Everyone has probably already read Jane Eyre and/or Wuthering Heights. If you haven't yet, I don't know what to do with you (Marie!). Even if you have, I recommend going back and giving them another go-round; both novels will likely read very differently to you now than they did in high school, when most people first encounter the Bronte ladies. I used to think Wuthering Heights was romantic, but now I find it to be utterly crazy, in a good way. There is a completely ridiculous BBC adaptation on Netflix starring Tom Hardy that deserves your time and attention. He cuddles with Kathy's skeleton at one point, which I most certainly had forgotten from the text.

Jane Eyre has no shortage of adaptations; the more recent film version starring Michael Fassbender is my personal favorite, and it adheres very closely to the novel itself. Jane Eyre is one of those novels I revisit often; it is such a gloomy, moody book, so I find it makes a very satisfying read in late fall/early winter, and every time I read it I'm struck by new things that I had never noticed before. Much like Wuthering Heights, it is easy to forget how many completely weird things happen in Jane Eyre, like the time Mr. Rochester dresses up like an old beggar woman. I also highly recommend the very witty Texts From Jane Eyre, published by The Hairpin.

Finally, the sad, oft-ignored Anne Bronte. She died at age 29 from TB, so her literary star never really had the chance to rise, but her novels would certainly be entertaining and enjoyable to anyone who was a fan of Charlotte or Emily Bronte's work. There is a lot of creepy Gothic stuff, and everyone is a governess, so if you enjoyed Jane Eyre, it's a lot more of the same. I'm reading Agnes Grey at the moment and really loving it. It's been a nice break from contemporary literature and non-fiction, and I love digging into it during thunderstorms.