The Rory Gilmore Reading challenge


I have to admit that I am not in reading at this moment. Mostly because I get so easily distracted these days. I blame modern technology. So I am definitely not Rory Gilmore who can read tons of books without getting distracted. But she was a teenager in early 2000. If you know me a little, you will know that I think that Gilmore Girls is probably the best series of all-time. And in all of those seasons, Rory read like 339 books and that is how the Rory Gilmore reading challenge started.

 

Rory Gilmore reading challenge

1. 1984 van George Orwell

2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn van Mark Twain

3. Alice in Wonderland van Lewis Carroll

4. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay van Michael Chabon

5. An American Tragedy van Theodore Dreiser

6. Angela’s Ashes van Frank McCourt

7. Anna Karenina van Leo Tolstoy

8. The Diary of a Young Girl van Anne Frank

9. The Archidamian War van Donald Kagan

10. The Art of Fiction van Henry James

11. The Art of War van Sun Tzu

12. As I Lay Dying van William Faulkner

13. Atonement van Ian McEwan

14. Autobiography of a Face van Lucy Grealy

15. The Awakening van Kate Chopin

16. Babe van Dick King-Smith

17. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women van Susan Faludi

18. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress van Dai Sijie

19. Bel Canto van Ann Patchett

20. The Bell Jar van Sylvia Plath

21. Beloved van Toni Morrison

22. Beowulf: A New Verse Translation van Seamus Heaney

23. The Bhagava Gita

24. The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jews van Peter Duffy

25. Bitch in Praise of Difficult Women van Elizabeth Wurtzel

26. A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays van Mary McCarthy

27. Brave New World van Aldous Huxley

28. Brick Lane van Monica Ali

29. Bridgadoon van Alan Jay Lerner

30. Candide van Voltaire

31. The Canterbury Tales van Chaucer

32. Carrie van Stephen King

33. Catch-22 van Joseph Heller

34. The Catcher in the Rye van J. D. Salinger

35. Charlotte’s Web van E. B. White

36. The Children’s Hour van Lillian Hellman

37. Christine van Stephen King

38. A Christmas Carol van Charles Dickens

39. A Clockwork Orange van Anthony Burgess

40. The Code of the Woosters van P.G. Wodehouse

41. The Collected Stories van Eudora Welty

42. A Comedy of Errors van William Shakespeare

43. Complete Novels van Dawn Powell

44. The Complete Poems van Anne Sexton

45. Complete Stories van Dorothy Parker

46. A Confederacy of Dunces van John Kennedy Toole

47. The Count of Monte Cristo van Alexandre Dumas

48. Cousin Bette van Honore de Balzac

49. Crime and Punishment van Fyodor Dostoevsky

50. The Crimson Petal and the White van Michel Faber

51. The Crucible van Arthur Miller

52. Cujo van Stephen King

53. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time van Mark Haddon

54. Daughter of Fortune van Isabel Allende

55. David and Lisa van Dr Theodore Issac Rubin M.D

56. David Copperfield van Charles Dickens

57. The Da Vinci -Code van Dan Brown

58. Dead Souls van Nikolai Gogol

59. Demons van Fyodor Dostoyevsky

60. Death of a Salesman van Arthur Miller

61. Deenie van Judy Blume

62. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America van Erik Larson

63. The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band van Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars en Nikki Sixx

64. The Divine Comedy van Dante

65. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood van Rebecca Wells

66. Don Quixote van Cervantes

67. Driving Miss Daisy van Alfred Uhrv

68. Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde van Robert Louis Stevenson

69. Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales & Poems van Edgar Allan Poe

70. Eleanor Roosevelt van Blanche Wiesen Cook

71. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test van Tom Wolfe

72. Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters van Mark Dunn

73. Eloise van Kay Thompson

74. Emily the Strange van Roger Reger

75. Emma van Jane Austen

76. Empire Falls van Richard Russo

77. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective van Donald J. Sobol

78. Ethan Frome van Edith Wharton

79. Ethics van Spinoza

80. Europe through the Back Door, 2003 van Rick Steves

81. Eva Luna van Isabel Allende

82. Everything Is Illuminated van Jonathan Safran Foer

83. Extravagance van Gary Krist

84. Fahrenheit 451 van Ray Bradbury

85. Fahrenheit 9/11 van Michael Moore

86. The Fall of the Athenian Empire van Donald Kagan

87. Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World van Greg Critser
88. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas van Hunter S. Thompson

89. The Fellowship of the Ring van J. R. R. Tolkien

90. Fiddler on the Roof van Joseph Stein

91. The Five People You Meet in Heaven van Mitch Albom

92. Finnegan’s Wake van James Joyce

93. Fletch van Gregory McDonald

94. Flowers for Algernon van Daniel Keyes

95. The Fortress of Solitude van Jonathan Lethem

96. The Fountainhead van Ayn Rand

97. Frankenstein van Mary Shelley

98. Franny and Zooey van J. D. Salinger

99. Freaky Friday van Mary Rodgers

100. Galapagos van Kurt Vonnegut

101. Gender Trouble van Judith Butler

102. George W. Bushism: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President van Jacob Weisberg

103. Gidget van Fredrick Kohner

104. Girl, Interrupted van Susanna Kaysen

105. The Gnostic Gospels van Elaine Pagels

106. The Godfather: Book 1 van Mario Puzo

107. The God of Small Things van Arundhati Roy

108. Goldilocks and the Three Bears van Alvin Granowsky

109. Gone with the Wind van Margaret Mitchell

110. The Good Soldier van Ford Maddox Ford

111. The Gospel According to Judy Bloom

112. The Graduate van Charles Webb

113. The Grapes of Wrath van John Steinbeck

114. The Great Gatsby van F. Scott Fitzgerald

115. Great Expectations van Charles Dickens

116. The Group van Mary McCarthy

117. Hamlet van William Shakespeare

118. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire van J. K. Rowling

119. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone van J. K. Rowling

120. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius van Dave Eggers

121. Heart of Darkness van Joseph Conrad

122. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders van Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry

123. Henry IV, part I van William Shakespeare

124. Henry IV, part II van William Shakespeare

125. Henry V van William Shakespeare

126. High Fidelity van Nick Hornby

127. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire van Edward Gibbon

128. Holidays on Ice: Stories van David Sedaris

129. The Holy Barbarians van Lawrence Lipton

130. House of Sand and Fog van Andre Dubus III

131. The House of the Spirits van Isabel Allende

132. How to Breathe Underwater van Julie Orringer

133. How the Grinch Stole Christmas van Dr. Seuss

134. How the Light Gets In van M. J. Hyland

135. Howl van Allen Ginsberg

136. The Hunchback of Notre Dame van Victor Hugo

137. The Iliad van Homer

138. I’m With the Band van Pamela des Barres

139. In Cold Blood van Truman Capote

140. Inferno van Dante

141. Inherit the Wind van Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee

142. Iron Weed van William J. Kennedy

143. It Takes a Village van Hillary Rodham Clinton

144. Jane Eyre van Charlotte Bronte

145. The Joy Luck Club van Amy Tan

146. Julius Caesar van William Shakespeare

147. The Jumping Frog van Mark Twain

148. The Jungle van Upton Sinclair

149. Just a Couple of Days van Tony Vigorito

150. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar van Robert Alexander

151. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly van Anthony Bourdain

152. The Kite Runner van Khaled Hosseini

153. Lady Chatterleys’ Lover van D. H. Lawrence

154. The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 van Gore Vidal

155. Leaves of Grass van Walt Whitman

156. The Legend of Bagger Vance van Steven Pressfield

157. Less Than Zero van Bret Easton Ellis

158. Letters to a Young Poet van Rainer Maria Rilke

159. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them van Al Franken

160. Life of Pi van Yann Martel

161. Little Dorrit van Charles Dickens

162. The Little Locksmith van Katharine Butler Hathaway

163. The Little Match Girl van Hans Christian Andersen

164. Little Women van Louisa May Alcott

165. Living History van Hillary Rodham Clinton

166. Lord of the Flies van William Golding

167. The Lottery: And Other Stories van Shirley Jackson

168. The Lovely Bones van Alice Sebold

169. The Love Story van Erich Segal

170. Macbeth van William Shakespeare

171. Madame Bovary van Gustave Flaubert

172. The Manticore van Robertson Davies

173. Marathon Man van William Goldman

174. The Master and Margarita van Mikhail Bulgakov

175. Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter van Simone de Beauvoir

176. Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman van William Tecumseh Sherman

177. Me Talk Pretty One Day van David Sedaris

178. The Meaning of Consuelo van Judith Ortiz Cofer

179. Mencken’s Chrestomathy van H. R. Mencken

180. The Merry Wives of Windsor van William Shakespeare

181. The Metamorphosis van Franz Kafka

182. Middlesex van Jeffrey Eugenides

183. The Miracle Worker van William Gibson

184. Moby Dick van Herman Melville

185. The Mojo Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion van Jim Irvin

186. Moliere: A Biography van Hobart Chatfield Taylor

187. A Monetary History of the United States van Milton Friedman

188. Monsieur Proust van Celeste Albaret

189. A Month Of Sundays: Searching For The Spirit And My Sister van Julie Mars

190. A Moveable Feast van Ernest Hemingway

191. Mrs. Dalloway van Virginia Woolf

192. Mutiny on the Bounty van Charles Nordhoff en James Norman Hall

193. My Lai 4: A Report on the Massacre and It’s Aftermath van Seymour M. Hersh

194. My Life as Author and Editor van H. R. Mencken

195. My Life in Orange: Growing Up with the Guru van Tim Guest

196. Myra Waldo’s Travel and Motoring Guide to Europe, 1978 van Myra Waldo

197. My Sister’s Keeper van Jodi Picoult

198. The Naked and the Dead van Norman Mailer

199. The Name of the Rose van Umberto Eco

200. The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

201. The Nanny Diaries van Emma McLaughlin

202. Nervous System: Or, Losing My Mind in Literature van Jan Lars Jensen

203. New Poems of Emily Dickinson van Emily Dickinson

204. The New Way Things Work van David Macaulay

205. Nickel and Dimed van Barbara Ehrenreich

206. Night van Elie Wiesel

207. Northanger Abbey van Jane Austen

208. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism van William E. Cain, Laurie A. Finke, Barbara E. Johnson, John P. McGowan

209. Novels 1930-1942: Dance Night/Come Back to Sorrento, Turn, Magic Wheel/Angels on Toast/A Time to be Born van Dawn Powell

210. Notes of a Dirty Old Man van Charles Bukowski

211. Of Mice and Men van John Steinbeck

212. Old School van Tobias Wolff

213. On the Road van Jack Kerouac

214. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest van Ken Kesey

215. One Hundred Years of Solitude van Gabriel Garcia Marquez

216. The Opposite of Fate: Memories of a Writing Life van Amy Tan

217. Oracle Night van Paul Auster

218. Oryx and Crake van Margaret Atwood

219. Othello van Shakespeare

220. Our Mutual Friend van Charles Dickens

221. The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War van Donald Kagan

222. Out of Africa van Isac Dineson

223. The Outsiders van S. E. Hinton

224. A Passage to India van E.M. Forster

225. The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition van Donald Kagan

226. The Perks of Being a Wallflower van Stephen Chbosky

227. Peyton Place van Grace Metalious

228. The Picture of Dorian Gray van Oscar Wilde

229. Pigs at the Trough van Arianna Huffington

230. Pinocchio van Carlo Collodi

231. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain

232. The Polysyllabic Spree van Nick Hornby

233. The Portable Dorothy Parker van Dorothy Parker

234. The Portable Nietzche van Fredrich Nietzche

235. The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O’Neill van Ron Suskind

236. Pride and Prejudice van Jane Austen

237. Property van Valerie Martin

238. Pushkin: A Biography van T. J. Binyon

239. Pygmalion van George Bernard Shaw

240. Quattrocento van James Mckean

241. A Quiet Storm van Rachel Howzell Hall

242. Rapunzel van Grimm Brothers

243. The Raven van Edgar Allan Poe

244. The Razor’s Edge van W. Somerset Maugham

245. Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books van Azar Nafisi

246. Rebecca van Daphne du Maurier

247. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm van Kate Douglas Wiggin

248. The Red Tent van Anita Diamant

249. Rescuing Patty Hearst: Memories From a Decade Gone Mad van Virginia Holman

250. The Return of the King van J. R. R. Tolkien

251. R Is for Ricochet van Sue Grafton

252. Rita Hayworth van Stephen King

253. Robert’s Rules of Order van Henry Robert

254. Roman Holiday van Edith Wharton

255. Romeo and Juliet van William Shakespeare

256. A Room of One’s Own van Virginia Woolf

257. A Room with a View van E. M. Forster

258. Rosemary’s Baby van Ira Levin

259. The Rough Guide to Europe, 2003 Edition

260. Sacred Time van Ursula Hegi

261. Sanctuary van William Faulkner

262. Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay van Nancy Milford

263. Say Goodbye to Daisy Miller van Henry James

264. The Scarecrow of Oz van Frank L. Baum

265. The Scarlet Letter van by Nathaniel Hawthorne

266. Seabiscuit: An American Legend van Laura Hillenbrand

267. The Second Sex van Simone de Beauvoir

268. The Secret Life of Bees van Sue Monk Kidd

269. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette van Judith Thurman

270. Selected Hotels of Europe

271. Selected Letters of Dawn Powell: 1913-1965 van Dawn Powell

272. Sense and Sensibility van Jane Austen

273. A Separate Peace van John Knowles

274. Several Biographies of Winston Churchill

275. Sexus van Henry Miller

276. The Shadow of the Wind van Carlos Ruiz Zafon

277. Shane van Jack Shaefer

278. The Shining van Stephen King

279. Siddhartha van Hermann Hesse

280. S Is for Silence van Sue Grafton

281. Slaughter-house Five van Kurt Vonnegut

282. Small Island van Andrea Levy

283. Snows of Kilimanjaro van Ernest Hemingway

284. Snow White and Rose Red van Grimm Brothers

285. Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World van Barrington Moore

286. The Song of Names van Norman Lebrecht

287. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos van Julia de Burgos

288. The Song Reader van Lisa Tucker

289. Songbook van Nick Hornby

290. The Sonnets van William Shakespeare

291. Sonnets from the Portuegese van Elizabeth Barrett Browning

292. Sophie’s Choice van William Styron

293. The Sound and the Fury van William Faulkner

294. Speak, Memory van Vladimir Nabokov

295. Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers van Mary Roach

296. The Story of My Life van Helen Keller

297. A Streetcar Named Desiree van Tennessee Williams

298. Stuart Little van E. B. White

299. Sun Also Rises van Ernest Hemingway

300. Swann’s Way van Marcel Proust

301. Swimming with Giants: My Encounters with Whales, Dolphins and Seals van Anne Collett

302. Sybil van Flora Rheta Schreiber

303. A Tale of Two Cities van Charles Dickens

304. Tender Is The Night van F. Scott Fitzgerald

305. Term of Endearment van Larry McMurtry

306. Time and Again van Jack Finney

307. The Time Traveler’s Wife van Audrey Niffenegger

308. To Have and Have Not van Ernest Hemingway

309. To Kill a Mockingbird van Harper Lee

310. The Tragedy of Richard III van William Shakespeare

311. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn van Betty Smith

312. The Trial van Franz Kafka

313. The True and Outstanding Adventures of the Hunt Sisters by Elisabeth Robinson

314. Truth & Beauty: A Friendship van Ann Patchett

315. Tuesdays with Morrie van Mitch Albom

316. Ulysses van James Joyce

317. The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath 1950-1962 van Sylvia Plath

318. Uncle Tom’s Cabin van Harriet Beecher Stowe

319. Unless van Carol Shields

320. Valley of the Dolls van Jacqueline Susann

321. The Vanishing Newspaper van Philip Meyers

322. Vanity Fair van William Makepeace Thackeray

323. Velvet Underground’s The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third series) van Joe Harvard

324. The Virgin Suicides van Jeffrey Eugenides

325. Waiting for Godot van Samuel Beckett

326. Walden van Henry David Thoreau

327. Walt Disney’s Bambi van Felix Salten

328. War and Peace van Leo Tolstoy

329. We Owe You Nothing – Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews edited by Daniel Sinker

330. What Colour is Your Parachute? 2005 van Richard Nelson Bolles

331. What Happened to Baby Jane van Henry Farrell

332. When the Emperor Was Divine van Julie Otsuka

333. Who Moved My Cheese? van Spencer Johnson

334. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf van Edward Albee

335. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West van Gregory Maguire

336. The Wizard of Oz van Frank L. Baum

337. Wuthering Heights van Emily Bronte

338. The Yearling van Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

339. The Year of Magical Thinking van Joan Didionv

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