What to Read After J.B.
Readers who loved J.B. by Archibald MacLeish keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where J.B. 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 J.B.
Lost in Yonkers
Hairy Ape
The Piano Lesson
A soldier's play
Murder in the Cathedral
Billy Budd
The Kentucky cycle
Fences
The Diary of Anne Frank
Clybourne Park
Ruined
The cocktail party
A Man for All Seasons
Chorus line
The shadow box
Dinner with friends
The night Thoreau spent in jail
Beyond the horizon
A single pebble
The theatre of the absurd
Deathtrap
The American dream
Three plays
Company