What books are similar to A Doll's House?

The 10 closest matches to A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen on ReadingList include Pygmalion, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Streetcar Named Desire, Much Ado About Nothing, and Oedipus Rex. Each is scored on shared themes (gender, marriage and class, and individuality), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 11–12), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like A Doll's House reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 11–12), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like A Doll's House

If you liked A Doll's House, read Pygmalion, A Midsummer Night's Dream, or A Streetcar Named Desire — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Looking for books like A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen (Drama · grades 11–12)? It’s most often read for its themes of gender, marriage and class, and individuality. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 11–12 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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Pygmaliongrades 9–12: Shares themes of gender and identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
A Midsummer Night's Dreamgrades 8–12: Shares themes of marriage and class, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
A Streetcar Named Desiregrades 11–12: Shares themes of gender, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
Much Ado About Nothinggrades 9–12: Shares themes of marriage and class, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
Oedipus Rexgrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
The Awakening960L: Shares themes of marriage and class and identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and overlapping grades (11–12). Amazon →
The Importance of Being Earnestgrades 9–12: Shares themes of marriage and class, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
Twelfth Nightgrades 9–12: Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and same genre (Drama). Amazon →
A Raisin in the Sungrades 9–12: Both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12). Amazon →
Anthem880L: Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and overlapping grades (8–12). Amazon →

Books like A Doll's House for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of individuality.
Beanie the Bansheenie by Eoin Colfer · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of identity.
Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity.
Dog Man by Dav Pilkey · 390L — Shares themes of identity.
How This Book Got Red by Margaret Chiu Greanias · grades K–2 — Shares themes of identity.

Books like A Doll's House for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of individuality.
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of identity.
A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of identity.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle · 740L — Shares themes of individuality.
Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of identity.

Books like A Doll's House for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros · 870L — Shares themes of gender and identity.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes · 910L — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and overlapping grades (8–11).
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose · grades 8–10 — Both on the AP English Literature & Composition list and same genre (Drama).
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of individuality.
A Royal Conundrum by Lisa Yee · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of identity.

Books like A Doll's House for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros · 870L — Shares themes of gender and identity.
Antigone by Sophocles · grades 9–12 — Both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Beloved by Toni Morrison · 870L — Shares themes of identity, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley · 870L — Shares themes of individuality, both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller · grades 11–12 — Both on the AP English Literature & Composition list, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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