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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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...
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4 stars
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Follows the popular children's author from her childhood years in Oregon through high school and into young adulthood, highlighting her family life and her growing interest in writing.
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4.3 stars
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Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway receives an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away.
Book cover for "The snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories"
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4 stars
Book cover for "Madame Bovary"
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4 stars
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Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a French provincial doctor, scans her solitude with desperate eyes, like a shipwrecked sailor searching for a white sail on the distant horizon. And when Emma's ship finally comes in, it carries with it vast and tragic consequences upon which her own life and the lives of those around her are wrecked.
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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.
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5 stars
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When a storm blows Dorothy to the land of Ev where lunches grow on trees, whe meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and Princess Ozma, and together they set out to free the Queen of Ev and her ten children.
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4.2 stars
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An account of the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family and the search for the killers An account of the senseless murder of a Kansas farm family and the search for the killers.
Book cover for "A room of one's own"
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4.6 stars
Book cover for "Mrs. Dalloway"
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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.