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The Complete Rory Gilmore Reading List

  • Jul 7
  • 1 min read

Rory Gilmore: The ultimate bibliophile representative in the TV show Gilmore Girls. The following list features a select few of the many books mentioned in the show.


  • The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia Plath

  • The Godfather by Mario Puzo

  • The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

  • Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

  • Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

  • The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

  • The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

  • Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

  • Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes

  • Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw

  • Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

  • Hight Fidelity by Nick Hornby

  • Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  • The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

  • The Awakening by Kate Chopin

  • The Art of War by Sun Tzu

  • A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

  • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

  • The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

  • The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan


"13 million volumes? I've read like 300 books in my entire life, and I'm already 16. Do you know how long it would take me to read 13 million books?"

--- Rory Gilmore, Gilmore Girls

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