Plays (Hamlet / Othello / Romeo and Juliet) vs The Notebooks for The Idiot — Which Should You Read First?

Both Plays (Hamlet / Othello / Romeo and Juliet) and The Notebooks for The Idiot are beloved by readers. Here is what RateYourReads readers say about both, plus similar books you might enjoy.

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• The mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens
• Getting married by George Bernard Shaw
• El Aleph by Jorge Luis Borges
• The Trespasser by D. H. Lawrence
• Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
• Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey