I previously posted a book list for Gilmore Girls Season 1. Below is my book list for Season 2. This book list was compiled by watching the show and researching other people’s book lists found online. On this list, the book and the episode it was in are included. Gilmore Girls was on for seven seasons, so I’ll do a book list for each season instead of one really long list. My book lists leave off reference books, travel guides, and cookbooks. I added these books to my “to read” or “read” lists on Goodreads.
11/2/2016 UPDATE:
I did create a Goodreads list for this book list. If you’re interested, click on over to Gilmore Girls: Season 2 Books.
3/29/2017 UPDATE:
I finished reading the books on this list!
Gilmore Girls: Season 2
| Book | Episode |
|---|---|
| A Mencken Chrestomathy H.L. Mencken |
Episode 1 Richard gave Rory a first edition. |
| Personal History Katharine Graham |
Episode 2 Rory read it at home. |
| A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain |
Episode 2 Lane referenced it “He likes me. He’s perfect. I’ll never see him again. You’ll read about it in my novel, A Connecticut Yankee in Pusan.” |
| The Optimist’s Daughter Eudora Welty |
Episode 3 Rory read it at home. |
| Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette Judith Thurman |
Episode 3 Lorelai asked Rory for “that Colette biography” to read. |
| Tuesdays with Morrie Mitch Albom |
Episode 4 Lorelai told Rory she didn’t need to read it – “Tuesday’s with Morrie? Skip that.” |
| Who Moved My Cheese? Spencer Johnson |
Episode 4 Lorelai told Rory she didn’t need to read it – “Who Moved My Cheese? Just stuff you already know.” |
| Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf |
Episode 4 Rory read it at Friday night dinner. |
| On the Road Jack Kerouac |
Episode 5 Jess took it with him when he left Luke’s apartment. |
| Selected Letters, 1913-1965 Dawn Powell |
Episodes 5 Rory read it at school. |
| Howl and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg |
Episode 5 Rory offered to loan it to Jess. |
| Oliver Twist Charles Dickens |
Episode 5 Rory called Jess ‘Dodger’. |
| Savage Beauty Nancy Milford |
Episode 7 Rory’s bus book. |
| The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner |
Episode 7 Rory’s bus book. |
| The Collected Stories Eudora Welty |
Episode 7 Rory’s bus book. |
| The Last Empire: Essays 1992-2000 Gore Vidal |
Episode 7 Rory’s lunch book. |
| Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter Simone de Beauvoir |
Episode 7 Rory read it at lunch. |
| Snow White and Rose Red The Brothers Grimm |
Episode 7 Ivy mentioned it when Francie said the Puffs were folklore. |
| Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood Rebecca Wells |
Episode 7 Rory referenced it – “I end up here with the Ya-Ya Sisterhood”. |
| The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo |
Episode 7 Lorelai referenced it – “Who do you think you are, the hunchback of Notre Dame?” |
| The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger |
Episode 8 Rory called Jess Holden Caulfield. |
| To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee |
Episode 8 Jess referenced it “You actually went to that bizarro town meeting? Those things are so To Kill a Mockingbird.” |
| Macbeth William Shakespeare |
Episode 9 Mentioned in Rory’s class. |
| Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare |
Episode 9 Mentioned in Rory’s class. |
| Richard III William Shakespeare |
Episode 9 Mentioned in Rory’s class. |
| Unfinished Business: Memoirs: 1902-1988 John Houseman |
Episode 9 Paris made copies of Houseman’s memoirs. |
| The Iliad Homer |
Episode 10 Paris read it. |
| The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan |
Episode 10 Lorelai referenced it – “The Joy-less Luck Club”. |
| The Fountainhead Ayn Rand |
Episode 13 Rory and Jess discussed it. |
| The Children’s Hour Lillian Hellman |
Episode 13 Rory bought it for Lorelai. |
| Inherit the Wind Jerome Lawrence |
Episode 15 Rory bought it at town book sale. |
| Letters to a Young Poet Rainer Maria Rilke |
Episode 15 Rory bought it at town book sale. |
| Like Water for Chocolate Laura Esquivel |
Episode 15 Kirk and Gypsy haggled over it at the town book sale. |
| Franny and Zooey J.D. Salinger |
Episode 15 Jess mentioned it – “I wanted to see if she had Franny and Zooey.” |
| James Joyce’s Ulysses Stuart Gilbert |
Episode 16 Jess read it at the diner. |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain |
Episode 18 Lorelai mentioned it – “Pilot a steamboat, write Huckleberry Finn?” |
| The Bhagavad Gita Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa |
Episode 18 Paris mentioned it – “It’s not The Bhagavad Gita, Madeline. It’s simple instructions for the business fair.” |
| The Dirt Tommy Lee |
Episode 18 Lorelai read it at home. |
| Candide Voltaire |
Episode 18 Rory finished reading it. |
| Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut |
Episode 19 Jess read it in Luke’s apartment. |
| Please Kill Me Legs McNeil |
Episode 19 Jess asked Rory if she’s read it. |
| Othello William Shakespeare |
Episode 19 Rory and Jess studied it. |
| The Little Locksmith Katharine Butler Hathaway |
Episode 20 Lorelai gave it to Rory. |
| Novels, 1930-1942 Dawn Powell |
Episode 20 Rory loaned it to Lane. |
| The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Mark Twain |
Episode 21 Lorelai referenced it – “I don’t know, didn’t they feed it to our jumping frog or something?” |
| The Lottery Shirley Jackson |
Episode 21 Rory referenced it – “Oh yeah, right after they stoned the woman who won the lottery.” |
| What Color is Your Parachute? Richard N. Bolles |
Episode 21 Chris gave it to Lorelai. |
| The Portable Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche |
Episode 21 Chris gave it to Lorelai. |
| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe |
Episode 21 Jess read it in the park. |
| Girl, Interrupted Susanna Kaysen |
Episode 22 Rory mentioned it – “Still melodic, but not quite as Girl, Interrupted.” |
This took some work to set up, but such a good idea! Also, I like getting ideas on book to read….
Thanks!