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24 books recommended for fans of Not Now by David Ireland, tied together by themes of Playwriting, Theater, Drama, and English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.

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Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

The Lovely Bones — Alice Sebold

The Lovely Bones

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Liberation — Ntombizodwa Nyoni

Ntombizodwa Nyoni

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Life of Pi — Yann Martel

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Baby Reindeer — Richard Gadd

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Conversations with Pinter — Harold Pinter

Conversations with Pinter

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Alfred Fagon Selected Plays — Alfred Fagon

Alfred Fagon Selected Plays

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

On Bear Ridge — Edward Thomas

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Immigration and Contemporary British Theater Finding a Home on the Stage — Victoria Sams

Immigration and Contemporary British Theater Finding a Home on the Stage

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Cock — Mike Bartlett

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

The Fir Tree — Hannah Khalil

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Human Nurture — Ryan Calais Cameron

Ryan Calais Cameron

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

The Wonderful World of Dissocia — Anthony Neilson

The Wonderful World of Dissocia

Anthony Neilson

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version A Critical Edition — Bisi Adigun

The Playboy of the Western World—A New Version A Critical Edition

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Hamlet — William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Anatomy of a Suicide — Alice Birch

Anatomy of a Suicide

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Isla — Tim Price

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays — Luigi Pirandello

Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays

Luigi Pirandello

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Local — Liz Richardson

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Fifty Key Irish Plays — Shaun Richards

Fifty Key Irish Plays

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

About Friel The Playwright and the Work — Tony Coult

About Friel The Playwright and the Work

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Conversations After Sex and Trade — Mark O’Halloran

Conversations After Sex and Trade — Mark O’Halloran

Mark O'Halloran

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Rough Girls — Tara Lynne O’Neil

Rough Girls — Tara Lynne O’Neil

Tara Lynne O'Neil

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Howard Barker: Plays Twelve At Her Age and Hers; Landscape with Cries; Womanly; Four Dialogues; True Condition — Howard Barker

Howard Barker: Plays Twelve At Her Age and Hers; Landscape with Cries; Womanly; Four Dialogues; True Condition

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change Activist Aesthetics — Emer O’Toole

Contemporary Irish Theatre and Social Change Activist Aesthetics — Emer O’Toole

Themes: Playwriting • Theater • Drama

If Not Now by David Ireland is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Playwriting, Theater, Drama and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Alice Sebold, Ntombizodwa Nyoni, Yann Martel, Richard Gadd, and others.

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