16 Top plays books like Cost of Living by Martyna Majok

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Cost of Living

By: Martyna Majok

4.14

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, reunites with his ex-wife Ani after she suffers a devastating ac…

"That's not a thing I'll ever know. Everything's started over for me—"

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"That's not a thing I'll ever know. Everything's started over for me—"

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"Self-pity has little currency in these characters' worlds. Humor, however, has much."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"Self-pity has little currency in these characters' worlds. Humor, however, has much."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

If you liked the plays plot in Cost of Living by Martyna Majok , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. Between Riverside and Crazy

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

Format: 71 pages, Paperback

Written with humor, tenderness, grit, and wonderment by acclaimed playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis, … read more

Similar categories in Stephen Adly Guirgis's Between Riverside and Crazy book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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2. Sweat

By: Lynn Nottage

4.06

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

In one of the poorest cities in America, Reading, Pennsylvania, a group of down-and-out factory wor… read more

Similar categories in Lynn Nottage's Sweat book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
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3. 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 Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
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4. Topdog/Underdog

By: Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity is Suzan-Lori Parks latest riff on the w… read more

Similar categories in Suzan-Lori Parks's Topdog/Underdog book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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5. How I Learned to Drive

By: Paula Vogel

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

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  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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6. 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 Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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7. 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 Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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8. Water by the Spoonful

By: Quiara Alegría Hudes

3.67

Format: 364 pages, Paperback

The 2012 recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Somewhere in Philadelphia, Elliot has returned … read more

Similar categories in Quiara Alegría Hudes's Water by the Spoonful book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama

9. 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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10. 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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11. Ruined

By: Lynn Nottage

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Drama "A powerhouse drama. . . . Lynn Nottage's beautiful, hi… read more

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12. 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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13. 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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14. Fairview

By: Jackie Sibblies Drury

4.27

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Grandma's birthday approaches. Beverly is organizing the perfect dinner, but everything seems doome… read more

Similar categories in Jackie Sibblies Drury's Fairview book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
"Once... Well, not once, not at all once. Many many many many times, there was a person who worked hard, a person who tried to work hard, and tried to do their best, and tried to do well by their fami…"

-Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview

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15. Cost of Living

By: Martyna Majok

4.14

Format: 91 pages, Paperback

Eddie, an unemployed truck driver, reunites with his ex-wife Ani after she suffers a devastating ac… read more

Similar categories in Martyna Majok's Cost of Living book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • realistic fiction
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • novels
  • disability
  • drama
"That's not a thing I'll ever know. Everything's started over for me—"

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"Self-pity has little currency in these characters' worlds. Humor, however, has much."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"It matters who you are. Family. Connections. If there's gonna be a net when you fall. Cuz everybody falls."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

"The shit that happens is not to be understood. That's from the Bible. The shit that happens to you is Not To Be Understood."

-Martyna Majok, Cost of Living

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16. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

Similar categories in James Ijames's Fat Ham book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
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17. The Thanksgiving Play

By: Larissa FastHorse

3.87

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

A mismatched but well-meaning foursome sets out to devise a politically correct school play that ca… read more

Similar categories in Larissa FastHorse's The Thanksgiving Play book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • realistic fiction
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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18. The Wolves

By: Sarah DeLappe

4.27

Format: 175 pages, None

Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburba… read more

Similar categories in Sarah DeLappe's The Wolves book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • plays
  • drama
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19. Heroes of the Fourth Turning

By: Will Arbery

4.03

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

It's nearing midnight in Wyoming, where four young conservatives have gathered at a backyard after-… read more

Similar categories in Will Arbery's Heroes of the Fourth Turning book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • read for school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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20. Mary Jane (TCG Edition)

By: Amy Herzog

4.05

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

“The most profound and harrowing of Ms. Herzog’s many fine plays.” —Jesse Green, New York Times Arm… read more

Similar categories in Amy Herzog's Mary Jane (TCG Edition) book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • theatre
  • drama
  • plays
  • read for school
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21. A Strange Loop

By: Michael R. Jackson

4.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop book and Martyna Majok's Cost of Living

  • school
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

14 must-read fiction books like Cost of Living by Martyna Majok

Transform Your Habits

Between Riverside and Crazy

Stephen Adly Guirgis

3.81

Transform Your Habits

Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Topdog/Underdog

Suzan-Lori Parks

4.11

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How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

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Constellations

Nick Payne

4.07

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Sweat

Lynn Nottage

4.06

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How I Learned to Drive

Paula Vogel

3.85

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Eurydice

Sarah Ruhl

4.10

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