13 must-read fiction books like Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith, Richmond Lattimore, Douglass Parker

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Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

By: Aristophanes , William Arrowsmith , Richmond Lattimore , Douglass Parker

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

This volume brings together the four most acclaimed comedies of Greek playwright Aristophanes. The …

If you liked the fiction plot in Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs by Aristophanes, William Arrowsmith, Richmond Lattimore, Douglass Parker , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Dinner With Friends

By: Donald Margulies , Matthew Arkin , None , None , None , None

3.65

Format: 135 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Filled with humor, warmth, insight and wisdom, Dinner w… read more

Similar categories in Donald Margulies's Dinner With Friends book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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2. Philoctetes

By: Sophocles

3.89

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Philoctetes is a play written by Sophocles, an ancient Greek playwright, that tells the story of Ph… read more

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  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides by Robert Fagles, Aeschylus, William Bedell Stanford

3. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford

4.01

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more

Similar categories in Robert Fagles's The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
"I cannot not grieve."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Learning comes through pain."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"

-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides

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4. The Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea

By: J.M. Synge

2.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

The plays of John Millington Synge (1871-1909) are filled with the humors, sorrows, and dreams of t… read more

Similar categories in J.M. Synge's The Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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5. I Am My Own Wife

By: Doug Wright

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

I Am My Own Wife is the winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. From the Obie Award-winning au… read more

Similar categories in Doug Wright's I Am My Own Wife book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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6. Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus

By: Euripides

4.11

Format: 559 pages, Paperback

Alcestis/Medea/The Children of Heracles/Hippolytus Translated by John Davie with an Introduction an… read more

Similar categories in Euripides's Medea and Other Plays: Medea / Alcestis / The Children of Heracles / Hippolytus book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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7. Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

By: Aristophanes , William Arrowsmith , Richmond Lattimore , Douglass Parker

4.27

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

This volume brings together the four most acclaimed comedies of Greek playwright Aristophanes. The … read more

Similar categories in Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • classics
  • literature
  • theatre
  • philosophy
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

8. Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare , Sylvan Barnet , Alvin Kernan , Russell Fraser

3.65

Format: 448 pages,

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9. Prometheus Bound and Other Plays

By: Aeschylus , Philip Vellacott

4.14

Format: 222 pages, Paperback

The first of the great Greek Tragedians, Aeschylus wrote a large number of plays, of which seven su… read more

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10. 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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11. A Tempest

By: Aimé Césaire , Richard Miller

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

Cesaire's rich and insightful adaptation of The Tempestdraws on contemporary Caribbean society, the… read more

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12. Biedermann und die Brandstifter

By: Max Frisch

4.32

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Das Stuck ist die Geschichte des Burgers Gottlieb Biedermann, der die Brandstifter in sein Haus ein… read more

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13. Scavenger Hunt

By: Chad Boudreaux

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

WHEN JUSTICE IS BLIND, SCAVENGERS DO THE HUNTING Blake Hudson just wants to serve his country we… read more

Similar categories in Chad Boudreaux's Scavenger Hunt book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • fiction
  • drama
"What other problems do American soldiers face when hunting down these fanat­ical killers?"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"As Blake turned around to continue his walk back to Main Justice, he spotted one of the tourists taking his picture. “Don’t waste your film!"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"Home was the one place he wanted to forget, the place from which he’d run away but never could escape. And, yes, home was the place he’d been instructed to leave—the place where the trouble began and…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

"While waiting for her accomplice to gather his equipment, Hensley couldn’t help but think ahead to her next mission. She hadn’t told him. It wasn’t a mission for which she’d volunteered, nor a missio…"

-Chad Boudreaux, Scavenger Hunt

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14. From Manchester to the Arctic

By: Sheena Billett

4.31

Format: 261 pages, ebook

In the challenging but rapidly changing 1970s, Connie Sanders, a broken-hearted nurse, flees to the… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"The first wave of homesickness caught Connie by surprise. She had not heard or felt its approach until it hit her hard, knocking her to the ground."

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"As she was putting her boots on Daisy threw a barb over her shoulder that struck Connie right in the middle of her chest. ‘Grow up, Connie! This place is not for faint-hearted romantics!"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"I don’t think I’ll ever forget this day,’ Connie said. ‘I want to soak up every single moment, so that I can remember it when I’m old. Remember that I…we, did this. I want to have stories to tell whe…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

"It was almost 3 a.m. before Connie got into bed. Sipping cocoa in the cold daylight and listening to the silence, only punctuated by the distant barking of dogs, she began to wonder what she had done…"

-Sheena Billett, From Manchester to the Arctic

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15. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • fiction
  • drama
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

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16. Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.33

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Who is killing off members of the Falconer family and why? Such is the challenge confronting highly… read more

Similar categories in Susan Rowland's Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery) book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • fiction
  • drama
"Falconers,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,"

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"We’re so very sorry about this latest murder. Ignore Simon’s levity."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"He says it was tourists being careless, where I see a fiendishly clever murder attempt."

-Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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17. Burned Out

By: Dean Mafako

4.30

Format: 526 pages, Paperback

Eric Philson came to the Children's Hospital of Biloxi with a goal ― to build the cardiac intensive… read more

Similar categories in Dean Mafako's Burned Out book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • fiction
"The entire belief was insulting to many of us, but nonetheless, the term “top trained,"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"The hypocrisy was too much to bear, the institution was paying over a million dollars for Mr. Hyde to perform “values training"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"When I arrived, I did the job of six people and worked over one hundred hours per week for more than a year until I collapsed in my yard and nearly died!"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

"One of the greatest realizations that I clumsily stumbled upon during this process, was that these people didn’t need someone like me to tell them what to do; they needed someone like me to show them…"

-Dean Mafako, Burned Out

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18. Black Fire

By: William Kely McClung

4.29

Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition

Major Tommy Black is at the crossroads of a brilliant, clandestine career. Lost... without purpose … read more

Similar categories in William Kely McClung's Black Fire book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • fiction
"Okay, sure, he’s a great fucking guy,"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"It was time to start thinking of darker things."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Black once tried to tackle a Humvee head-on. This was worse"

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

"Legends were mostly bullshit, even his own, but they sometimes could be useful."

-William Kely McClung, Black Fire

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19. The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

By: Susan Rowland

4.30

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Former Archivist Mary Wandwalker hates bringing bad news. Nevertheless, she confirms to her alma ma… read more

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  • fiction
  • drama
"The fire on the mountain."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"The Alchemy Scroll works on the heart,"

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"You can’t set fires, Anna. Never again. Promise."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

"She stabbed the earth with her big fork as if she could make Cookie Mac’s blood sprout from it."

-Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder (Mary Wandwalker Mystery)

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20. Wife For Sale

By: Tabita Gutu

4.41

Format: 232 pages, Hardcover

Take an unhappy married couple with a small baby, a man whose wife died in a tragic accident and ca… read more

Similar categories in Tabita Gutu's Wife For Sale book and Aristophanes's Four Plays: The Clouds/The Birds/Lysistrata/The Frogs

  • drama
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21. The Local School

By: Colin Phelan

4.28

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

Although many view schools, colleges, and universities as the primary places from which we attain a… read more

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"Water is to India as blood is to the body, with the many rivers functioning as arteries – the Ganges being the aorta – and the monsoon timelessly arriving as a much-needed annual blood transfusion."

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"Everyone is recharged for the second half, no bell, no forced learning, no principal’s office for tardiness or absenteeism; instead, a voluntary return to our collective pane of learning. Final conve…"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"Despite the business and auto-rickshaws and bantering Bengalis just beyond his brown front door, Sanjit cultivates a distinct learning environment and energy, one created and galvanized above the til…"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

"It is here where education is championed and gratefully pursued as the human right which many in our world classify it to be. For although regarded as a human right, many entitled to education often …"

-Colin Phelan, The Local School

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3.74

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