18 books like The Importance of Being Earnest

What to read after The Importance of Being Earnest — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

A quiet kind of thunder Sara Barnard · 2017 · ★ 4.0 · 403p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Steffi doesn't talk. Rhys can't hear. They understand each other perfectly. Love isn't always a lightning strike. Sometimes it's the rumbling roll of thunder ... Steffi has been a selective mute for most of her life - she's been silent for so long that she feels completely invisible. But Rhys, the new boy at school, sees her. He's deaf, and her knowledge of basic sign language means that she's… Shares: Youth, Love, Children's fiction

Bang, bang, you're dead Louise Fitzhugh · 1969 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A group of children find that while play war can be fun, real war is no fun at all. Shares: Play, Children's fiction

My Darling, My Hamburger Paul Zindel · 1969 · ★ 3.6 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate From Goodreads: “ Four friends, Two couples, One year that will change their lives. Liz and Sean, both beautiful and popular, are madly in love and completely misunderstood by their parents. Their best friends, Maggie and Dennis, are shy and awkward, but willing to take the first tentative steps toward a romance of their own. Yet before either couple can enjoy true happiness, life conspires… Shares: Youth, Love, Children's fiction

The pirate map Anastasia Suen · 2010 Shares: Play, Children's fiction

A House of Pomegranates Oscar Wilde · 1891 · ★ 3.8 · 115p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public." Original collection contains: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The… Shares: British and irish drama, Children's fiction

Reached (Matched Trilogy, Book 3) Ally Condie · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Cassia’s journey began with an error, a momentary glitch in the otherwise perfect façade of the Society. After crossing canyons to break free, she waits, silk and paper smuggled against her skin, ready for the final chapter. The wait is over. One young woman has raged against those who threaten to keep away what matters most -- family, love, choice. Her quiet revolution is about to explode into… Shares: Marriage, Love, Children's fiction

Playing war Kathy Beckwith · 2005 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Dan, Jen, Jeff, and Luke enjoy dividing into soldiers and enemies to play war, but when Sameer, a new boy in the neighborhood, tells of losing his family in a real war, they feel differently about the game. Shares: Play, Children's fiction

A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 93p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, Children's fiction

David Copperfield Charles Dickens · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 928p · ≈ 30h · Demanding It adds to the charm of this book to remember that it is virtually a picture of the author's own boyhood. It is an excellent picture of the life of a struggling English youth in the middle of the last century. The pictures of Canterbury and London are true pictures and through these pages walk one of Dickens' wonderful processions of characters, quaint and humorous, villainous and tragic. Nobody… Shares: British and irish drama, Drama, Children's fiction

The tale of Johnny Town-Mouse Beatrix Potter · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 58p · ≈ 1h · Challenging When the country mouse and the town mouse visit each other, they each conclude that there is no place like home Shares: Etiquette, Children's fiction

Crossed Ally Condie · 2009 · ★ 3.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Seventeen-year-old Cassia sacrifices everything and heads to the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, where she is confronted with shocking revelations about Society and the promise of rebellion. Shares: Marriage, Love, Children's fiction

The New Recruit Andy McNab · 2013 · ★ 4.8 · 272p · ≈ 9h · Moderate What if your prank killed your best friend. Could you live with yourself? You try to forget and move on; you enrol in Army training, you want to make something of your life. The training is tough and it almost breaks you. But you survive; you know youâe(tm)ll make a good soldier. Finally, when youâe(tm)re out in Afghanistan, under enemy fire, you come face-to-face with your best friendâe(tm)s… Shares: Youth, Children's fiction

The One (The Selection #3) Kiera Cass · 2012 · ★ 4.1 · 292p · ≈ 9h · Moderate THE SELECTION changed the lives of thirty-five girls forever. Now, only one will claim Prince Maxon’s heart… It’s swoon meets the Hunger Games in the final instalment of THE SELECTION trilogy! For the four girls who remain at the palace, the friendships they’ve formed, rivalries they’ve struggled with and dangers they’ve faced have bound them to each other for the rest of their lives. Now, the… Shares: Marriage, Love, Children's fiction

King Jack and the dragon Peter Bently · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Jack, Zack, and Caspar build a castle fort, then spend a day fighting dragons and beasts, but at day's end giants carry away first Sir Zack, then Caspar, and King Jack is left to face night creatures alone. Shares: Play, Children's fiction

Ethan Frome Edith Wharton · 1910 · ★ 3.5 · 108p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Edith Wharton wrote Ethan Frome as a frame story — meaning that the prologue and epilogue constitute a "frame" around the main story How It All Goes Down It's winter. A nameless engineer is in Starkfield, Massachusetts on business and he first sees Ethan Frome at the post office. Ethan is a man in his early fifties who is obviously strong, and obviously crippled. The man becomes fascinated with… Shares: Marriage, Love, Children's fiction

Tempest Revealed (Tempest #3) Tracy Deebs · 2013 · ★ 3.8 Half-mermaid Tempest Maguire has tried to fulfill her duties to merQueen Hailana while also spending time with her family and longtime boyfriend Mark, but when Hailana dies and an old enemy resurfaces, it is time to get her priorities straight. Shares: Identity, Children's fiction

The Complication Suzanne Young · 2018 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Tatum and Weston seek revenge against The Program in this heart-pounding final installment in Suzanne Young’s New York Times bestselling Program series—now with a reimagined look.Every cure has a cost.Tatum Masterson learned this after years of being monitored by The Program. She witnessed it when her boyfriend, Weston, came back changed, erased. The Adjustment came into Tatum’s life just when… Shares: Love, Children's fiction

The princess in the opal mask Jenny Lundquist · 2013 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "Orphaned as a child in the crumbling village of Tulan, Elara is determined to learn her true identity, even if it means wielding a dagger. Meanwhile, in Galandria's royal capital, Princess Wilha stands out as someone to either worship or fear. Though no one knows why the king has always made her conceal her face--including Wilha herself. When an assassination attempt threatens the peace of… Shares: Identity, Children's fiction

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