Books like…

Books Like Antigone

by Sophocles · about this book

Loved Antigone by Sophocles? If its classics, stage play and tragic hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Clytemnestra, Lord of the Flies and Animal Farm. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Antigone: Classics · Stage Play · Tragic · Greek Mythology · Female Lead

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   Clytemnestra

   Costanza Casati

   Greek Mythology · Tragic · Sisters · Female Lead · Classics

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   Lord of the Flies

   William Golding

   Classics · Freedom vs Control · Tragic · Philosophy · Rebellion Against Authority

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   Animal Farm

   George Orwell

   Freedom vs Control · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Tragic · Bleak

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   I, Medusa

   Ayana Gray

   Greek Mythology · Tragic · Sisters · Gods & Mythology · Female Lead

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5. 

   Anna Karenina

   Leo Tolstoy

   Tragic · Classics · Philosophy · Female Lead · Suicide Content

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   The Dispossessed

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   Freedom vs Control · Philosophy · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Character-Driven

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   The Bronze Horseman

   Paullina Simons

   Death of a Sibling · Tragic · Sisters · Female Lead · War and Its Aftermath

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   The Catcher in the Rye

   Jerome David Salinger

   Classics · Death of a Sibling · Rebellion Against Authority · Dialogue-Heavy · Grief and Mourning

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9. 

   The Song of Achilles

   Madeline Miller

   Greek Mythology · Tragic · Gods & Mythology · Classics · Grief and Mourning

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10. 

    Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    Tragic · Classics · Death of a Sibling · Grief and Mourning · Bleak

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11. 

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott

    Classics · Death of a Sibling · Sisters · Female Lead · Grief and Mourning

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12. 

    Katabasis

    R. F. Kuang

    Greek Mythology · Philosophy · Gods & Mythology · Female Lead · Feminism

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13. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Tragic · Dialogue-Heavy · Classics · Dark · Bleak

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14. 

    The Hunger Games (Hunger Games, Book One)

    Suzanne Collins

    Freedom vs Control · Rebellion Against Authority · Sisters · Classics · Female Lead

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15. 

    Girl, Goddess, Queen

    Bea Fitzgerald

    Greek Mythology · Rebellion Against Authority · Gods & Mythology · Female Lead · Political Intrigue

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16. 

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Classics · Dialogue-Heavy · Sisters · Female Lead · Feminism

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17. 

    A Wrinkle in Time

    Madeleine L'Engle

    Freedom vs Control · Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Female Lead · Religion & Spirituality

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18. 

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank

    Tragic · Classics · Sisters · Female Lead · Character-Driven

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19. 

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak

    Tragic · Death of a Sibling · Classics · Female Lead · Grief and Mourning

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20. 

    The Chronicles of Narnia

    C.S. Lewis

    Classics · Rebellion Against Authority · Sisters · Gods & Mythology · Brothers

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