The History Boys
By: Alan Bennett
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university…
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1. Top Girls
By: Caryl Churchill
3.58
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a seminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a wor… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
2. 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
- plays
- fiction
"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
3. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
By: Muriel Spark
3.70
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorit… read more
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- classics
- fiction
- british literature
"It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"[...] there were other people's Edinburghs quite different from hers [...]"-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"... flattening their scorn underneath the chariot wheels of her superiority."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
"To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul."-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
4. Blood Brothers
By: Willy Russell
3.70
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
A Liverpudlian West Side Story: twin brothers are separated at birth because their mother cannot af… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
5. All My Sons
By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby
4.50
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
6. The Merchant's Prologue and Tale
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Maurice Hussey
3.79
Format: None pages, Paperback
A well-established and respected series. Texts are in the original Middle English, and each has an … read more
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- classics
- fiction
7. DNA
By: Dennis Kelly
3.50
Format: 824 pages, Paperback
A group of teenagers do something bad, really bad, then panic and cover the whole thing up. But whe… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
8. Anita and Me
By: Meera Syal
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
Anita and Me, which has been compared to To Kill a Mockingbird, tells the story of Meena, the daugh… read more
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- fiction
- british literature
9. Red
By: John Logan
3.66
Format: 146 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF SIX TONY AWARDS A moving and compelling account of one of the greatest artists of the twe… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
10. The History Boys
By: Alan Bennett
0.00
Format: 287 pages, Paperback
An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-form boys in pursuit of sex, sport and a place at university… read more
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- classics
- lgbt
- british literature
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
11. The World's Wife
By: Carol Ann Duffy
4.42
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Be terrified. It's you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own; but I know you'll go, betray me,… read more
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- fiction
12. Jerusalem
By: Jez Butterworth
3.81
Format: 225 pages, Paperback
"[A] startlingly brilliant new play. . . . A tragic and hilarious vision of life in an English coun… read more
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- theatre
- plays
- fiction
- drama
13. Arcadia
By: Tom Stoppard
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Arcadiatakes us back and forth between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ranging over the nat… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
14. Pigeon English
By: Stephen Kelman
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
Lying in front of Harrison Opoku is a body, the body of one of his classmates, a boy known for his … read more
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15. Proof
By: David Auburn
3.63
Format: 256 pages,
"One of the most acclaimed plays of recent seasons, Proof explores the unknowability of love as muc… read more
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16. Wit
By: None
4.48
Format: None pages,
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, the Ou… read more
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17. Look Back in Anger
By: John Osborne
3.80
Format: 25 pages, Paperback
The text of the play, first performed in London in 1956, depicts the despair of post-war youth. read more
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18. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By: Mark Haddon , Simon Stephens
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and the capital ci… read more
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19. A Doll's House
By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer
3.76
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more
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- classics
- theatre
- fiction
- plays
- drama
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House
20. 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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21. 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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- classics
- fiction
"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
22. A View from the Bridge: A Play in Two Acts
By: Arthur Miller
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
America's greatest playwright weaves "a vivid, crackling, idiomatic psychosexual horror tale." --Fr… read more
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24. Oleanna
By: David Mamet
3.75
Format: 289 pages, Paperback
In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss … read more
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25. The Flick
By: Annie Baker
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
In a rundown movie theater in central Massachusetts, three underpaid employees sweep up popcorn in … read more
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26. The Duchess of Malfi
By: John Webster
3.00
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchess of M… read more
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28. 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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29. Love on the Line 2 (Women at Work, #2)
By: Kirsten Fullmer
4.30
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
In part two of this extraordinary love story set in the hot, humid, summer of the wide-open mid-wes… read more
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- fiction
- drama
30. Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
By: Sharon Carter
4.31
Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition
Devastated by the death of her husband in a horrific car accident, Sage lives with a protective arm… read more
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- fiction
- drama
"Universe, not again. You can't cause another tragedy in my life."-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
"Don't fucking move," Jacob said, pressing the gun into Nick's back."-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
"I wish i could really believe that---really believe that. I'm glad the two of you met as well."-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
"One thing I do know my son-in-law didn't hate you. That man loved you so much, sweetie," her father commented."-Sharon Carter, Love Auction: Too Risky to Love Again
31. Projector for Sale
By: Steven Decker
4.23
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Emily Noland is a trauma survivor who never remembers her dreams. While searching for a job, her li… read more
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- fiction
"My people believe in balance,"-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
"Emily was beginning to realize that the word hope had a different meaning than the word dream."-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
"The money we spend to help you is really to help ourselves. We invest in you because you will do great things, and we want to be part of it."-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
"My people are taught from a young age to try to remember their dreams, to learn from them, and to aspire to achieve their dreams in the physical world."-Steven Decker, Projector for Sale
