The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion: “One day it seemed important that I reread Alcestis... I did reread Alcestis.”
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides: “I bought a copy of Alcestis. The introduction said it was Euripides's earliest extant tragedy, and one of his least-performed works.”
Out of the East: Reveries and Studies in New Japan by Lafcadio Hearn: “Then it occurred to me to tell them the immortal story of Alkestis. I thought for the moment that the character of Herakles in that divine drama would have a particular charm for them.”