10 must-read classics books like Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard

Cover of Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard

Indian Ink

By: Tom Stoppard

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Flora Crewe, a young poet travelling India in 1930, has her portrait painted by a local artist. Mor…

If you liked the classics plot in Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Antigone by Jean Anouilh, Lewis Galantibre

1. Antigone

By: Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was occupied and part of Hitler's Eu… read more

Similar categories in Jean Anouilh's Antigone book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"My part is not a heroic one, but I shall play my part."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"Antigone — Et serre moi. Plus fort que tu ne m'as jamais serrée. Que toute ta force s'imprime dans moi. Hémon — Là. De toute ma force."

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

"ANTIGONE: Tell me the truth! I beg you to tell me the truth! When you think about me, when it strikes you suddenly that I am going to belong to you―do you have the feeling that―that a great empty spa…"

-Jean Anouilh, Antigone

Cover of Equus (Penguin Plays) by Peter Shaffer

2. Equus (Penguin Plays)

By: Peter Shaffer

3.91

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In "Equus," which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic… read more

Similar categories in Peter Shaffer's Equus (Penguin Plays) book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"There is now, in my mouth, this sharp chain. And it never comes out."

-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)

"A child is born into a world of phenomena all equal in their power to enslave."

-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)

"That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?"

-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)

"To go through life and call it yours - your life - you first have to get your own pain. Pain that's unique to you. You can't just dip into the common bin and say 'That's enough!"

-Peter Shaffer, Equus (Penguin Plays)

Cover of China Doll by David Mamet

3. China Doll

By: David Mamet

2.82

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

"The finest American author of his generation."— Sunday Mail This complex new work from celebrated … read more

Similar categories in David Mamet's China Doll book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys

4. Wide Sargasso Sea

By: Jean Rhys

3.59

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more

Similar categories in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"When trouble comes, close ranks"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought I'd try to write her a life"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."

-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea

Cover of Lysistrata by Aristophanes, Sarah Ruden

5. Lysistrata

By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden

3.87

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more

Similar categories in Aristophanes's Lysistrata book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."

-Aristophanes, Lysistrata

Cover of All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

6. All My Sons

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

read more

Similar categories in Arthur Miller's All My Sons book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of King Lear by William Shakespeare, William James Rolfe

7. King Lear

By: William Shakespeare , William James Rolfe

3.91

Format: 338 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's King Lear book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • theatre
  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
"Fortune love you."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"She is herself a dowry."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"All dark and comfortless."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

"Nothing can come of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, King Lear

Cover of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl

8. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai

9. Fire on the Mountain

By: Anita Desai

4.01

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

A classic from one of India's greatest writers with a stunning new cover in water colour. Gone are … read more

Similar categories in Anita Desai's Fire on the Mountain book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard

10. Indian Ink

By: Tom Stoppard

3.78

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

Flora Crewe, a young poet travelling India in 1930, has her portrait painted by a local artist. Mor… read more

Similar categories in Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • india
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama

11. Under the Udala Trees

By: Chinelo Okparanta

4.70

Format: 84 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful … read more

Similar categories in Chinelo Okparanta's Under the Udala Trees book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

Cover of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

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

Similar categories in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"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. The Beautifull Cassandra

By: Jane Austen

3.62

Format: 320 pages,

'She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.' A selection of Austen'… read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's The Beautifull Cassandra book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

Cover of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, None

14. The Merchant of Venice

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

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

15. The Mark on the Wall

By: Virginia Woolf

3.84

Format: 95 pages,

read more

Similar categories in Virginia Woolf's The Mark on the Wall book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

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

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

17. A Man for All Seasons

By: Robert Bolt

4.34

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

The classic play about Sir Thomas More, the Lord chancellor who refused to compromise and was execu… read more

Similar categories in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Seasons book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

18. Measure for Measure

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

4.38

Format: 83 pages, Paperback

Measure for Measureis among the most passionately discussed of Shakespeare's plays. In it, a duke t… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

Cover of The Cockroach by Ian McEwan

19. The Cockroach

By: Ian McEwan

3.26

Format: 109 pages, Kindle Edition

That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself tr… read more

Similar categories in Ian McEwan's The Cockroach book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • fiction
Cover of Machines like Me by Ian McEwan

20. Machines like Me

By: Ian McEwan

3.59

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing a… read more

Similar categories in Ian McEwan's Machines like Me book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • fiction
"Caen las hojas. Llega la primavera, y tu caída."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"could tell you similar stories of machine sadness."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"Nel suo sguardo, c'è un mondo d'amore. Amo il mondo!"

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

"But when you’ve lost a fortune, you don’t clean up the kitchen."

-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me

Cover of Grand Union by Zadie Smith

21. Grand Union

By: Zadie Smith

3.26

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling collection of short fiction, more than half of which have never been published before, f… read more

Similar categories in Zadie Smith's Grand Union book and Tom Stoppard's Indian Ink

  • fiction
"See what you've done there is you've transformed an act of the perpetrator into another person's being. I said, You don't say to a witch: the reason they're dunking you is because you're a witch. You…"

-Zadie Smith, Grand Union

15 Best fiction books like Indian Ink by Tom Stoppard

Transform Your Habits

Antigone

Jean Anouilh , Lewis Galantibre

3.78

Transform Your Habits

Equus (Penguin Plays)

Peter Shaffer

3.91

Transform Your Habits

China Doll

David Mamet

2.82

Transform Your Habits

Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys

3.59

View all the books

9 best-selling fiction books like All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

3.98

Transform Your Habits

All My Sons

Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Transform Your Habits

Hedda Gabler

Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.