# Books like The Importance of Being Earnest

**10** books similar to *The Importance of Being Earnest* by Oscar Wilde (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 and reputation, marriage and class, humor
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## Similar books

- [Much Ado About Nothing](https://readinglist.school/book/much-ado-about-nothing) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_ — Shares themes of identity and reputation and marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [A Doll's House](https://readinglist.school/book/a-dolls-house) by Henrik Ibsen _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://readinglist.school/book/a-midsummer-nights-dream) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 8–12)_ — Shares themes of marriage and class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (8–12).
- [A Streetcar Named Desire](https://readinglist.school/book/a-streetcar-named-desire) by Tennessee Williams _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of social class, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Pygmalion](https://readinglist.school/book/pygmalion) by George Bernard Shaw _(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 humor, same genre (Drama), and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [The Awakening](https://readinglist.school/book/the-awakening) by Kate Chopin _(960L · Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of marriage and class and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [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).
- [Antigone](https://readinglist.school/book/antigone) by Sophocles _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Drama) and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Death of a Salesman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-of-a-salesman) by Arthur Miller _(Grades 11–12)_ — Same genre (Drama) and overlapping grades (11–12).

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