Books like The Importance of Being Earnest

If you liked The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    William Shakespeare · 1600

    Because shares tags: classics, plays, comedy.

    Four lovers flee to a forest where fairies mix them up, while workmen rehearse a play for a duke's wedding.

  2. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams · 1979 · The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy #1

    Because shares tags: comedy, satire, classics.

    Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide retold: Earth's end, Ford, Zaphod, Marvin, and the answer 42.

  3. The Master and Margarita

    Mikhail Bulgakov · 1967

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Devil Woland visits 1930s Moscow while Master writes Pilate and Margarita bargains.

  4. The Color of Magic

    Terry Pratchett · 1983 · Discworld #1

    Because shares tags: comedy, satire.

    A failed wizard guides a tourist across a flat world on a turtle, with comic fantasy chaos.

  5. Mansfield Park

    Jane Austen · 1814

    Because shares tags: classics, british.

    Fanny Price loves Edmund amid Crawfords theatricals at Mansfield.

  6. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

    Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Raoul Duke and Gonzo binge Vegas covering Mint 400 and drug conference.

  7. Othello

    William Shakespeare · 1622

    Because shares tags: classics, plays.

    Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.

  8. The Screwtape Letters

    C.S. Lewis · 1942

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    A senior devil advises his nephew Wormwood on tempting an ordinary Englishman away from faith and attention.

  9. Crazy Rich Asians

    Kevin Kwan · 2013 · Crazy Rich Asians #1

    Because shares tags: comedy, satire.

    Rachel Chu flies to Singapore with Nick Young and learns his family is not just rich but dynasty rich, with mothers, aunties, and weddings…

  10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Ken Kesey · 1962

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Rebel McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched's ward, narrated by the silent Chief Bromden who sees everything.

  11. Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch

    Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman · 1990

    Because shares tags: comedy, british.

    An angel and demon team up to stop the apocalypse and save Earth.

  12. A Clockwork Orange

    Anthony Burgess · 1962

    Because shares tags: classics, satire.

    Teenage Alex leads his droogs on ultraviolent nights until the state rewrites him with the Ludovico Technique.

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