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"You know that long list of classic books you've been meaning to read? Nothing gives you motivation like knowing the film adaptation is streaming on Netflix.\nAfter finishing a long classic novel, there's a certain satisfaction in watching and/or criticizing the film adaptation. The book is fresh in your mind and you can judge every single decision the movie makes. If there are multiple adaptations, you can continue the comparison fest with a healthy binge-watch.\nSee also: 24 Must-Read Books for Summer 2014\nBy the end, you will practically be a literary genius, and you didn't even have to pay for summer classes.\nAdd these classics to your summer reading list and find out where to stream them below.\n\n\nClassics You Should Read\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Pride and Prejudice\n\n\nBook: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen\nAdaptations: Pride and Prejudice (1995, dir. Simon Langton), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\nPride and Prejudice (1980, dir. Cyril Coke), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr davidoakes\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Emma\n\n\nBook: Emma  by Jane Austen\nAdaptations: Emma (2009, dir. Jim O'Hanlon), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\nEmma (1996, dir. Douglas McGrath), available on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr thatwetshirt\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Sense and Sensibility\n\n\nBook:  Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen\nAdaptation: Sense and Sensibility (1995, dir. Ang Lee), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr harrleyquinzel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.  Mansfield Park \n\n\nBook:  Mansfield Park by Jane Austen\nAdaptations: Mansfield Park (2008, dir. Iain B. MacDonald), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\nMansfield Park (1999, dir. Patricia Rozema), available on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\nMansfield Park (1983, dir. David Giles), available on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr quikslvr\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Persuasion\n\n\nBook: Persuasion by Jane Austen\nAdaptation: Persuasion (1995, dir. Roger Michell), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr im-dunkeln-gehen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Great Expectations\n\n\nBook: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens\nAdaptations: Great Expectations (2013, dir. Graham McLaren [Filmed stage production]), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\nGreat Expectations (2012, dir. Brian Kirk), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr mccalldana\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7.  Bleak House \n\n\nBook: Bleak House by Charles Dickens\nAdaptations: Bleak House (2005, dir. Justin Chadwick), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\nBleak House (1995, dir. Ross Devenish, Susanna White), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr hupperts\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8.  The Mystery of Edwin Drood \n\n\nBook: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens\nAdaptations: The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2012, dir. Diarmuid Lawrence), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Little Dorrit\n\n\nBook:  Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens\nAdaptation: Little Dorrit (2008, dir. Dearbhla Walsh), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr untolddreamx\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. David Copperfield\n\n\nBook: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens\nAdaptation: David Copperfield (1969, dir. Delbert Mann), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nVideo: YouTube, Leigh Richards\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. Jane Eyre\n\n\nBook: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bront\u00EB\nAdaptations: Jane Eyre (1996, dir. Franco Zeffirelli), streaming on Netflix\nJane Eyre (1983, dir. Julian Amyes), streaming on Netflix\nJane Eyre (1970, dir. Delbert Mann), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\nJane Eyre (1944, dir. Robert Stevenson), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr nitratediva\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Wuthering Heights\n\n\nBook: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bront\u00EB\nAdaptations: Wuthering Heights (2009, dir. Coky Giedroyc), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\nWuthering Heights (1939, dir. William Wyler), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr dragqueeneames\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13. Cranford \n\n\nBook: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell\nAdaptation: Cranford (2007, dir. Simon Curtis, Steve Hudson)\nStreaming on: Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr joeykoji\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14. North and South \n\nBook: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell\nAdaptation: North and South (2004, dir Brian Percival), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr rachelweiszs\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n15. Tess of the d'Urbervilles\n\n\nBook: Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy\nAdaptation: Tess of the d'Urbervilles (2008, dir. David Blair), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr daydreamdelusion\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n16. The Woodlanders\n\n\nBook: The Woodlanders by Thomas Hardy\nAdaptation: The Woodlanders (1997, dir. Phil Agland), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nVideo: YouTube, THIRDGEL\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n17. Middlemarch \n\n\nBook: Middlemarch by George Eliot\nAdaptation: Middlemarch (1994, dir. Anthony Page), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr rufussewelldaily\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n18. Daniel Deronda\n\nBook: Daniel Deronda by George EliotAdaptation: Daniel Deronda (2002, dir. Tom Hooper), streaming on Netflix\n\nImage: Tumblr falllikeroses\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n19. Anna Karenina\n\n\nBook: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy\nAdaptations: Anna Karenina (2001, dir. George Faber), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\nAnna Karenina (1948, dir. Julien Duvivier), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nVideo: YouTube, Irene Xandra\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n20. Ethan Frome\n\n\nBook: Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton\nAdaptation: Ethan Frome (1993, dir. John Madden), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr sdfghl\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n21.  A Room With a View\n\n\nBook: A Room With a View by E.M. Forster\nAdaptation: A Room With a View (1986, dir. James Ivory), streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr kubrickitty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n22. The Great Gatsby\n\n\nBook: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald\nAdaptation: The Great Gatsby (1974, dir. Jack Clayton), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video, Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr parkladyknope\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n23. Of Mice and Men\n\n\nBook: Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck\nAdaptation: Of Mice and Men (1992, dir. Gary Sinise), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Tumblr sailing-currahee\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n24. The Grapes of Wrath\n\n\nBook: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck\nAdaptation: The Grapes of Wrath (1940, dir. John Ford) streaming on Netflix\n\n\nImage: Tumblr tyronepowers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n25. 1984 \n\n\nBook: 1984 by George Orwell\nAdaptation: 1984 (1984, dir. Michael Radford), streaming on Amazon Prime Instant Video\n\n\nImage: Giphy absurdnoise\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPin this image to easily share on Pinterest.\n\nBONUS: Short-Form Books for Your Morning Commute\n\n\nShort-Form Books for Your Morning Commute\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous &amp; Obscure\n\n\nAuthors: Larry Smith, Rachel Fershleiser\nFrom Scribd: \"Thousands of people around the world responded to SMITH Magazine's call for six-word memoirs. Following up on the smashing success of the New York TimesM bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning, here are more memoirs from Sarah Silverman, Junot Diaz, Neil Patrick Harris, Suze Orman, Gay Talese, Tony Hawk, Amy Tan\u2014and hundreds of never-before-published writers.Funny and bittersweet, witty and wild, or downright tragic, these addictive life stories are both monumental and miniscule. Six-word memoirs have become a global phenomenon, offering anyone and everyone a telling peek at humanity and a chance to find the writer within.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Monstress\n\n\nAuthor: Lysley Tenorio\nFrom Scribd: \"In the National Magazine Award-nominated title story, a has-been movie director and his reluctant leading lady travel from Manila to Hollywood for one last chance at stardom, unaware of what they truly stand to lose. In 'Felix Starro,' a famous Filipino faith healer and his grandson conduct an illicit business in San Francisco, though each has his own plans for their earnings. And after the Beatles reject an invitation from Imelda Marcos for a Royal Command Performance, an aging bachelor attempts to defend her honor by recruiting his three nephews to attack the group at the Manila International Airport in 'Help.'\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. What He's Poised to Do: Stories\n\n\nAuthor: Ben Greenman\nFrom Scribd: \"From a portrait of an unfaithful man contemplating his own free will to the saga of a young Cuban man's quixotic devotion to a woman he may never have met; and from a nineteenth-century weapons inventor's letter to his young daughter to an aging man's wistful memory of a summer love affair in a law office\u2014each of these stories demonstrates Greenman's maturity as a chronicler of romantic angst both contemporary and timeless, and as an explorer of the ways our yearning for connection informs our selves and our souls.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Damage Control\n\n\nAuthor: Emma Forrest\nFrom Scribd: \"Traditionally, women share their secrets with their hairdressers. But what about their manicurists, masseurs, chi gong teachers, and tattoo artists? In Damage Control, women wax poetic about the experts and gurus who help them love themselves, sharing stories of everything from friendships born in the make-up chair to the utter dismay of a truly horrible haircut.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. One-Letter Words, a Dictionary\n\n\nAuthor: Craig Conley\nFrom Scribd: \"One-Letter Words, a Dictionary is a rich, thought-provoking, and curious compendium of the myriad definitions attributed to each letter of the English alphabet.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Pretty Little Mistakes\n\n\nAuthor: Heather Mcelhatton\nFrom Scribd: \"There are hundreds of lives sown inside Pretty Little Mistakes, Heather McElhatton's singularly spectacular, breathtakingly unique novel that has more than 150 possible endings. You may end up in an opulent mansion or homeless down by the river; happily married with your own corporation or alone and pecked to death by ducks in London; a Zen master in Japan or morbidly obese in a trailer park.\nIs it destiny or decision that controls our fate? You can't change your past and start over from scratch in real life\u2014but in Pretty Little Mistakes, you can! But be warned, choose wisely.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. The Sunny Side\n\n\nAuthor: A. A. Milne\nFrom Scribd: \"From the beloved creator of Winnie-the-Pooh comes an irresistible collection of short stories guaranteed to delight readers of all ages.\nDrawing from a collection of stories originally published in 1921 and chosen exclusively by the author himself, The Sunny Side gathers the best short works by the inimitable A. A. Milne. Written for the satire magazine Punch, these brief stories and essays perfectly capture Milne's sly humor, beguiling social insight, and scathing wit. From 'Odd Verses' to 'War Sketches,' 'Summer Days' to 'Men of Letters,' Milne takes his readers from the stiff British drawing room to the irreverent joy of a boy's day at the beach.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. War Dances\n\n\nAuthor: Sherman Alexie\nFrom Scribd: \"A bestselling collection of stories and poems from literary icon Sherman Alexie, winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, War Dances blends short stories, poems, call-and-response, and more into something that only Sherman Alexie could have written. \nOrdinary men stand at the threshold of profound change, from a story about a famous writer caring for a dying but still willful father, to the tale of a young Indian boy who learns to value his own life by appreciating the deaths of others. Perceptions change, too, as 'Another Proclamation' casts a shadow over Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation, and 'Invisible Dog on a Leash' limns the heartbreak of shattered childhood illusions. And nostalgia for antiquated technology is tenderly rendered in 'Ode to Mix Tapes' and 'Ode for Pay Phones.' With his versatile voice, Alexie explores love, betrayal, fatherhood, alcoholism, and art in this spirited, soulful, and endlessly entertaining collection, transcending genre boundaries to create something truly unique.\"\n\n\nImage: Open Road Media\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. The 101 Most Influential People Who Never Lived\n\n\nAuthors: Dan Karlan, Jeremy Salter, Allan Lazar\nFrom Scribd: \"From Santa Claus to Buffy the Vampire Slayer, from Uncle Sam to Uncle Tom, here is a compelling, eye-opening, and endlessly entertaining compendium of fictional trendsetters and world-shakers who have helped shape our culture and our lives.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Not For Bread Alone\n\n\nAuthor: Dan Halpern\nFrom Scribd: \"There is more to be gained from our daily bread than mere sustenance. Curiosity, romance, ritual, and insight can be as much a part of a meal as any of its edible ingredients. \nIn this delectable collection of essays on fine food and drink, twenty-two renowned writers [including Alice Waters, Joyce Carol Oats and Alexandre Dumas] capture the gestures, the celebrations, and the moments in which food, wine, and the act of eating transcend their initial purposes to become something far greater. A window into the eating lives of a handful of our finest literary artists, Not for Bread Alone is a tasty and most satisfying delight\u2014a true culinary classic.\"\n\n\nImage: HarperCollins\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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