11 must-read fiction books like Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein

Cover of Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein

Fiddler on the Roof

By: Sheldon Harnick , Jerry Bock , Joseph Stein

4.22

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The full text and complete lyrics, as well as photographs from the original production. “One of the…

"A bird may love a fish but where would they build a home together?"

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

"A bird may love a fish but where would they build a home together?"

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

"After Jacob had worked for Laban for seven years, do you know what happened? Laban fooled him and gave him his ugly daughter Leah. So to marry Rachel, Jacob was forced to work another seven years. So, you see, children, the Bible clearly teaches us you can never trust an employer."

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

"After Jacob had worked for Laban for seven years, do you know what happened? Laban fooled him and gave him his ugly daughter Leah. So to marry Rachel, Jacob was forced to work another seven years. So, you see, children, the Bible clearly teaches us you can never trust an employer."

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

If you liked the fiction plot in Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Everyman by Anonymous, Unknown

1. Everyman

By: Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Everyman is a medieval morality play that was first performed in the late 15th century. The play te… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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2. Driving Miss Daisy

By: Alfred Uhry

4.25

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recentl… read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Complete Works of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland

3. Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

By: Oscar Wilde , Merlin Holland

3.72

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In print since 1948, this is a single-volume collection of Oscar Wilde's texts. It contains his onl… read more

Similar categories in Oscar Wilde's Complete Works of Oscar Wilde book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • plays
  • classics
  • fiction
  • drama
Cover of Into the Woods by James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim

4. Into the Woods

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"That joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affo… read more

Similar categories in James Lapine's Into the Woods book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • classics
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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5. Disgraced

By: Ayad Akhtar

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

The story of Amir Kapoor (Aasif Mandvi), a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly movi… read more

Similar categories in Ayad Akhtar's Disgraced book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama

6. Barefoot in the Park

By: Neil Simon

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Comedy / 4m, 2f / Int. Paul and Corie Bratter are newlyweds in every sense of the word. He's a stra… read more

Similar categories in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • humor
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz

7. Anna in the Tropics

By: Nilo Cruz

4.10

Format: 0 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama . . . there are many kinds of light. The light of fires… read more

Similar categories in Nilo Cruz's Anna in the Tropics book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Fiddler on the Roof by Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock, Joseph Stein

8. Fiddler on the Roof

By: Sheldon Harnick , Jerry Bock , Joseph Stein

4.22

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

The full text and complete lyrics, as well as photographs from the original production. “One of the… read more

Similar categories in Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • music
  • classics
  • jewish
  • humor
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"A bird may love a fish but where would they build a home together?"

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

"After Jacob had worked for Laban for seven years, do you know what happened? Laban fooled him and gave him his ugly daughter Leah. So to marry Rachel, Jacob was forced to work another seven years. So…"

-Sheldon Harnick, Fiddler on the Roof

9. The Diary of Anne Frank: And Related Readings

By: Frances Goodrich , Albert Hackett

4.20

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

There are 10 reading parts. read more

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10. 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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11. West Side Story

By: Irving Shulman

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the silver screen to the Great White Way--one of the greatest stories of all time. They came t… read more

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12. The Works of Anne Frank

By: Anne Frank

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Revised and expanded version of the Critical Edition, originally published in 1986. A complete coll… read more

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13. Doctor Faustus and Other Plays, Parts 1-2

By: David Bevington , Christopher Marlowe , Eric Rasmussen

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is t… read more

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14. Rent

By: Jonathan Larson

3.00

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

In these pages, Rentoffers what most theater books can't: a chance to step behind the curtain and f… read more

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15. The Normal Heart

By: Andrew Holleran , Larry Kramer , Joseph Papp

4.24

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

THE NORMAL HEARTis the explosive drama about our most terrifying and troubling medical crisis today… read more

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16. Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex

By: Anne Frank , Susan Massotty

4.38

Format: 83 pages,

Hiding from the Nazis in the "Secret Annexe" of an old office building in Amsterdam, a thirteen-yea… read more

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Cover of From Manchester to the Arctic by Sheena  Billett

17. 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

Similar categories in Sheena Billett's From Manchester to the Arctic book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • drama
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"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

Cover of Burned Out by Dean Mafako

18. 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 Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • 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

Cover of Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind by Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

19. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

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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 Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • drama
Cover of Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) by Kyle Keyes

21. Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

By: Kyle Keyes

4.30

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Matching Configurations is the second sequel to Quantum Roots, a light Sci-Fi adventure story that … read more

Similar categories in Kyle Keyes's Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3) book and Sheldon Harnick's Fiddler on the Roof

  • fiction
  • drama
"Somehow, creation manages to form without species intervention."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Molly is not a Quaker, Jeremy. Quakers don't have tits that big."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"Most of us can find our way out of the wilderness without Moses."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

"You're not a Quaker, Jeremy. I happen to know you put beer on your cornflakes."

-Kyle Keyes, Matching Configurations (Quantum Roots, #3)

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Everyman

Anonymous , Unknown

3.27

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Driving Miss Daisy

Alfred Uhry

4.25

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Complete Works of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde , Merlin Holland

3.72

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Into the Woods

James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

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J.B.: A Play in Verse

Archibald MacLeish

3.69

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The Playboy of the Western World & Riders to the Sea

J.M. Synge

2.70

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The Heidi Chronicles: Uncommon Women and Others & Isn't It Romantic

Wendy Wasserstein

5.00

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Four Major Plays, Vol. 1: A Doll House / The Wild Duck / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder

Henrik Ibsen , Rolf Fjelde

3.93

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