The Anti-Aesthetic by Hal FosterArtificial Hells by Claire BishopRelational Aesthetics by Nicolas BourriaudEssays on the Blurring of Art and Life by Allan KaprowThe Writings of Marcel Duchamp by Marcel Duchamp
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62 books — 5 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
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853 books — 1,129 voters
Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Homecoming by Harold PinterThe Garden Party and Other Plays by Václav HavelEndgame by Samuel BeckettHappy Days by Samuel Beckett
Theatre of the Absurd
16 books — 4 voters

Actor for Life by Connie de VeerThe Warner Loughlin Technique by Warner LoughlinRespect for Acting by Uta HagenOn Directing by Harold ClurmanPractice Journal for Vocalists by Juanita Robinson
Must Reads for Performing Artists
67 books — 27 voters
Theatre of the Oppressed by Augusto BoalThe Empty Space by Peter BrookPerformance Theory by Richard SchechnerThe Theater and Its Double by Antonin ArtaudBrecht on Theatre by Bertolt Brecht
Performance & Theatre Theory
50 books — 39 voters