What to Read After Impro
Readers who loved Impro by Keith Johnstone keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Impro 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 Impro
Respect for Acting
Truth in Comedy
Games for Actors and Non-actors
Sanford Meisner on acting
The Inner Game of Tennis
Improvise
Improv Wisdom
Acting
To the Actor
Radical Honesty
Freeing the Natural Voice
Voice and the Actor
A Practical handbook for the actor
A Director Prepares
Improvisation for the Theater
Towards a Poor Theatre
Impro for Storytellers
The Right to Speak
An Actor's Handbook
Theatre of the Oppressed
The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual
Hackers & Painters
An Actor Prepares
To Sell Is Human The Surprising Truth About Moving Others