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Books like Macbeth

Explore 24 books like Macbeth by William Shakespeare — a handpicked selection united by Historical Fiction, Adaptations, Manga, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Top related books to Macbeth

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Macbeth.

Monarca A Novel

Leopoldo Gout

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron

Julia Quinn

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

Parable of the Sower A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E. Butler

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

The Red Badge of Courage A Graphic Novel Adaptation of Stephen Crane’s Classic — Stephen. Crane

Stephen Crane

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

All Quiet on the Western Front

Wayne Vansant

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

Brave New World A Graphic Novel

Aldous Huxley

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

Barefoot Gen: The day after

Keiji Nakazawa

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

Vagabond, Vol. 37

Takehiko Inoue

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

Murder on the Orient Express: The Graphic Novel

Agatha Christie

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#10

Big Jim and the White Boy An American Classic Reimagined

David F. Walker

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#11

Guardian of Fukushima

Fabien Grolleau

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#12

Vagabond (VIZBIG Edition), Vol. 10

Takehiko Inoue

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#13

Akutagawa’s Rashomon and Other Stories The Manga Edition

Ryunosuke Akutagawa

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#14

The Art of War: A Graphic Novel

Sun Tzu

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#15

Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 5

Fumi Yoshinaga

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#16

Nottingham Vol. 2 A King’s Ransom

David Hazan

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#17

Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 3

Fumi Yoshinaga

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#18

Barefoot Gen: The never-ending war

Keiji Nakazawa

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#19

Anne of Green Gables A Graphic Novel

Mariah Marsden

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#20

Les MISERABLES (Omnibus) Vol. 5-6

Takahiro Arai

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#21

Sapiens A Graphic History

Yuval N. Harari

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#22

Chicken with Plums

Marjane Satrapi

Themes: Historical Fiction • Manga • Comics & Graphic Novels

#23

The Flintstones The Deluxe Edition

Mark Russell

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

#24

Nottingham Vol. 1 Death and Taxes

David Hazan

Themes: Historical Fiction • Adaptations • Comics & Graphic Novels

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Historical Fiction, Adaptations, Manga — the same threads that run through Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Among the authors featured: Leopoldo Gout, Julia Quinn, Octavia E. Butler, Stephen Crane, and others.