# Books like Jude the Obscure

**10** books similar to *Jude the Obscure* by Thomas Hardy (Historical Fiction · grades 11–12), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** social life and customs, death, pine, unmarried couples
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## Similar books

- [Mansfield Park](https://readinglist.school/book/mansfield-park) by Jane Austen _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and same genre (Historical Fiction).
- [Henry IV, Part 1](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-iv-part-1) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Middlemarch](https://readinglist.school/book/middlemarch) by George Eliot _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Selected Stories](https://readinglist.school/book/selected-stories) by Katherine Mansfield _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Underground Railroad](https://readinglist.school/book/the-underground-railroad) by Colson Whitehead _(Grades 11–12)_ — Both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, same genre (Historical Fiction), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [A Tale of Two Cities](https://readinglist.school/book/a-tale-of-two-cities) by Charles Dickens _(1170L · Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [My Ántonia](https://readinglist.school/book/my-antonia) by Willa Cather _(1010L · Grades 10–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (10–12).
- [Salt to the Sea](https://readinglist.school/book/salt-to-the-sea) by Ruta Sepetys _(560L · Grades 8–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [The Book Thief](https://readinglist.school/book/the-book-thief) by Markus Zusak _(730L · Grades 8–11)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (8–11).
- [The Scarlet Letter](https://readinglist.school/book/the-scarlet-letter) by Nathaniel Hawthorne _(1420L · Grades 10–12)_ — Same genre (Historical Fiction) and overlapping grades (10–12).

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