Read along with the Gilmore Girls: A look at books that featured in the series

Updated On: 04 September, 2025 09:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma

Charming, and adorably bookish, the American TV series Gilmore Girls turns 25 this year. With a new documentary coming up, we look back at some cool books that feature on the millennial classic

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Lauren Graham (left) and Alexis Bledel as Lorelai and Rory Gilmore in the TV series. PIC COURTESY/Gilmore Girls on Youtube, WIKIMEDIA COMEDIANS

Season 1: Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust

Max Medina holds up a copy of Proust in Season 1

When the protagonist, Lorelai Gilmore, visits the English teacher Mr. Medina, she looks at his bookshelf and comments how she wishes she could quote Proust someday. He insists that she borrow his copy. This gesture soon becomes symbolic of their relationship, as later on in the series, she decides to return the book and end the relationship. A 20th Century masterpiece, the book reflects on the nature of love, when the narrator revisits his past and remembers his childhood as well as his friend Charlie Swann’s love affair with a woman named Odette.

Season 2: Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

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