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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

Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Approaches to Teaching...

Joseph M Ortiz (Editor)
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Savage World Savage World

Stephen Fife
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F*ck the Army!: How Soldiers and Civilians Staged the GI Movement to End the Vietnam War F*ck the Army!: How Soldiers...

Lindsay Goss
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Kodachrome (One-Act Version) Kodachrome (One-Act Version)

Clare Barron
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Charley's Aunt Charley's Aunt

Brandon Thomas
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The Spirit of Aristophanes The Spirit of Aristophanes

Mary C English, Dustin W Dixon
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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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Museum Museum

Tina Howe
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The Ball of Plutonium The Ball of Plutonium

Richard Beeson
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Routledge Handbook of African Theatre and Performance Routledge Handbook of African...

Kene Igweonu (Editor)
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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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The Actors Guide To Success The Actors Guide To Success

Michaela Longden
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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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The Playwright's Toolbox: Exercises from 56 Contemporary Dramatists on Designing, Building, and Refurbishing Your Plays The Playwright's Toolbox:...

Justin Maxwell
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Memorias de una pianista: La extraordinaria historia de una cubana prodigio Memorias de una pianista: La...

Betty Viamontes
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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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Captain Amazing Captain Amazing

Alistair McDowall
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A Hopeless Dawn A Hopeless Dawn

Jill George
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K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry Into Why We Love Korean Television K-Drama School: A Pop Culture...

Grace Jung
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El indulto El indulto

Patricio León
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The Rain Keeps Falling The Rain Keeps Falling

Peony Brown
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Cinema Through Rasa: A Tryst with Masterpieces in the Light of Rasa Siddhanta Cinema Through Rasa: A Tryst...

Prachand Praveer
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To Sense a Passion To Sense a Passion

Audrey Lynden
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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.