13 Best classics books like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Cover of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

By: Tennessee Williams

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v…

"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

If you liked the classics plot in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

1. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

By: Edward Albee

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's A… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Honey: I know these people ..."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"You want to dance with me, angel tits?"

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

"George: Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? Martha: I am, George. I am."

-Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Cover of Our Town by Thornton Wilder, Donald Margulies, Tappan Wilder

2. Our Town

By: Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder

4.35

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Our Townwas first produced and published in 1938 to wide acclaim. This Pulitzer Prize-winning drama… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

3. Waiting for Godot

By: Samuel Beckett

3.63

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Cuando en 1953 se estreno en Paris Esperando a Godot, casi nadie sabia quien era Samuel Beckett, sa… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • literature
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  • fiction
  • plays
Cover of All My Sons by Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby

4. All My Sons

By: Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

Format: 231 pages, Paperback

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  • classics
  • american
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Zoo Story by Edward Albee

5. The Zoo Story

By: Edward Albee

3.90

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

The Zoo Story is a one-act play by American playwright Edward Albee. His first play, it was written… read more

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  • american
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."

-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story

"Now, here is what I had wanted to happen: I had tried to love, and I had tried to kill, and both had been unsuccessful by themselves."

-Edward Albee, The Zoo Story

Cover of Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, William Archer

6. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Piano Lesson by August Wilson

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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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov

8. The Three Sisters

By: Anton Chekhov

3.06

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

First performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, The Three Sistersprobes the lives and dreams of … read more

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  • classics
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

9. Buried Child

By: Sam Shepard

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize winning Buried Childis… read more

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  • classics
  • american
  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of An Experiment with an Air Pump by Shelagh Stephenson

10. An Experiment with an Air Pump

By: Shelagh Stephenson

4.75

Format: 144 pages,

1799 - On the eve of a new century, the house buzzes with scientific experiments, furtive romance a… read more

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  • classics
  • school
  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller

11. 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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  • american
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
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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

Cover of A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Michael   Meyer

12. 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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  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • fiction
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  • 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

13. Long Day's Journey Into Night

By: Eugene O'Neill

3.89

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play Long Day's Journey into Night is regarded as his finest work… read more

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Cover of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

14. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

By: Tennessee Williams

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof first heated up Broadway in 1955 with its gothic American story of brothers v… read more

Similar categories in Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof book and Tennessee Williams's Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

  • classics
  • american
  • school
  • literature
  • theatre
  • southern
  • 20th century
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"BRICK [to the moon]: I envy you--you cool son of a bitch."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"We mustn't scream at each other, the walls in this house have ears..."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"Maggie, we're through with lies and liars in this house. Lock the door."

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

"A drinking man's someone who wants to forget he isn't still young and believing"

-Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

15. The Seagull

By: Anton Chekhov , Michael Frayn

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Methuen Student Edition of Chekhov's classic play in Michael Frayn's acclaimed translation. When … read more

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16. Machinal

By: Sophie Treadwell

4.65

Format: None pages, Paperback

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17. The Cherry Orchard

By: Anton Chekhov , Tom Murphy

4.29

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Published to tie in with the world premiere at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin In Chekhov's tragi-comedy … read more

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18. 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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19. August: Osage County

By: Tracy Letts

4.29

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

One of the most bracing and critically acclaimed plays in recent history, August: Osage Countyis a … read more

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20. Crimes of the Heart

By: Beth Henley

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

This drama in three acts won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981. Set in a small Mississippi town,… read more

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12 Best fiction books like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams

Transform Your Habits

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Our Town

Thornton Wilder , Donald Margulies , Tappan Wilder

4.35

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Waiting for Godot

Samuel Beckett

3.63

Transform Your Habits

All My Sons

Arthur Miller , Christopher Bigsby

4.50

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The Wild Duck

David Eldridge , Henrik Ibsen

3.79

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Miss Julie

David French , August Strindberg

3.87

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