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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

Abhishek Majumdar Collected Plays: Dweepa; Pah-La; Djinns of Eidgah; Muktidham; 9 Kinds of Silence Abhishek Majumdar Collected...

Abhishek Majumdar
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Love of a Pig Love of a Pig

Leslie Caveny
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The Philosophical Stage: Drama and Dialectic in Classical Athens The Philosophical Stage:...

Joshua Billings
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Girls Girls

Theresa Ikoko
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Rape in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy Rape in Period Drama...

Katherine Byrne, Julie Anne Taddeo
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Theater as Liturgy in the Post-Christian Age: The Plays of Stephen Adly Guirgis Theater as Liturgy in the...

Matthew Yde
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Charley's Aunt Charley's Aunt

Brandon Thomas
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Medieval English Theatre 45 Medieval English Theatre 45

Sarah Carpenter (Editor), Elisabeth Dutton (Editor)
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Extended Reality Shakespeare Extended Reality Shakespeare

Aneta Mancewicz
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Enron Enron

Lucy Prebble
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See How They Run See How They Run

Philip King
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The Family of Love: By Lording Barry The Family of Love: By...

Sophie Tomlinson (Editor)
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Christopher Oscar Peņa: Three Plays: How to Make an American Son; The Strangers; A Cautionary Tail Christopher Oscar Peņa: Three...

Christopher Oscar Peņa, Mark Armstrong (Editor)
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Jocelyn Bioh: Three Plays: Merry Wives; Nollywood Dreams; School Girls, Or, The African Mean Girls Play Jocelyn Bioh: Three Plays:...

Jocelyn Bioh
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Shakespeare's Once and Future Child: Speculations on Sovereignty Shakespeare's Once and Future...

Professor Joseph Campana
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Contemporary Francophone African Plays: An Anthology Contemporary Francophone...

Judith G Miller (Editor), Sylvie Chalaye
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Between the Lines: Steppenwolf's Seagull and A Reluctant Actor's Journey Back to the Stage Between the Lines:...


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A Doodle a Day Keeps the Stress Away: Quick Creativity for Instant Calm A Doodle a Day Keeps the...

Tamara Michael
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Becky Nurse of Salem (TCG Edition): A Contemporary Comedy about a Historical Tragedy Becky Nurse of Salem (TCG...

Sarah Ruhl (Afterword by)
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A Hopeless Dawn A Hopeless Dawn

Jill George
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The Playboy of the Western World--A New Version: A Critical Edition The Playboy of the Western...

Bisi Adigun (Contributions by), Roddy Doyle
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SURRENDER to RISE: Turning Fear and Struggle into Strength and Success SURRENDER to RISE: Turning...

Elena Rodriguez
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Sixty...Widowed...& Sans Compagnon...: Looking for Companionship in a Post Covid -19 World Sixty...Widowed...& Sans...

Poke Brown
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Spooky Action at a Distance: A Comedy in Three Acts Spooky Action at a Distance:...

Stephen Evans
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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.