Stage Reading! A Theatrical Reading Challenge - hosted by downsophialane

A fiction or non fiction book that was the inspiration for a play or musical
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel

240 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Children of the City: At Work and at Play by David Nasaw

Children of the City: At Work and at Play

David Nasaw

268 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative slow-paced
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Years #1

Gregory Maguire

432 pages • first pub 1995 (editions)

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious slow-paced
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

368 pages • first pub 1909 (editions)

fiction classics horror dark mysterious medium-paced
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Victor Hugo

664 pages • first pub 1831 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark reflective slow-paced
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo

1231 pages • first pub 1862 (editions)

fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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