I previously posted book lists for Gilmore Girls Seasons 1 and 2. Below is my book list for Season 3. This book list was compiled by watching the show and researching other people’s book lists found online. The book and the episode it was in are included on this list. 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. To see what I’m currently reading, click over to my Goodreads.
UPDATE:
I did create a Goodreads list for this book list. If you’re interested, click on over to Gilmore Girls: Season 3 Books.
UPDATE:
I finished reading these books in November 2017.
Gilmore Girls: Season 3
| Book | Episode |
|---|---|
| A Bolt from the Blue and Other Essays Mary McCarthy |
Episode 1 Rory read it at home. |
| A Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy Toole |
Episode 2 Jess read it at the diner. Episode 22 Rory mentioned it in her valedictorian speech. |
| Dead Souls Nikolai Gogol |
Episode 3 Rory mentioned reading it. |
| Macbeth William Shakespeare |
Episode 3 Mentioned at Rory’s Harvard alumnus lunch. |
| Henry IV William Shakespeare |
Episode 3 Mentioned at Rory’s Harvard alumnus lunch. |
| Henry V William Shakespeare |
Episode 3 Mentioned at Rory’s Harvard alumnus lunch. |
| The Merry Wives of Windsor William Shakespeare |
Episode 3 Mentioned at Rory’s Harvard alumnus lunch. |
| The Manticore Robertson Davies |
Episode 3 Mentioned at Rory’s Harvard alumnus lunch. |
| We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet Daniel Sinker |
Episode 4 Jess read it at the diner and apartment. |
| Visions of Cody Jack Kerouac |
Episode 5 Jess read it while walking down the street. |
| Marathon Man William Goldman |
Episode 5 Lorelai referenced it – “We were both in pain – deep pain, Marathon Man kind of pain.” |
| To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee |
Episode 6 Lorelai called the town loner ‘Boo Radley’. |
| Deenie Judy Blume |
Episode 6 Lorelai said she was probably reading it when she was pregnant with Rory. |
| The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test Tom Wolfe |
Episode 7 Taylor referenced it …”drink as much electric Kool-Aid as you want”… |
| The Fountainhead Ayn Rand |
Episode 7 Rory called Lorelai the Howard Roark of Stars Hollow. |
| The Hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo |
Episode 9 Lorelai mentioned Quasimodo. |
| The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides |
Episode 10 Lorelai gifted it to Richard. |
| The Art of War Sun Tzu |
Episode 10 Rory mentioned it. |
| Eloise Kay Thompson |
Episode 11 Paris mentioned “Eloise at the Plaza”. |
| The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Episode 11 Lorelai referenced it – “That is some serious Great Gatsby pining.” |
| Julius Caesar William Shakespeare |
Episode 11 Paris called Rory ‘Brutus’. |
| Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette Judith Thurman |
Episode 12 Rory read it at the bus stop. |
| Inferno Dante Alighieri |
Episode 13 Jess read it at the diner. |
| Moby Dick Herman Melville |
Episode 13 Jess suggested Kirk read it. Episode 22 Rory mentioned it in her valedictorian speech. |
| Nickel and Dimed Barbara Ehrenreich |
Episode 13 Lorelai read it at the hospital. |
| The Holy Barbarians Lawrence Lipton |
Episode 14 Rory and Jess discussed it. |
| Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective Donald J. Sobol |
Episode 14 Jess mentioned it – “Well, if it doesn’t have Encyclopedia Brown in the title, that narrows it down a lot.” |
| Othello William Shakespeare |
Episode 15 Rory referenced it – “there’s cute jealous and there’s Othello.” |
| I’m with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie Pamela Des Barres |
Episode 16 Lorelai read it at home. |
| The Brontës Juliet Barker |
Episode 16 Rory read it at home. |
| The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe |
Episode 17 Lorelai mentioned it. |
| The Raven Edgar Allan Poe |
Episode 17 Read at the Poe Society meeting. |
| The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe |
Episode 17 Lorelai mentioned it. |
| The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether Edgar Allan Poe |
Episode 17 Lorelai mentioned it. |
| In Search of Lost Time Marcel Proust |
Episode 17 Paris mentioned it. |
| Nicholas Nickleby Charles Dickens |
Episode 17 Lorelai mentioned it. |
| Henry VI William Shakespeare |
Episode 20 Mrs. Kim quoted it. |
| Hamlet William Shakespeare |
Episode 20 Rory referenced it – “to be or not to be.” |
| Eleanor Roosevelt Blanche Wiesen Cook |
Episode 20 Rory read it on the bus. |
| One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez |
Episode 20 Jess read it on the bus. |
| Death on the Installment Plan Louis-Ferdinand Céline |
Episode 20 Jess read it on the bus. |
| Holy Bible | Episode 20 Dave read it in one night. |
| The Stepford Wives Ira Levin |
Episode 20 Lane referenced it – “it was more Stepford than cold.” |
| The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold |
Episode 21 Emily mentioned it. |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain |
Episode 22 Rory mentioned it in her valedictorian speech. |
| Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy |
Episode 22 Rory mentioned it in her valedictorian speech. |
| Swann’s Way Marcel Proust |
Episode 22 Rory mentioned it in her valedictorian speech. |
Good list and good variety, but it looks like you are behind on your reading…. could a toddler have anything to do with that?
A toddler does tend to slow down my reading. It’s going to take me a long time to get through all seven seasons of books… I’m working on it though!