Rory Gilmore Reading List

Rory Gilmore reading list based on books that Rory is seen holding or reading throughout the series. Books that we do not own and may be requested via interlibrary loan: Sexus: The Rosy Crucifixion by Henry Miller; Northranger Abbey by Jane Austen; Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette by Judith Thurman; The Holy Barbarians by Lawrence Lipton; In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust; Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke; Europe Through the Back Door by Rick Stevens; Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir; The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia by Sylvia Plath; Summer of Fear by T Jefferson Parker; Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare; Chikara by Robert Skimin; Personal History: A Memoir by Katharine Graham.
 

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1. The fountainhead

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Author:
Rand, Ayn
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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The revolutionary literary vision that sowed the seeds of Objectivism, Ayn Rand's groundbreaking philosophy, and brought her immediate worldwide acclaim. This modern classic is the story of intransigent young architect Howard Roark, whose integrity was as unyielding as granite. . . of Dominique Francon, the exquisitely beautiful woman who loved Roark passionately, but married his worst enemy. . . and of the fanatic denunciation unleashed by an enraged...

2. Moby Dick, or, The whale

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Author:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
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2.9 stars
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The itinerant sailor Ishmael begins a voyage on the whaling ship Pequod whose captain, Ahab, wishes to exact revenge upon the whale Moby-Dick, who destroyed his last ship and took his leg. As they search for the savage white whale, Ishmael questions all aspects of life. The story is woven in complex, lyrical language and uses many theatrical forms, such as stage direction and soliloquy. It is considered the exemplar of American Romanticism,

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3. Atonement: a novel

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Author:
McEwan, Ian
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4.2 stars
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In 1935 England, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis witnesses an event involving her sister Cecilia and her childhood friend Robbie Turner, and she becomes the victim of her own imagination, which leads her on a lifelong search for truth and absolution.

4. Ulysses

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Author:
Joyce, James, 1882-1941
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3 stars
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James Joyce's novel Ulysses is said to be one of the most important works in Modernist literature. It details Leopold Bloom's passage through Dublin on an ordinary day: June 16, 1904. Causing controversy, obscenity trials and heated debates, Ulysses is a pioneering work that brims with puns, parodies, allusions, stream-of-consciousness writing and clever structuring. Modern Library ranked it as number one on its list of the twentieth

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5. The year of magical thinking

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Author:
Didion, Joan
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3.8 stars
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An autobiographical portrait of marriage and motherhood by the acclaimed author details her struggle to come to terms with life and death, illness, sanity, personal upheaval, and grief.

6. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time

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Author:
Haddon, Mark, 1962-
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4 stars
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Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

7. Mrs. Dalloway

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Author:
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
Average Rating:
4.2 stars
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A poignant portrayal of the thoughts and events that comprise one day in a woman's life.

8. Othello

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Author:
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Average Rating:
3 stars
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Description:
Original text side-by-side with a plain English translation, along with analysis.