What to Read After King Lear
Readers who loved King Lear by William Shakespeare keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where King Lear is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after King Lear
Othello
Twelfth Night, or What You Will
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Richard III
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
King Henry V
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Beowulf
Pygmalion
Measure for Measure
Titus Andronicus
Antigone
Medea
Antony and Cleopatra
Henry IV, Part 1
The Canterbury Tales
Hamlet
The Comedy of Errors
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead
The Importance of Being Earnest