Retellings of Shakespeare Plays

Description
Shakespeare plays retold as modern novels.
1
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
7,849 members
90 reviews
4.2
4 Members
thorold, spiphany, ahef1963, jenniferw88
Explanations
thorold: Hamlet for attendant lords
2
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,052 members
134 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy, jenniferw88
3
Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood
2,142 members
208 reviews
4
3 Members
kara.shamy, ellemw, jenniferw88
4
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
12,172 members
182 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, jenniferw88
5
Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles Lamb
5,426 members
38 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
6
Macbeth
by Jo Nesbø
1,024 members
53 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
kara.shamy, jenniferw88
7
Something Rotten
by Jasper Fforde
6,848 members
145 reviews
4.1
Member
cej1027
8
The Weird Sisters
by Eleanor Brown
2,661 members
235 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88
9
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
1,674 members
218 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kara.shamy
10
Gertrude and Claudius
by John Updike
1,088 members
17 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88
11
The Gap of Time
by Jeanette Winterson
857 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
12
Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber
627 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
495 members
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
14
Shylock Is My Name
by Howard Jacobson
488 members
81 reviews
3.1
Member
kara.shamy
15
Dunbar
by Edward St. Aubyn
401 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
16
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
334 members
4 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
17
Indigo
by Marina Warner
227 members
2 reviews
½ 3.3
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: The Tempest from Caliban's pov
18
Othello [adapted]
by Julius Lester
147 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
avatiakh
19
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.
20
Soliloquies: the lady doth indeed protest
by Chris Wind
1 member
Member
ptittle
21
Lords and Ladies
by Terry Pratchett
9,524 members
123 reviews
4
22
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
8,406 members
405 reviews
½ 3.7
23
Fool
by Christopher Moore
3,367 members
182 reviews
3.9
24
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
2,541 members
250 reviews
3.8
25
The Serpent of Venice
by Christopher Moore
1,167 members
61 reviews
½ 3.7
26
Ophelia
by Lisa Klein
967 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
27
The Dead Fathers Club
by Matt Haig
739 members
38 reviews
½ 3.3
28
New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier
532 members
103 reviews
½ 3.4
29
All's Well
by Mona Awad
468 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
30
The Great Night: A Novel
by Chris Adrian
308 members
20 reviews
3.1
31
Bad Prince Charlie
by John Moore
267 members
5 reviews
3.8
32
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
by Nikolai Leskov
237 members
2 reviews
3.8
33
Hamlet: A Novel
by John Marsden
213 members
11 reviews
½ 3.5
34
I, Iago
by Nicole Galland
171 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
35
We That Are Young
by Preti Taneja
144 members
8 reviews
½ 3.4
36
Undiscovered Country: A Novel
by Lin Enger
140 members
6 reviews
3.8
37
Shylock's Daughter
by Mirjam Pressler
105 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
38
Iago
by David Snodin
92 members
18 reviews
½ 3.3
39
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel
by Myrlin A. Hermes
91 members
9 reviews
3.8
40
The Turquoise Ring
by Grace Tiffany
75 members
½ 3.7
41
Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Toni Morrison
52 members
1 review
3.2