Retellings of Shakespeare Plays

Description
Shakespeare plays retold as modern novels.
1
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
8,140 members
92 reviews
4.2
4 Members
thorold, spiphany, ahef1963, jenniferw88
Explanations
thorold: Hamlet for attendant lords
2
A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,263 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, kara.shamy, jenniferw88
3
Hag-Seed
by Margaret Atwood
2,320 members
219 reviews
4
3 Members
kara.shamy, ellemw, jenniferw88
4
Wyrd Sisters
by Terry Pratchett
12,709 members
189 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, jenniferw88
5
Tales from Shakespeare
by Charles Lamb
5,932 members
40 reviews
3.8
2 Members
aulsmith, ahef1963
6
Macbeth
by Jo Nesbø
1,085 members
54 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
kara.shamy, jenniferw88
7
Something Rotten
by Jasper Fforde
6,982 members
144 reviews
4.1
Member
cej1027
8
The Weird Sisters
by Eleanor Brown
2,769 members
235 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88
9
Vinegar Girl
by Anne Tyler
1,750 members
223 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
kara.shamy
10
Gertrude and Claudius
by John Updike
1,134 members
20 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
jenniferw88
11
The Gap of Time
by Jeanette Winterson
913 members
65 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
kara.shamy
12
Crescent
by Diana Abu-Jaber
646 members
20 reviews
3.8
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: According to the author, the story was originally based on Othello.
13
West Side Story: A Novelization
by Irving Shulman
522 members
½ 3.4
Member
ahef1963
14
Shylock Is My Name
by Howard Jacobson
506 members
82 reviews
3.1
Member
kara.shamy
15
Dunbar
by Edward St. Aubyn
426 members
28 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
kara.shamy
16
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
353 members
4 reviews
4
Member
ahef1963
17
Miranda and Caliban
by Jacqueline Carey
271 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
jenniferw88
18
Indigo
by Marina Warner
232 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
thorold
Explanations
thorold: The Tempest from Caliban's pov
19
Othello [adapted]
by Julius Lester
151 members
2 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
9,904 members
126 reviews
4
23
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
by David Wroblewski
8,657 members
411 reviews
½ 3.7
24
Fool
by Christopher Moore
3,500 members
184 reviews
3.9
25
Warm Bodies
by Isaac Marion
2,676 members
251 reviews
3.8
26
The Serpent of Venice
by Christopher Moore
1,253 members
62 reviews
½ 3.7
27
Ophelia
by Lisa Klein
1,002 members
31 reviews
½ 3.6
28
The Dead Fathers Club
by Matt Haig
783 members
38 reviews
½ 3.3
29
All's Well
by Mona Awad
610 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
30
New Boy
by Tracy Chevalier
558 members
104 reviews
½ 3.4
31
The Great Night
by Chris Adrian
315 members
20 reviews
3.1
32
Bad Prince Charlie
by John Moore
269 members
5 reviews
3.8
33
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
by Nikolai Leskov
255 members
2 reviews
3.9
34
Hamlet: A Novel
by John Marsden
218 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
35
I, Iago
by Nicole Galland
185 members
24 reviews
½ 3.7
36
We That Are Young
by Preti Taneja
149 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
37
Undiscovered Country: A Novel
by Lin Enger
141 members
6 reviews
3.8
38
Shylock's Daughter
by Mirjam Pressler
111 members
2 reviews
½ 3.6
39
Iago
by David Snodin
95 members
18 reviews
½ 3.3
40
The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet: A Novel
by Myrlin A. Hermes
92 members
9 reviews
3.8
41
The Turquoise Ring
by Grace Tiffany
79 members
3.8
42
Desdemona (Oberon Modern Plays)
by Toni Morrison
55 members
1 review
3.2