Jane Austen's Books Include Deeply Underrated Classics

The Netflix adaptation of 'Persuasion' brings one of Jane Austen's least adapted novels to feature film form for the first time. Whether you've been a longtime fan of Austen's romantic stories or are joining the party now, now is the perfect time to dive into her classic books.

Austen's novels are truly classics, like some of the most famous and beloved works of literature in the English language. Studied by scholars and beloved by readers, they combine razor-sharp social satire with some of the best literary romance ever put to paper. It's no wonder that generation after generation continues to pick up these books, adapt them, and draw inspiration from them for an even wider range of new and exciting stories.

So where do you start if you want to read all of Austen's books? Since his books are in no way related to each other, you can really choose any book to start with. One way to start, however, might be to read the books in their published order. Austen had four full-length novels published in her lifetime, as well as two published posthumously in 1818. For the purposes of this list, we're only counting her full-length novels, not her shorts (sorry, "Lady Susan" fans !) or works left unfinished (sorry, "Sanditon" fans!"). Make your next playlist with all of his major works in order!