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Natasha by Suzanne FinstadStories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob LoweMe by Katharine HepburnBossypants by Tina FeyDiana by Andrew Morton
Celebrity Biography
942 books — 329 voters
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLes Misérables Vocal/Piano Selections | Broadway Musical Shee... by Alain BoublilWicked - A New Musical Songbook by Stephen Schwartz | Piano V... by Stephen SchwartzRodgers and Hammerstein - The Sound of Music | Vocal Selectio... by Richard RodgersFiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein
best musicals
119 books — 120 voters

And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. LaneThe Brutal Truth by Lee WinterJust Three Words by Melissa BraydenThose Who Wait by Haley CassKiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden
Best Lesbian Romance Novels for the 21st Century
194 books — 117 voters
Loose Lips Sink Ships by Hilary LawrenceThe Moon's a Balloon by David NivenThe Star Machine by Jeanine BasingerSelf-Portrait by Gene TierneyLulu in Hollywood by Louise Brooks
it was just like a movie, it was just like a song ♫
610 books — 44 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLes Misérables by Victor HugoWicked by Gregory MaguireDead Shambles by Chris RavenThe Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
Page to Stage
60 books — 33 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Books that Inspired Musicals
99 books — 31 voters

Dance Demons by Juliet M. SampsonA Tempest Soul by Oliver PhippsTaking Flight by Michaela DePrince84 Ribbons by Paddy EgerAstonish Me by Maggie Shipstead
Into the World of Dance
104 books — 27 voters
Follies of God by James GrissomOn The Roof by Samantha HahnThe Great White Way by Warren HoffmanWicked by Gregory MaguireRebecca by Jennifer Leigh Wells
The World of Theatre
42 books — 26 voters

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. RowlingWicked by David CoteSweeney Todd by Stephen SondheimHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaThe Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. Perry
Broadway Plays, Musicals
62 books — 23 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumWest Side Story by Irving ShulmanOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot
Books That Were Also Broadway Plays
96 books — 20 voters

The Emperor by Robert ReidHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùYumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonThe Sword of Kaigen by M.L. WangThe Burning God by R.F. Kuang
Great American Songbook
193 books — 18 voters
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLes Misérables by Victor HugoPorgy by DuBose HeywardRodgers and Hammerstein - The Sound of Music | Vocal Selectio... by Richard RodgersMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Musicals
89 books — 18 voters

Roomies by Christina LaurenShowmance by L.H. CoswayAnd The Next Thing You Know... by Chase Taylor HackettThe Reece Malcolm List by Amy SpaldingThe Fourth Wish by Lindsay Ribar
Romance Novels set around Musical Theater
17 books — 18 voters
Hamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaAlexander Hamilton by Ron ChernowMy Dear Hamilton by Stephanie DrayI, Eliza Hamilton by Susan Holloway ScottHamilton and Peggy! by L.M. Elliott
Alexander Hamilton (fiction and nonfiction)
40 books — 17 voters

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumLes Misérables by Victor HugoPygmalion by George Bernard ShawAnna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon
Books Turned into Musicals
81 books — 14 voters
Hollywood Animal by Joe EszterhasConversaciones con Woody Allen by Woody AllenDark Lover by Emily W. LeiderWho the Hell's in It by Peter BogdanovichYou'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again by Julia Phillips
Play Acting
29 books — 8 voters

Hamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaOn The Roof by Samantha HahnThe Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. PerryDear Evan Hansen by Steven LevensonThe Little Mermaid by Michael Lassell
How a Musical Is Made
13 books — 7 voters
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. EliotMary Poppins by P.L. TraversWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Books that were adapted into Broadway plays & Musicals
54 books — 7 voters

The Great American Whatever by Tim FederleExile in Guyville by Dave WhiteA Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend by Emily HornerRuby Electric by Theresa NelsonSweet Soul Music by Peter Guralnick
Marquees and Signs
30 books — 6 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumWicked by Gregory MaguireMatilda by Roald DahlLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Musicals Based on Books
41 books — 5 voters

A Life of Barbara Stanwyck by Victoria WilsonUggie, the Artist by Wendy HoldenEl salón de los artistas exiliados en California by Núria AñóLove, Queenie by Mayukh SenRebecca by Jennifer Leigh Wells
Drama Queens
136 books — 4 voters
On The Roof by Samantha HahnHamilton by Lin-Manuel MirandaI'm a F***ing Star by William AlexanderThe Riverside Shakespeare by William ShakespeareThe Greek Plays by Aeschylus
How to Fake a Classical Acting BFA
45 books — 4 voters

West Side Story by Irving ShulmanThe Prom by Saundra MitchellDear Evan Hansen by Val EmmichThe Rocky Horror Picture Show by Kevin VanHookJagged Little Pill by Eric Smith
Musicals Adapted Into Books
19 books — 4 voters
Working on a Song by Anaïs MitchellTom Foolery by Tom Lehrer
Best Theatre/Musical Books
2 books — 3 voters

Jack & Louisa by Andrew Keenan-BolgerJack & Louisa by Andrew Keenan-BolgerJack & Louisa by Andrew Keenan-BolgerMy Life by Maryrose WoodThe Chance to Fly by Ali Stroker
YA Books Written by Former Broadway Performers About Kids Obsessed with Broadway
9 books — 2 voters
The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George C. PerryUnmasked by Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber by Michael WalshCats by Andrew Lloyd WebberThe Musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber by Keith Richmond
Andrew Lloyd Webber
11 books — 2 voters

The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerThe Best of Robert Benchley by Robert BenchleyHarpo Speaks! by Harpo MarxHow to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House by Will CuppyWhile Rome Burns by Alexander Woollcott
Algonquin Round Table
24 books — 2 voters
Young and Damned and Fair by Gareth RussellAnne Boleyn & Elizabeth I by Tracy BormanCatherine of Aragon by Garrett MattinglyThe Fall of Anne Boleyn by Claire RidgwayThe Anne Boleyn Collection by Claire Ridgway
All I Need Is Six: Non-Fiction
23 books — 2 voters

Colorization by Wil HaygoodTransitions by Pete ChatmonBlack to the Movies by Michael StradfordWhy Wakanda Matters by Sheena C. HowardCracking The Wire During Black Lives Matter by Ronda Racha Penrice
Film and Theater Published by African-Americans in Decade: 2020s
5 books — 1 voter
Patience, Princess Catherine by Carolyn MeyerDoomed Queen Anne by Carolyn MeyerFatal Throne by Candace FlemingKatherine of Aragon by Alison WeirAnne Boleyn by Alison Weir
All I Need Is Six: Fiction
14 books — 1 voter

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