
Happy birth/death day to my favorite old white man, William Shakespeare! If you’ve been on the blog or talked to me for like 5 minutes then you’ll know that I absolutely adore Shakespeare, it’s maybe a little unhealthy.
Back in July of last year — yes, you read that correctly, July last year — I got the idea to do a ranking of every book I’ve read that is either a retelling, reimagining, or heavily inspired by Shakespeare. Some things I’m not including here are some of the graphic novels that I’ve read — I’ve read some that were the story told as is just in graphic novel format, graphic novel retellings are included in this list. I’m also not including plays, as I feel like that is its own category and maybe will do a post on those ones day.
This is gonna be a long one, besties, you know me once I start talking about Shakespeare related things…grab your favorite beverage and a snack, get comfy and let’s talk about all (well most) the Shakespeare inspired books I’ve read!
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