The Gilmore Girls Episode Reading Challenge - hosted by literarylarisa

Christopher Returns: Read a book about an absent parent
Christopher Hayden has been absent for a lot of Rory's life, and this is the first episode we see him. Read a book with a character that has an absent parent. 
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Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

Just for the Summer

Part of Your World #3

Abby Jimenez

405 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Fumbled by Alexa Martin

Fumbled

Playbook #2

Alexa Martin

9 hours, 53 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional fast-paced
Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Legendary

Caraval #2

Stephanie Garber

451 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Yours Truly by Abby Jimenez

Yours Truly

Part of Your World #2

Abby Jimenez

398 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Heartstopper Volume 3 by Alice Oseman

Heartstopper Volume 3

Heartstopper #3

Alice Oseman

384 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
A Spanish Sunrise by Boo Walker

A Spanish Sunrise

Boo Walker

364 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional reflective slow-paced
City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

City of Ashes

The Mortal Instruments #2

Cassandra Clare

453 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
Mad Honey by Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

Mad Honey

Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jodi Picoult

15 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
A December to Remember by Jenny Bayliss

A December to Remember

Jenny Bayliss

432 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising

Taylor Jenkins Reid

369 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced