Retellings of Shakespeare Plays

Description
Shakespeare plays retold as modern novels.
1
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
8,809 members
103 reviews
4.2
4 Members
thorold, spiphany, ahef1963, jenniferw88
Explanations
thorold: Hamlet for attendant lords
2
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,633 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy, jenniferw88
3
Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood
2,648 members
237 reviews
4
3 Members
kara.shamy, ellemw, jenniferw88
4
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
13,816 members
217 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, jenniferw88
5
Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles Lamb
6,753 members
46 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
6
Macbeth
by Jo Nesbø
1,253 members
62 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
kara.shamy, jenniferw88
7
Something Rotten
by Jasper Fforde
7,258 members
151 reviews
4.1
Member
cej1027
8
The Weird Sisters
by Eleanor Brown
2,961 members
243 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88
9
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
1,968 members
238 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kara.shamy
10
Gertrude and Claudius
by John Updike
1,186 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
jenniferw88
11
The Gap of Time
by Jeanette Winterson
1,006 members
71 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
12
Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber
656 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: According to the author, the story was originally based on Othello.
13
West Side Story: A Novelization
by Irving Shulman
581 members
1 review
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
14
Shylock Is My Name
by Howard Jacobson
558 members
86 reviews
3.1
Member
kara.shamy
15
Dunbar
by Edward St. Aubyn
491 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
16
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
384 members
4 reviews
3.9
Member
ahef1963
17
Miranda and Caliban
by Jacqueline Carey
305 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
jenniferw88
18
Indigo
by Marina Warner
247 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: The Tempest from Caliban's pov
19
Othello [adapted]
by Julius Lester
170 members
3 reviews
3.8
Member
avatiakh
20
Lucky Ham
by Shaun McCarthy
2 members
½ 4.5
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: Deservedly-forgotten Hamlet parody in the style of Lucky Jim. Do not read.
21
Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest
by Chris Wind
1 member
Member
ptittle
22
Lords and Ladies
by Terry Pratchett
10,711 members
140 reviews
4
23
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
9,173 members
426 reviews
½ 3.7
24
Fool
by Christopher Moore
3,755 members
188 reviews
3.9
25
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
2,934 members
267 reviews
3.8
26
The Serpent of Venice
by Christopher Moore
1,424 members
67 reviews
½ 3.7
27
Ophelia
by Lisa Klein
1,069 members
32 reviews
½ 3.6
28
All's Well
by Mona Awad
936 members
25 reviews
½ 3.6
29
The Dead Fathers Club
by Matt Haig
870 members
40 reviews
½ 3.3
30
New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier
636 members
110 reviews
½ 3.4
31
The Great Night
by Chris Adrian
341 members
20 reviews
3.2
32
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: A Sketch (short story)
by Nikolai Leskov
285 members
2 reviews
3.9
33
Bad Prince Charlie
by John Moore
279 members
5 reviews
3.8
34
Hamlet
by John Marsden
232 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
35
I, Iago
by Nicole Galland
205 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
36
We That Are Young
by Preti Taneja
164 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
37
Undiscovered Country: A Novel
by Lin Enger
144 members
6 reviews
3.8
38
Shylock's Daughter
by Mirjam Pressler
122 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
39
Iago
by David Snodin
98 members
19 reviews
½ 3.3
40
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel
by Myrlin A. Hermes
97 members
9 reviews
3.8
41
The Turquoise Ring
by Grace Tiffany
82 members
3.8
42
Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Toni Morrison
65 members
1 review
3.2