Written by: Annamari Rátki, Dorottya Csikai
You made the oldest mistake in the book (pun intended): you judged it by its cover. Let us show you how your compulsory reading list for English Literature is basically your “Recommended” bar on Netflix.
1. Au pair thriller
Girl-next-door main character takes a gap year after graduation and accidentally meets a handsome, wealthy man at Whole Foods who offers her a babysitting job. Suddenly, she is all alone in a different city, just trying to figure out who she is and what her true dream is if she can trust anyone from the people she is working for, if the children murdered their previous au pairs, if she is next, if she has gone mad or she sees the kids interacting with ghosts…not your average YA post-graduation summer romcom!
Henry James: The Turn of the Screw
Click Here2. Love against all odds
Romeo and Juliet reloaded – father disapproves of daughter’s true love and wants her to marry someone else. The young, inseparable lovers escape to Coachella, where their dumb parents cannot keep them apart. Even the weird theatre kids got tickets somehow. A short, strange dude roofies everyone, causing weird hookup situations, but everyone finds their significant other, as all good stories end.
William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Click Here3. Animals can be bastards, too
This story is a great excuse for non-vegans: a wild and angry (and rather terrifying) army of animals scare weird hippie guy away from his home (presumably to a 72-hour silent retreat). They build a human-like society and even develop a weird Facebook wall on the side of the barn (that keeps changing, but this one cannot be blamed on Zuckerberg), but of course, the whole place becomes a mess and smells like pigs.
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Click Here4. Ice, ice baby
The mad scientist who invented the atomic bomb did a little home project… Let’s hope the cold never bothered you anyway! Our main guy goes on a tropical holiday where he is asked to fill in the newly vacant position of dictator. All he wanted was to bang a hot chic, but if that comes with the job (shrugs shoulder). He gets recruited into a cult and someone keeps the deadliest weapon on the planet in a thermal flask.
Kurt Vonnegut: Cat’s Cradle
Click Here5. All of us are lying
Single mother is slut shamed by the whole town but she takes it head held high. No one can get the name of the baby daddy from her. At the same time, her presumed dead husband comes back and wants revenge on the guy. He poses as a doctor and investigates. The kid grows and so does the guilt of the baby daddy. Will his guilt expose him? Romantic drama sprinkled with lies, secrets, priest kink and everything nice.
Nathaniel Hawthorn: The Scarlet Letter
Click Here6. Criminal Minds but make it country wives
Police and neighbours arrive to the scene of a horrific murder. The sheriff already has the wife in custody, obvious she did it, but what was the motive? The men are walking around the apartment clueless. In the meantime, their boss ass wives deliver a whole profile and solve the case while cleaning the kitchen. But will they share their discovery?
Susan Glaspell: Trifles
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