In my Classic Couple series, I pair up classic books with more contemporary ones to discuss the similarities and differences between them.

• Great Expectations and A Prayer for Owen Meany
• Robinson Crusoe and The Martian
• 1984 and Illuminae
• The Song of the Lark and Paper Towns
• The Woman in White and Gone Girl 
• On the Road and The Road
• The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Goldfinch
• Jane Eyre and Jellicoe Road
• The Turn of the Screw and We Were Liars
• Middlemarch and White Teeth
• Frankenstein and Jurassic Park
• Howards End and On Beauty 
• Between the Acts and Station Eleven
• Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Secret History
• Orlando and Every Day
• The Lost World and Jurassic Park 
• Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
• Middlemarch and Nervous Conditions
• Romeo & Juliet and The Hunger Games
• The Catcher in the Rye and The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Have any pairs you’d like to see me discuss, or books you would like to see paired up? I’d love to hear your suggestions!