Sunday Book Club: Modern Adaptations of Classic Novels

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I have no idea when I started loving modern adaptations of classic novels. I don’t even think I could tell you which book it started with. It might have actually started with discovering that Clueless was based on Emma (even though that’s a movie). I loved how brilliantly the story was adapted for the 90s and how the screenwriter made Emma into Cher, a high school match-maker.

Though adaptations are not a new thing (Shakespeare was the king of adaptations), the abundance of fun and entertaining adaptations in the last decade has grown ten fold. There’s been everything from solo adaptations to collections of authors adapting a single author’s collection of works. Since we all have plenty of reading time, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite adaptations and what adaptations I have on my to read list.

Modern Adaptations of Classic Novels

Pride & Prejudice Adaptations

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Lizzy and Jane by Katherine Reay

The Austen Project

Sense & Sensibility: A Modern Retelling by Joanna Trollope**

Eligible: A Modern Retelling of Pride & Prejudice by Curtis Sittenfeld

Little Women

Meg and Jo by Virginia Kantra

Beth and Amy by Virginia Kantra**

The Rajaes (Austen Adaptations)

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors (The Rajes #1) by Sonali Dev

Recipe for Persuasion (The Rajes #2) by Sonali Dev **

Fairy Tales

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. Craig

Of Curses and Kisses by Sandhya Menon

Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) by Marissa Meyer

Scarlet (The Lunar Chronicles, #2) by Marissa Meyer

Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) by Marissa Meyer

Winter (The Lunar Chronicles, #4) by Marissa Meyer

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Shakespeare (The Hogarth Collection)

Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold by Margaret Atwood

Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler

Macbeth by Jo Nesbø **

Hamlet Retelling by Gillian Flynn ** (I don’t have a link for this because it’s not coming until 2021, but you can bet I’m excited for this one!)

Have you read any of these adaptations? Are you planning on it? Let me know if you need any recommendations or suggestions of where to start. I love adaptations and I’d love to help you out!

** Looking forward to reading