Editing King Lear (section)

=== Novels ===
[[Jane Smiley]]'s 1991 novel ''[[A Thousand Acres]]'', winner of the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction]], is based on ''King Lear'', but set in a farm in [[Iowa]] in 1979 and told from the perspective of the oldest daughter.<ref>{{cite news|title=King Lear in Zebulon County|type=book review|author=[[Ron Carlson]]|date=3 November 1991|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/04/05/specials/smiley-acres.html|access-date=2023-09-04|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

The 2009 novel [[Fool (novel)|''Fool'']] by [[Christopher Moore (author)|Christopher Moore]] is a comedic retelling of ''King Lear'' from the perspective of the court jester.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Dirda|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Dirda|date=2009-02-08|title=Michael Dirda on ''Fool'' by Christopher Moore|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/05/AR2009020503130.html|access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>

[[Edward St Aubyn]]'s 2017 novel [[Dunbar (novel)|''Dunbar'']] is a modern retelling of ''King Lear'', commissioned as part of the [[Hogarth Shakespeare]] series.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gilbert |first=Sophie |date=2017-10-10 |title=King Lear Is a Media Mogul in 'Dunbar' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/dunbar-edward-st-aubyn-king-lear-review/542235/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=The Atlantic}}</ref>

On 27 March 2018, Tessa Gratton published a high fantasy adaptation of ''King Lear'' titled ''The Queens of Innis Lear'' with Tor Books.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tessagratton.com/tessa/novels.html|title=Novels|website=tessagratton.com|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=7 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190307015231/http://tessagratton.com/tessa/novels.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Preti Taneja]]’s 2018 novel ''We That Are Young'' is based on ''King Lear'' and set in India.<ref>{{cite web |date=2018-12-27 |title=Los Angeles Review of Books |url=https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/king-lear-of-india-preti-tanejas-we-that-are-young/ |access-date=2022-06-03 |website=Los Angeles Review of Books}}</ref>

The 2021 novel ''Learwife'' by J. R. Thorpe imagines the story of Lear's wife and the mother of his children, who is not present in the play.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lashbrook |first=Angela |date=2021-12-07 |title=You Know About King Lear. A New Novel Tells His Banished Queen's Tale|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/books/review/learwife-jr-thorp.html |access-date=2022-06-03}}</ref>