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


