Reading is sexy

My sister recently had to purchase A Streetcar Named Desire. This is what her copy looks like:




Jeepers, beefcake much?





This got me wondering if other newer editions of the summer-reading standbys are promising titillation they don't deliver.

Here's Wuthering Heights:


Hit that, Heathcliff!






Pride and Prejudice:



This isn't really misleading, but I have a problem with putting movie stars on book covers.





Another iteration:
















Jane Eyre:








David Copperfield:




Not really about a magician.




The Awakening:










She doesn't get naked until the end, and it's not at all what you think.





The Red Pony:

Oh, how cute! Or, you know, brutal and tragic. I read this in the third grade and was definitely unprepared.






Lolita:





Well, okay, this one does deliver.










I mean, really, what's next - the Bible?
Oh, wait.
This one's for guys ...















This one's for girls:














And this one's for the surfer in all of us: