Moby-Dick
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Moby-Dick Herman Melville← All challenges Join this challenge 
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert 
The Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir 
A Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf 
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen 
The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker 
Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy 
The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath 
The Bell Jar Sylvia Plath 
Ulysses James Joyce 
Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf 
Howl and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens 
The Fountainhead Ayn Rand 
Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke 
Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel 
Franny and Zooey J. D. Salinger 
Notes of a Dirty Old Man Charles Bukowski 
Frankenstein Mary Shelley 
A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole 
The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald 
The Stepford Wives Ira Levin 
Naked Lunch William S. Burroughs 
The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold 
Atonement Ian McEwan 
The Sun Also Rises Ernest Hemingway 
Nineteen Eighty-Four George Orwell 
Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë 
The Crimson Petal and the White Michel Faber 
The Trial Franz Kafka 
On the Road Jack Kerouac 
The Pursuit of Love Nancy Mitford 
The Naked and the Dead Norman Mailer 
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon 
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers 
Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman 
Molloy Samuel Beckett 
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 
Angela's Ashes Frank McCourt 
Charlotte's Web E. B. White 
The Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane 
In Cold Blood Truman Capote 
Walden Henry David Thoreau 
The House of the Spirits Isabel Allende 
The Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera 
Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë 
Cloud Atlas David Mitchell 
Wild Cheryl Strayed 
Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert
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Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge: 50 Books from the Show
Fifty books that turn up in Gilmore Girls, season by season, from Moby-Dick in the pilot to A Year in the Life. The full fan list runs past three hundred titles; these are the novels, poems and memoirs read, carried or argued over on screen. A fan challenge - not affiliated with Gilmore Girls, Warner Bros. or the show's makers.
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Season 1
0/10 Moby-Dick Herman MelvilleMadame Bovary
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Madame Bovary Gustave FlaubertThe Second Sex
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The Second Sex Simone de BeauvoirA Room of One's Own
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A Room of One's Own Virginia WoolfNorthanger Abbey
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Northanger Abbey Jane AustenThe Portable Dorothy Parker
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The Portable Dorothy Parker Dorothy ParkerAnna Karenina
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Anna Karenina Leo TolstoyThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath
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The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath Sylvia PlathThe Bell Jar
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The Bell Jar Sylvia PlathUlysses
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Ulysses James JoyceSeason 2
0/9Mrs Dalloway
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Mrs Dalloway Virginia WoolfHowl and Other Poems
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Howl and Other Poems Allen GinsbergOliver Twist
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Oliver Twist Charles DickensThe Fountainhead
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The Fountainhead Ayn RandLetters to a Young Poet
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Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria RilkeLike Water for Chocolate
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Like Water for Chocolate Laura EsquivelFranny and Zooey
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Franny and Zooey J. D. SalingerNotes of a Dirty Old Man
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man Charles BukowskiFrankenstein
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Frankenstein Mary ShelleySeason 3
0/5A Confederacy of Dunces
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A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy TooleThe Great Gatsby
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The Great Gatsby F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Stepford Wives
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The Stepford Wives Ira LevinNaked Lunch
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Naked Lunch William S. BurroughsThe Lovely Bones
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The Lovely Bones Alice SeboldSeason 4
0/6Atonement
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Atonement Ian McEwanThe Sun Also Rises
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The Sun Also Rises Ernest HemingwayNineteen Eighty-Four
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Nineteen Eighty-Four George OrwellWuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights Emily BrontëThe Crimson Petal and the White
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The Crimson Petal and the White Michel FaberThe Trial
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The Trial Franz KafkaSeason 5
0/6On the Road
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On the Road Jack KerouacThe Pursuit of Love
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The Pursuit of Love Nancy MitfordThe Naked and the Dead
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The Naked and the Dead Norman MailerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark HaddonA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave EggersLeaves of Grass
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Leaves of Grass Walt WhitmanSeason 6
0/5Molloy
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Molloy Samuel BeckettOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr SolzhenitsynAngela's Ashes
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Angela's Ashes Frank McCourtCharlotte's Web
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Charlotte's Web E. B. WhiteThe Red Badge of Courage
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The Red Badge of Courage Stephen CraneSeason 7
0/5In Cold Blood
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In Cold Blood Truman CapoteWalden
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Walden Henry David ThoreauThe House of the Spirits
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The House of the Spirits Isabel AllendeThe Satanic Verses
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The Satanic Verses Salman RushdieThe Unbearable Lightness of Being
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan KunderaA Year in the Life
0/4Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre Charlotte BrontëCloud Atlas
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Cloud Atlas David MitchellWild
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Wild Cheryl StrayedEat, Pray, Love
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Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert