Shakespeare

c. 1590-1614· 38 works

The plays and poems of William Shakespeare - tragedies, comedies, histories, romances, and the sonnets. The single largest gravitational force in English literature.

Shakespeare, Ranked

According to Groblé

  1. 11A Midsummer Night’s Dream~1595William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·66 pagesInfluence24Popularity81ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  2. 13Hamlet~1600William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·122 pagesInfluence97Popularity95ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  3. 20Othello~1603William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·106 pagesInfluence88Popularity75ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  4. 23King Lear~1605William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·105 pagesInfluence95Popularity72ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  5. 26Macbeth~1606William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·68 pagesInfluence94Popularity87ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  6. 40Richard II~1595William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·90 pagesInfluence22Popularity25ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  7. 41Twelfth Night~1601William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·79 pagesInfluence20Popularity59ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  8. 49Romeo and Juliet~1595William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·98 pagesInfluence87Popularity99ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  9. 51The Tempest~1611William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·67 pagesInfluence87Popularity61ShakespeareRomanceEnglish
  10. 56Love's Labour's Lost~1594William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·86 pagesInfluence8Popularity18ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  11. 67All's Well That Ends Well~1604William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·92 pagesInfluence15Popularity19ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  12. 69Much Ado About Nothing~1598William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·85 pagesInfluence19Popularity60ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  13. 75Julius Caesar~1599William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·79 pagesInfluence22Popularity61ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  14. 76King Henry IV, Part 1~1596William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·98 pagesInfluence23Popularity24ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  15. 78The Merchant of Venice~1596William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·85 pagesInfluence21Popularity60ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  16. 79Measure for Measure~1604William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence19Popularity19ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  17. 90As You Like It~1599William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence20Popularity58ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  18. 108Antony and Cleopatra~1606William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·100 pagesInfluence21Popularity33ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  19. 116Richard III~1593William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·117 pagesInfluence23Popularity58ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  20. 125Henry V~1599William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·104 pagesInfluence24Popularity51ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  21. 133The Winter's Tale~1610William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·100 pagesInfluence17Popularity17ShakespeareRomanceEnglish
  22. 134The Taming of the Shrew~1591William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·84 pagesInfluence16Popularity59ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  23. 138Troilus and Cressida~1602William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·104 pagesInfluence18Popularity18ShakespeareSatireEnglish
  24. 145The Comedy of Errors~1594William ShakespeareHard·Short·59 pagesInfluence16Popularity20ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  25. 147Coriolanus~1608William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·110 pagesInfluence18Popularity32ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  26. 151King John~1596William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·83 pagesInfluence14Popularity23ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  27. 158Timon of Athens~1606William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·73 pagesInfluence10Popularity14ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  28. 168The Two Gentlemen of Verona~1590William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·69 pagesInfluence9Popularity20ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  29. 169Henry IV, Part Two~1597William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·103 pagesInfluence15Popularity23ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  30. 171Titus Andronicus~1592William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·83 pagesInfluence12Popularity15ShakespeareTragedyEnglish
  31. 172The Merry Wives of Windsor~1597William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·87 pagesInfluence12Popularity21ShakespeareComedyEnglish
  32. 173Cymbeline~1610William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·110 pagesInfluence11Popularity16ShakespeareRomanceEnglish
  33. 174Pericles~1607William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·74 pagesInfluence11Popularity16ShakespeareRomanceEnglish
  34. 175The Two Noble Kinsmen~1613William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·102 pagesInfluence9Popularity15ShakespeareRomanceEnglish
  35. 182Henry VI, Part 1~1592William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·86 pagesInfluence14Popularity22ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  36. 183King Henry VI, Part 2~1591William ShakespeareGrueling·Medium·102 pagesInfluence13Popularity22ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  37. 184King Henry VI, Part 3~1591William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·97 pagesInfluence13Popularity21ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
  38. 193Henry VIII~1613William ShakespeareGrueling·Short·99 pagesInfluence10Popularity24ShakespeareHistory PlayEnglish
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