Books like Romeo and Juliet
If you liked Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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Othello
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, tragedy, plays.
Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.
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Macbeth
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, tragedy, plays.
Macbeth hears witches hail him king and murders Duncan with Lady Macbeth pushing him on.
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Hamlet
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, tragedy, plays.
Hamlet sees his father's ghost in Elsinore and pretends madness to test Claudius and Gertrude while Denmark slides toward duel and death.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Because also by William Shakespeare; shares tags: classics, plays, shakespeare.
Four lovers flee to a forest where fairies mix them up, while workmen rehearse a play for a duke's wedding.
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A Farewell to Arms
Because shares tags: classics, romance, tragedy.
Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.
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Wuthering Heights
Because shares tags: classics, romance, tragedy.
Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights retold: Heathcliff and Cathy on the moors, two houses, two generations.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Because shares tags: classics, romance.
Janie Crawford tells Pheoby about Eatonville life with Logan Killicks, Joe Starks called Jody, and Tea Cake.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
Because shares tags: classics, plays.
Jack and Algernon invent Ernest to court Gwendolen and Cecily until fiction collapses.
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Mansfield Park
Because shares tags: classics, romance.
Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.
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Madame Bovary
Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.
Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
Because shares tags: romance, tragedy.
Poppy and Rune bind promise jar kisses before illness parts them.
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Because shares tags: classics, romance.
Surgeon Tomas loves Tereza yet keeps mistresses, while artist Sabina and professor Franz test freedom around the 1968 Soviet invasion of…
