# Books like Master Harold...and the Boys

**10** books similar to *Master Harold...and the Boys* by Athol Fugard (Realistic Fiction · grades 9–10), matched on shared themes, 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:** drama, race relations, social life and customs, in literature
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## Similar books

- [Night Kites](https://readinglist.school/book/night-kites) by M. E. Kerr _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Taste of Honey](https://readinglist.school/book/a-taste-of-honey) by Shelagh Delaney _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of drama, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Blues for an Alabama Sky](https://readinglist.school/book/blues-for-an-alabama-sky) by Pearl Cleage _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of drama, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Princess & the Hustler](https://readinglist.school/book/princess-the-hustler) by Chinonyerem Odimba _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of drama, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Antony and Cleopatra](https://readinglist.school/book/antony-and-cleopatra) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of drama and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Brooklyn](https://readinglist.school/book/brooklyn) by Colm Tóibín _(Grades 9–10)_ — Shares themes of social life and customs and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [Mississippi Trial, 1955](https://readinglist.school/book/mississippi-trial-1955) by Chris Crowe _(Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of race relations, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [A Sudden Silence](https://readinglist.school/book/a-sudden-silence) by Eve Bunting _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (1980s).
- [Izzy, Willy-Nilly](https://readinglist.school/book/izzy-willy-nilly) by Cynthia Voigt _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (1980s).
- [Say Goodnight, Gracie](https://readinglist.school/book/say-goodnight-gracie) by Julie Reece Deaver _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (9–12), and the same era (1980s).

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