# Books like Pygmalion

**10** books similar to *Pygmalion* by George Bernard Shaw (Drama · grades 9–12), 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:** social class, identity, language and thought, gender
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## Similar books

- [A Doll's House](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dolls-house) by Henrik Ibsen _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and gender, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [A Streetcar Named Desire](https://readinglist.school/book/a-streetcar-named-desire) by Tennessee Williams _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social class and gender, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Oedipus Rex](https://readinglist.school/book/oedipus-rex) by Sophocles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The House on Mango Street](https://readinglist.school/book/the-house-on-mango-street) by Sandra Cisneros _(870L · Grades 7–10)_ — Shares themes of identity and gender and overlapping grades (7–10).
- [The Importance of Being Earnest](https://readinglist.school/book/the-importance-of-being-earnest) by Oscar Wilde _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of social class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Twelfth Night](https://readinglist.school/book/twelfth-night) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [1984](https://readinglist.school/book/1984) by George Orwell _(1090L · Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of language and thought and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 8–12)_ — Same genre (Drama) and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [A Raisin in the Sun](https://readinglist.school/book/a-raisin-in-the-sun) by Lorraine Hansberry _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Drama) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [American Born Chinese](https://readinglist.school/book/american-born-chinese) by Gene Luen Yang _(530L · Grades 7–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and overlapping grades (7–12).

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