# 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, 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:** drama, race relations, social life and customs, in literature
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## Similar books

- [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).
- [Fathers and Sons](https://readinglist.school/book/fathers-and-sons) by Ivan Turgenev _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [The Honorable Prison](https://readinglist.school/book/the-honorable-prison) by Lyll Becerra de Jenkins _(Grades 6–10)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction), overlapping grades (6–10), and the same era (1980s).
- [The Metamorphosis](https://readinglist.school/book/the-metamorphosis) by Franz Kafka _(Grades 9–10)_ — Both on the Common Core State Standards (ELA) list, same genre (Realistic Fiction), and overlapping grades (9–10).
- [A Time of Troubles](https://readinglist.school/book/a-time-of-troubles) by Pieter Van Raven _(Grades 5–9)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (5–9).
- [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).
- [Check & Mate](https://readinglist.school/book/check-mate) by Ali Hazelwood _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Dairy Queen](https://readinglist.school/book/dairy-queen) by Catherine Gilbert Murdock _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Realistic Fiction) and overlapping grades (9–12).

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