3.61 avg rating — 447,729 ratings

"Lorelai refers to Kerouac when talking to a traveler on his way to Hartford.

Lorelai calls Luke Dean Moriarty, a character in this book, when he travels up to help his sister at the Renaissance fair. Season 5 Episode 1
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4.19 avg rating — 376,650 ratings

"Lorelai is reading this book while Rory studies for her Shakespeare exam. Season 1 Episode 4"

4.16 avg rating — 68,241 ratings

"Lorelai sees this book on Mr. Medina's shelf, and wants to be able to say "As Marcel Proust would say", and borrows the book but never reads it, returning it to Max. Rory thinks Lorelai was ambitious to try. Season 1 Episode 11"

4.13 avg rating — 1,060,068 ratings

"Lorelai tells Max that she reads this author and knows "what he would say" as opposed to Proust. Season 1 Episode 11
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3.91 avg rating — 271,366 ratings

"Lorelai tells Max that she reads this author and knows "what he would say" as opposed to Proust. Season 1 Episode 11"

3.87 avg rating — 216,946 ratings

"Lorelai tells Max that she reads this author and knows "what he would say" as opposed to Proust. Season 1 Episode 11"

4.05 avg rating — 1,217,340 ratings

"Lorelai suggests to Rory that reading this book would have the same effect as going to a Chilton party. Season 1 Episode 17

Rory suggests reading this as a solution to Lorelai's hunger problem. Season 3 Episode 11"

4.26 avg rating — 6,873,651 ratings

"Lorelai refers to Rune as Boo Radley when Sookie wants her to hire him. Season 1 Episode 19. Lorelai refers to the town loner as Boo Radley in Season 3 Episode 6."

3.88 avg rating — 1,753 ratings

"Rory asks if Lorelai wants a book to take on their spontaneous road trip and Lorelai asks for this. Season 2 Episode 3"

3.97 avg rating — 14,917 ratings

"Rory gives this book to Lor, saying Lor'd mentioned she wanted to read it. Season 2 Episode 13"

3.83 avg rating — 1,336,217 ratings

"Lorelai and Rory discuss this book a few times throughout the series. They discuss margin notes of Twain in Season 2 Episode 18.

Rory and Lorelai are talking about successful people who had setbacks, Rory mentions Twain's time on a steamboat and how that helped him write this book. Season 7 Episode 20"

4.14 avg rating — 49,238 ratings

"Lor is reading this book when Rory comes home from her Econ project meeting. Season 2 Episode 18
Later seen in Season 6 Episode 13"

3.71 avg rating — 17,087 ratings

"Chris gives this to Lor when she graduates from business school. It's unclear which edition it was, and I couldn't find one from 2001/2002 on here. Obv. 2007 is too late. Season 2 Episode 21"

4.21 avg rating — 9,421 ratings

"Chris gives this to Lor when she graduates from business school. Season 2 Episode 21"

3.79 avg rating — 18,078 ratings

"Lorelai says that she was probably reading this book when she was pregnant with Rory. Season 3 Episode 6"

3.89 avg rating — 337,194 ratings

"Rory calls Lor the Howard Roark of Stars Hollow at the dance marathon. Season 3 Episode 7"

3.93 avg rating — 5,905,654 ratings

"Lorelai says Sookie's friend has been doing some major Great Gatsby pining, that Sookie is his Daisy. Season 3 Episode 11"

3.70 avg rating — 21,450 ratings

"Lor is reading this at the start of the episode. Season 3 Episode 16"

4.03 avg rating — 396,735 ratings

"Lorelai says she saw the white rabbit and followed him down the hole after she sees Emily smoking. Season 4 Episode 16

The lady Emily sets Christopher up with at Friday night dinner says Lorelai's dream may be a result of reading this book too much. Season 6 Episode 22"

3.93 avg rating — 11,417 ratings

"A book on Lorelai's shelf by the tv. Season 4 Episode 20"

3.72 avg rating — 924 ratings

"A book on Lorelai's shelf by the tv. Season 4 Episode 20"

3.57 avg rating — 615,213 ratings

"Lorelai calls Sookie Captain Ahab when Sookie makes a trial smores cake for the wedding. Season 6 Episode 3"

3.50 avg rating — 346,107 ratings

"Lorelai has started reading this new translation as reccommended by Rory, as read off of a note Lor wrote during their separation to talk about later. On the same note she jotted that she stopped reading Beowulf three minutes later. Season 6 Episode 10"

4.15 avg rating — 658,109 ratings

"Lorelai compares this memoir to Rory's new apartment. This is also a movie, but it's unclear if the reference was to the book or film. Season 6 Episode 11"

3.07 avg rating — 3,142 ratings

"A book in a pile knocked over by Paul Anka as Lorelai picks them up. Season 6 Episode 13"

3.16 avg rating — 67 ratings

"A book in a pile knocked over by Paul Anka as Lorelai picks them up. Season 6 Episode 13"

4.22 avg rating — 14,280 ratings

"Lorelai is reading this book when Rory calls to tell her about her new address after she found out Logan cheated on her. Season 6 Episode 16"

4.06 avg rating — 146,172 ratings

"A book Lorelai had given to Luke to read, but he never did. Now she needs to get rid of it. Season 7 Episode 1"

4.09 avg rating — 728,295 ratings

"A book Lorelai had given to Luke to read, but he never did. Now she needs to get rid of it. Season 7 Episode 1"

4.04 avg rating — 7,086 ratings

"Lorelai reads this before pulling the covers off the bed, just before Chris calls to get together again. Season 7 Episode 1"

3.88 avg rating — 1,011,685 ratings

"Chris calls Lorelai Madame Defarge when he sees her knitting. Season 7 Episode 9"