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Drama Books

Drama books grip the reader with exciting and emotional stories. With twists and turns, ups and downs, life events, and tragedies, drama novels across the genres contain something for everyone to connect with. Trust us, you won't want to put these down.

Best-selling Drama titles

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Revised by the Author Who's Afraid of Virginia...

Edward Albee
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Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Cocktails with George and...

Philip Gefter
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Zoot Suit Zoot Suit

Luis Valdez
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Macbeth: Third Series Macbeth: Third Series

William Shakespeare
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Sophocles I: Antigone/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus Sophocles I: Antigone/Oedipus...

Sophocles, Mark Griffith (Translator)
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A Man for All Seasons A Man for All Seasons

Robert Bolt
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William Shakespeare Complete Works Second Edition William Shakespeare Complete...

William Shakespeare, Jonathan Bate (Editor)
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Hamilton: Vocal Selections Hamilton: Vocal Selections

Lin-Manuel Miranda (Composer)
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Rosencrantz and Guildenstern...

Tom Stoppard
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Topsy Turvy Topsy Turvy

Mike Leigh
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music The Birth of Tragedy Out of...

Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Sum of Us The Sum of Us

David Stevens
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Excalibur Excalibur

John Boorman
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House of Games House of Games

Professor David Mamet
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I'm Not Rappaport I'm Not Rappaport

Herb Gardner
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Plays Plays

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
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Antigone Antigone

Sophocles
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A few good men A few good men

Aaron Sorkin
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Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown Working on a Song: The Lyrics...

Ana?s Mitchell
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Dialogue: The Art of Verbal Action for Page, Stage, and Screen Dialogue: The Art of Verbal...

Robert McKee
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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide Creativity: A Short and...

John Cleese
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Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One...

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Martin Greenberg (Translator)
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The art of dramatic writing : its basis in the creative interpretation of human motives The art of dramatic writing :...

Lajos Egri
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The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies

Paul Henning
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FAQs

The drama genre is often defined by characters who are caught up in a series of events or a conflict at a crucial moment in the storyline. The characters and situations portray human experiences and engage the reader's emotions throughout the plot.

Dramas develop popular tropes like betrayal, unrequited love, reluctant hero and many more, creating devoted fans to the genre or series.

Drama novels can range from tragedies to comedies; they're all about hooking the reader. You might think of historical dramas in English literature that focus on romance, but the subgenres of drama are vast, including horror, dramatic Theater, Medieval dramas and Anthologies. And they can be inclusive, too. There are plenty of LGBTQ+ books and racially diverse dramas.

With so many drama stories out there, it's easy to feel overwhelmed by the options. Let's focus on some classic drama books that are a must-read.

  • The Great Gatsby is a dramatic story that focuses on Nick Carraway as he interacts with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's pursuit of his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
  • To Kill A Mockingbird features the coming-of-age story of Scout and Jem Finch growing up after their father defends a Black man falsely accused of sexual assault.
  • Frankenstein is a horror drama about a young scientist who creates a monster through unorthodox scientific experiments.

William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest writer of the English language due to his use of drama in his poems and plays such as Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet, and many of his other classic works.

There are plenty of drama fiction books written by women as well. Jane Austen wrote some of the best dramas that have been beloved throughout the centuries. Pride and Prejudice has been the inspiration for countless series, movies, spinoffs, and remakes, both in historical and modern time periods.

Of course, there are notable drama authors of recent years as well, such as:

History is filled with dramatic, life-changing events. Plenty of authors have based their writings on true, dramatic stories that happened to them or a loved one.

  • The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont is about the brief disappearance of Dame Agatha Christie, with the fictional twist of what the author imagines could have happened during that time.
  • Room by Emma Donoghue is about a woman who is kept in captivity inspired by a woman who was imprisoned for 24 hours.
  • The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is an extraordinary memoir of resilience and redemption that offers a peek into the personal life of a deeply dysfunctional but uniquely loving family.