# Books like The Taming of the Shrew

**10** books similar to *The Taming of the Shrew* by William Shakespeare (Fantasy · 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:** drama, married people, sex role, man-woman relationships
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## Similar books

- [Henry IV, Part 1](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-iv-part-1) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12)_ — Is by William Shakespeare, the same author, shares themes of drama, and both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list.
- [The Tempest](https://readinglist.school/book/the-tempest) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–12)_ — Is by William Shakespeare, the same author, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (9–12).
- [Barber Shop Chronicles](https://readinglist.school/book/barber-shop-chronicles) by Inua Ellams _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of drama, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Middlemarch](https://readinglist.school/book/middlemarch) by George Eliot _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of married people, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Our Country's Good](https://readinglist.school/book/our-countrys-good) by Timberlake Wertenbaker _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of drama, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Sweat](https://readinglist.school/book/sweat) by Lynn Nottage _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of drama, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [The Rover](https://readinglist.school/book/the-rover) by Aphra Behn _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of drama, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?](https://readinglist.school/book/whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf) by Edward Albee _(Grades 11–12)_ — Shares themes of married people, both on the Cambridge AS & A-Level English Literature (9695) list, and overlapping grades (11–12).
- [A Fate So Cold](https://readinglist.school/book/a-fate-so-cold) by Amanda Foody _(Grades 7–12)_ — Same genre (Fantasy) and overlapping grades (7–12).
- [Divine Rivals](https://readinglist.school/book/divine-rivals) by Rebecca Ross _(Grades 9–12)_ — Same genre (Fantasy) and overlapping grades (9–12).

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