What to Read After The Way of the World
Readers who loved The Way of the World by William Congreve keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Way of the World 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 The Way of the World
Volpone
She Stoops To Conquer
The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews
The School for Scandal, 1780
Arms and the Man
Beggar's opera
All for Love; or, The World Well Lost
The Rivals
Major Barbara
Saint Joan
The Rover
Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mourning Becomes Electra.
"Master Harold"-- and the boys
Vildanden
The Duchess of Malfi
The Master Builder
The Playboy of the Western World
The London merchant
Everyman
Tartuffe
The Rape of the Lock
Edward the Second
Look Back in Anger