Books like A Doll's House

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 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, 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.

10 books similar to A Doll's House

Why each is a match

Pygmaliongrades 9–12
Shares themes of gender and identity, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
A Midsummer Night's Dreamgrades 8–12
Shares themes of marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (8–12).
A Streetcar Named Desiregrades 11–12
Shares themes of gender, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).
Much Ado About Nothinggrades 9–12
Shares themes of marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Oedipus Rexgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
The Awakening960L
Shares themes of marriage and class and identity and overlapping grades (11–12).
The Importance of Being Earnestgrades 9–12
Shares themes of marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
Twelfth Nightgrades 9–12
Shares themes of identity, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
A Raisin in the Sungrades 9–12
Same genre (Drama) and overlapping grades (9–12).
American Born Chinese530L
Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12).

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