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24 alternatives to Playboy of the Western World

TL;DR- A play about a son killing his father.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Playboy of the Western World launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Mr Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream ▲56

   The extraordinary inside story of an American icon

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Killing Johnny Fry▲70

   A sexistential novel

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Untimely Death▲71

   Cozy murder mystery following a Shakespeare theme

   2015 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Who's Your Daddy▲87

   Father attempting to prevent his infant from certain death.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Evil by Design▲68

   Like Nir Eyal's "Hooked" but with more pictures, and evil.

   2015 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lawrence▲82

   A point-and-click story about a son's final days w/ his dad

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Minor King▲64

   American Fiction

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   To Kill A Mockingbird▲71

   Pulitzer Prize winner, an American classic

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   The End of Mr. Y▲53

   A conscious tale of time-travel on a different scale.

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Danny the Champion of the World▲65

    Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell?

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Princes of the Apocalypse▲55

    A D&D supplement player's companion.

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Boys Among Men▲67

    How the Prep-to-Pro Generation Redefined the NBA

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Murder▲70

    a 30-minute adventure about morality and sentience

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    The Stranger▲76

    Albert Camus's ultimate novel discussing existentialism

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Playing The Enemy ▲60

    Nelson Mandela and the game that made a nation

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tin Star▲71

    Enormous interactive novel set in the Wild West

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Esquire Classic - The falling man by Tom Junod▲57

    Revisiting the most read Esquire story of all time

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Being Mortal▲56

    Medicine and What Matters in the End

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    One Murder More▲58

    A debut political mystery compared to House of Cards

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Memory Man▲55

    A man w perfect memory must solve his family's murder

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West ▲67

    An epic of the violence and depravity of Manifest Destiny

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The House of Stone▲71

    Anthony Shadid's moving reflections on war, family, hope

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    The Men Who Would Be King▲73

    Here is Hollywood, up close, glamorous, and gritty.

    2015 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Abomination▲59

    "Game of Thrones by way of H.P. Lovecraft"

    2015 · its alternatives →

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