A play by any other name…

Books that retell or reference Shakespeare’s works.

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created by alexz

last updated February, 2026

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A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)

A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)

Christina Dodd

As I Descended

As I Descended

Robin Talley

Laertes: A Hamlet Retelling

Laertes: A Hamlet Retelling

Carly Stevens

One for My Enemy

One for My Enemy

Olivie Blake

Station Eleven

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

Thoughts Be Bloody

Thoughts Be Bloody

Auden Patrick

Rottenheart

Rottenheart

Kat Dunn

Fat Ham

Fat Ham

James Ijames

Enter Ghost

Enter Ghost

Isabella Hammad

The Hundred Loves of Juliet

The Hundred Loves of Juliet

Evelyn Skye

If We Were Villains

If We Were Villains

M.L. Rio

The Raven Tower

The Raven Tower

Ann Leckie

Private Rites

Private Rites

Julia Armfield

All's Well

All's Well

Mona Awad

The Death I Gave Him

The Death I Gave Him

Em X. Liu

Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

Immortal Longings (Flesh and False Gods, #1)

Chloe Gong

These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights, #1)

Chloe Gong

Ophelia

Ophelia

Lisa M. Klein

Hag-Seed

Hag-Seed

Margaret Atwood

Fair Rosaline

Fair Rosaline

Natasha Solomons

A Rose by Any Other Name

A Rose by Any Other Name

Mary McMyne

Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

Ava Reid

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pandemonicastro

rottenheart by kat dunn and thoughts be bloody by auden patrick !

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alexzOP

added both of these to the list and to my tbr! tysm!

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startripper

as i descended by robin talley is a macbeth retelling!

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alexzOP

added. ty!

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miauwend

i suggest 'enter ghost' by isabella hammad! the title's a hamlet reference and in the book there's a production of hamlet happening

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alexzOP

added. ty!

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endless_tbr_list

Not quite sure if it’s what you’re looking for, but Fat Ham by James Ijames is a Hamlet retelling

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alexzOP

awesome. ty!

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maomi

one for my enemy by olivie blake🤩🤩 it’s a romeo and juliet retelling

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alexzOP

ty maomi!

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grimbl

Laertes by Carly Stevens! Haven't read it yet but it's been on my tbr for years 🥲

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alexzOP

tysm!

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maggiebogo

a daughter of fair verona by christina dodd is a historical mystery if romeo and juliet lived, got proper married, and had six kids. apparently it's a series

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alexzOP

huh. that sounds weird. on the list it goes.

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maggiebogo

I have yet to read it, but when hachette book group in Lebanon, IN had their dollar book sale, I grabbed it bc it looked good. some day I will get to it

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