Books like

Books like Lysistrata

12 books with a reading profile close to Lysistrata by Aristophanes. Outward-looking; a moderate read.

1

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

entertainment, literary

In late Victorian London, Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to escape social duties and pursue romantic interests.
2

Lucky Jim

by Kingsley Amis

entertainment, literary

Jim Dixon is a junior history lecturer at a provincial British university who detests his job, his pedantic department head Professor Welch, and the stifling social expectations of 1950s academia.
3

The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays

by Oscar Wilde

entertainment, literary

This collection centers on the satirical masterpiece where Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff adopt the pseudonym Ernest to maintain dual identities in London and the countryside.
4

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

literary, classic literature

Samuel Pickwick, a retired businessman and perpetual optimist, leads a small group of gentlemen from the Pickwick Club across the English countryside to observe human behavior and local customs.
5

The Comedy of Errors

by William Shakespeare

Also outward-looking · literary, classic literature

The play follows two sets of identical twins, both named Antipholus and Dromio, who were separated during a shipwreck in infancy.
6

Three Sunsets and Other Poems

by Lewis Carroll

literary, classic literature

Published posthumously in 1898, this collection gathers Lewis Carroll's serious and romantic verse, moving away from the nonsense rhyme found in his famous novels.
7

The Twenty-One Balloons

by William Pène du Bois

Also outward-looking · entertainment, classic literature

In 1883, Professor William Waterman Sherman leaves San Francisco in a giant balloon, intending to spend a year in solitude over the Pacific.
8

Titus Andronicus

by William Shakespeare

literary, classic literature

Titus Andronicus returns to Rome after a decade of war against the Goths, bringing Queen Tamora and her sons as prisoners.
9

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

by Henry Fielding, Alice Wakely

literary, classic literature

Squire Allworthy discovers an infant, Tom Jones, in his bed and decides to raise the foundling alongside his nephew, the spiteful Master Blifil.
10

Tortilla Flat

by John Steinbeck

literary, classic literature

Set in the hills above Monterey, California, the narrative follows Danny and his circle of paisano friends in the years following World War I.
11

Ivanhoe

by Walter Scott

Also outward-looking · entertainment, classic literature

Set in twelfth-century England, the story follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a Saxon knight returning from the Crusades to a land fractured by ethnic tension.
12

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories]

by Arthur Conan Doyle

entertainment, classic literature

First published in 1892, this collection gathers twelve cases featuring private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr.

Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.

Get papr

Your library, beautifully understood.