Books like Plays

12 books to read next

• Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare 3.1 h
• The Alchemist, 1612 Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook 3.8 h
• Salomé Oscar Wilde 1.2 h
• Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe 2.0 h
• The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 2.3 h
• A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde 1.7 h
• Arcadia Tom Stoppard, Arion Press, Màrius Serra 2.0 h
• Amadeus Peter Shaffer 2.2 h
• The Cocktail Party T. S. Eliot 3.4 h
• A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Eimear McBride 4.2 h
• Betrayal Harold Pinter 2.5 h
• An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde 2.9 h

How long each takes

Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare 3.1 h The Alchemist, 1612 Ben Jonson, Elizabeth Cook 3.8 h Salomé Oscar Wilde 1.2 h Doctor Faustus Christopher Marlowe 2.0 h The Mousetrap Agatha Christie 2.3 h A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde 1.7 h Arcadia Tom Stoppard, Arion Press, Màrius Serra 2.0 h Amadeus Peter Shaffer 2.2 h The Cocktail Party T. S. Eliot 3.4 h A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing Eimear McBride 4.2 h Betrayal Harold Pinter 2.5 h An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde 2.9 h

Bar height shows length. Estimated at 250 words a minute.