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Books Like Oedipus Rex

by Sophocles · about this book

Loved Oedipus Rex by Sophocles? If its classics, stage play and prophecy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Macbeth, Death of a Salesman and The Children of Húrin. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Oedipus Rex: Classics · Stage Play · Prophecy · Tragic · Fall From Grace

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   Macbeth

   William Shakespeare

   Fall From Grace · Prophecy · Stage Play · Tragic · Dialogue-Heavy

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   Death of a Salesman

   Arthur Miller

   Stage Play · Fall From Grace · Tragic · Dialogue-Heavy · Suicide Content

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   The Children of Húrin

   J.R.R. Tolkien

   Tragic · Fall From Grace · Curses · Suicide Content · Father and Son

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4. 

   Faust: First Part

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   Stage Play · Fall From Grace · Tragic · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy

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   Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

   Tennessee Williams

   Stage Play · Tragic · Dialogue-Heavy · Family Secrets · Classics

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6. 

   A Storm of Swords: Blood and Gold

   George R.R. Martin

   Fall From Grace · Tragic · Royal Court · Prophecy · Bleak

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   The Oresteia

   Aeschylus

   Stage Play · Greek Mythology · Tragic · Gods & Mythology · Classics

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8. 

   All the King's Men

   Robert Penn Warren

   Fall From Grace · Tragic · Bleak · Classics · Family Secrets

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9. 

   The Wild Duck

   Henrik Ibsen

   Stage Play · Dialogue-Heavy · Tragic · Suicide Content · Family Secrets

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10. 

    Richard II

    William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine

    Fall From Grace · Stage Play · Tragic · Royal Court · Classics

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11. 

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne

    Fall From Grace · Tragic · Hidden Identity · Bleak · Classics

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12. 

    The Secret of the Nagas

    Amish Tripathi

    Gods & Mythology · Prophecy · Plague · Plot-Driven · Religion & Spirituality

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13. 

    The Hidden Oracle

    Rick Riordan

    Prophecy · Greek Mythology · Gods & Mythology · Curses · Fall From Grace

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14. 

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    Alexandre Dumas

    Royal Court · Hidden Identity · Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Tragic

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15. 

    Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two

    Jack Thorne, J.K. Rowling

    Stage Play · Dialogue-Heavy · Prophecy · Plot-Driven · Father and Son

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16. 

    The Aeneid

    Virgil

    Greek Mythology · Gods & Mythology · Prophecy · Tragic · Classics

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17. 

    Revolutionary Road

    Richard Yates

    Tragic · Fall From Grace · Suicide Content · Dialogue-Heavy · Classics

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18. 

    Dune Messiah

    Frank Herbert

    Prophecy · Fall From Grace · Royal Court · Classics · Bleak

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19. 

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde

    Fall From Grace · Tragic · Dialogue-Heavy · Classics · Suicide Content

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20. 

    The Other Boleyn Girl

    Philippa Gregory

    Fall From Grace · Tragic · Royal Court · Plot-Driven · Religion & Spirituality

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