Shakespeare

Shakespeare's plays, plus related works including analysis, commentary and criticism.

See also the shelf labeled shakespeariana and the lists tagged with shakespeare.
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By Any Other Name
Lady Macbeth
All's Well
Twelfth Knight
A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)
Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest Rival
Thus With a Kiss I Die (Daughter of Montague, #2)
A Bright Ray of Darkness
Enter Ghost
Fair Rosaline
Queen Macbeth
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Fat Ham
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
All Our Yesterdays
Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Othello
King Lear
The Tempest
Much Ado About Nothing
Twelfth Night
Julius Caesar
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
As You Like It
Richard III
Henry V
Juliet Immortal by Stacey JayStill Star-Crossed by Melinda TaubSaving Juliet by Suzanne SelforsOphelia by Lisa M. KleinThese Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Rewriting Shakespeare (YA Edition)
169 books — 218 voters

Much Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Phoenix and the Turtle by William ShakespeareShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Works
14 books — 1 voter
Will in the World by Stephen GreenblattShakespeare by Bill BrysonA Year in the Life of William Shakespeare by James ShapiroShakespeare by Harold BloomShakespeare After All by Marjorie Garber
Best Books About Shakespeare
262 books — 166 voters

My Lady Jane by Cynthia HandWitchfall by Victoria LambMary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerElizabeth I by Kathryn Lasky
YA & Middle Grade Tudor Fiction
129 books — 48 voters
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioOphelia by Lisa M. KleinFool by Christopher MooreWyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Shakespeare Retellings
160 books — 185 voters

George Orwell
If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave, Shakespeare must get a lot of exercise. ...more
George Orwell, All Art is Propaganda: Critical Essays

Robert G. Ingersoll
Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than Buddha? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than Socrates? Was he more patient, more charitable, than Epictetus? Was he a greater philosopher, a deeper thinker, than Epicurus? In what respect was he the superior of Zoroaster? Was he gentler than Lao-tsze, more universal than Confucius? Were his ideas of human rights and duties superior to those of ...more
Robert G. Ingersoll, About The Holy Bible

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The Bard a Month Club Reading one Shakespeare play a month, beginning in January 2017. Facebook: https://www.facebook…more
55 members, last active 6 years ago
Do you have a pile of plays and scripts just waiting to be read? Did you subscribe to a play boo…more
7 members, last active 3 years ago
The Historical Fiction Book Club Four books a month book club based on historical fiction. 48 books - 12 months! Purchase the fea…more
68 members, last active 5 years ago
fortune made your sword - a roleplay We will take you to Rutledge University, a private research university in Greenwich, Connecticut…more
2 members, last active 6 years ago