Books like Fences
Fences by August Wilson reads as powerful, tragic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry · 1995
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83% genome match
Golden boy
Clifford Odets · 1937
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69% genome match
King Hedley II
August Wilson · 2005
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69% genome match
A hatful of rain
Michael V. Gazzo · 1956
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69% genome match
Sweat
Lynn Nottage · 2017
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69% genome match
Glengarry Glen Ross
David Mamet · 1984
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69% genome match
The kitchen
Arnold Wesker · 1961
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69% genome match
Just say no
Larry Kramer · 1989
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69% genome match
Lost in Yonkers
Neil Simon · 1991
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69% genome match
Famous American plays of the 1950s
Lee Strasberg · 1962
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69% genome match
The ecstasy of Rita Joe
George Ryga · 1970
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69% genome match
Of Mice and Men [play]
John Steinbeck · 1937
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69% genome match
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