: Alan Bradley
3.82
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
It is the summer of 1950–and at the once-grand mansion of Buckshaw, young Flavia de Luce, an aspiri… read more
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"Simple pleasures are best."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"It was as black in the closet as old blood."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"...silence is sometimes the most costly of commodities."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
"I was me, I was Flavia. And I loved myself, even if no one else did."-Alan Bradley, The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
22. Blackouts
By: Justin Torres
3.77
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of We the Animals, Blackouts mines lost histories--personal and collect… read more
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23. Recitatif
By: Toni Morrison
4.31
Format: 19 pages, Audiobook
A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more
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"Difficult to “move on"-Toni Morrison, Recitatif
24. Poor Deer
By: Claire Oshetsky
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more
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"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer
25. Little Weirds
By: Jenny Slate
3.88
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition can be found here. Hello and welcome to my book. Inside you will find… read more
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"If I deny that the root is in me, I will never change."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"I love myself. I think that I am a very top-quality person."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"If I could remember anything, I would remember my belief that my extra love could just be used on myself."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
"I was born bucking the idea that I should have to be anywhere that I don’t like or talk to people who make me feel dead or trapped."-Jenny Slate, Little Weirds
26. The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
By: Yukito Ayatsuji
3.62
Format: 253 pages, Paperback
Ever since a horrific car accident, Fujinuma Kiichi has lived a reclusive existence in the remote M… read more
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"A cold death mask worn by a living man."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"It sounded like the beating heart of the house."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"In the gloomy darkness, I revealed my accursed face."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
"He cursed the storm that had upset his peaceful life."-Yukito Ayatsuji, The Mill House Murders (House Murders, #2)
27. A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
4.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he… read more
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28. Evening at The Talk House
By: Wallace Shawn
3.19
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
At Ted's instigation, the old gang gather once more at the almost legendary club The Talk House. Te… read more
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29. The Mystery of Irma Vep: A Penny Dreadful (The Ridiculous Theatrical Co.)
By: Charles Ludlam
3.77
Format: 78 pages, Paperback
Comedy 2 men playing various roles Simple sets This definitive spoof of Gothic melodramas, recentl… read more
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- school
- theatre
- vampires
- plays
- comedy
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