Happy 200th Birthday, Charlotte Brontë: 14 Books That Celebrate the Literary Icon

In this passionate and heartbreaking novel, Jean Rhys brings to light one of fiction’s most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic. Set in the Caribbean, its heroine is a sensual and protected young woman who is sold into marriage to the prideful Rochester.

A Scottish orphan in the 1960s, Gemma Hardy seems destined for a life of hardship. But when she accepts a position as an au pair on a remote and beautiful island, she embarks on a journey of passion and betrayal, secrets and lies, that will lead her to a life she’s never dreamed of.

Jane Re, a Korean-American orphan, has always wanted to escape Flushing, Queens. So she’s thrilled to become the au pair for two Brooklyn-based professors and their adopted daughter. This fresh JANE EYRE retelling is a story of falling in love, finding strength, and living not just for others, but for one’s self.

In this smart and original novel, the only remaining descendant of the Brontë family embarks on a modern-day literary scavenger hunt to find the family’s long-rumored secret estate, using only the clues her eccentric father left behind and the Brontës’ own novels.

In an alternate historical England, Jane Eyre has been kidnapped out of her book, causing the story to end abruptly. On her way to rescue Jane and restore her story, Literary detective Thursday Next befriends Mr. Rochester and learns that he is unhappy with his ending. Will Thursday give both characters the happy ending they desire?

Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of her close friend Charlotte Brontë remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author of JANE EYRE. This recounting of Brontë’s life explores the nature of her genius and almost single-handedly created the Brontë myth.

Jane Slayre, our demon-slaying heroine, leaves the vampyre kin who raised her to become a governess for Mr. Rochester, only to discover he is hiding a violent werewolf in his attic. Vampyres, zombies, and werewolves transform Charlotte Brontë’s unforgettable masterpiece into an eerie paranormal adventure that will delight and terrify.

In this lovingly detailed biography, Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës by unfolding the histories of the meaningful objects in their family home.

In 1920s Hollywood, John Doyle lands a position as chauffer for famous silent film actress Pauline Sloane. John falls hopelessly in love with his employer, but his future brightens when she appears to return his affection. There are plans for a secret wedding—until other awful secrets intrude.

Remaining true to the author’s original vision, this graphic novel adaption includes 125 pages of artwork by legendary comic book artist John M. Burns and fascinating supporting material detailing the life of Charlotte Brontë.

If you’ve only read JANE EYRE, you’re missing out—Brontë’s final novel, VILLETTE, is considered by many to be her most accomplished work. Her narrator, Lucy Snowe, flees a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school. There, she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing.

A brilliant combination of biography, literary criticism, and history, THE BRONTË MYTH shows how Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë became cultural icons. This “metabiography” follows the twists and turns of the phenomenon of Brontë-mania and rescues these three fiercely original geniuses from the distortions of legend.

This collection of inventive and poignant original stories inspired by JANE EYRE, penned by twenty of today’s most celebrated women authors, pays homage to the literary legacy of Charlotte Brontë.

In this captivating historical fiction, the Brontë sisters have been reduced to poverty and spinsterhood, with nothing to save them but their remarkable literary talent. Lovers of JANE EYRE will delight in this rich imagining of the events surrounding its writing.