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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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

Gail Honeyman

325 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

Those Three Little Words

The Vancouver Agitators #2

Meghan Quinn

558 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments by Hadley Vlahos

The In-Between: Unforgettable Encounters During Life's Final Moments

Hadley Vlahos

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays health memoir religion emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Mirror's Edge by Scott Westerfeld

Mirror's Edge

Impostors #3

Scott Westerfeld

352 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction science fiction young adult challenging dark medium-paced
Done and Dusted by Lyla Sage

Done and Dusted

Rebel Blue Ranch #1

Lyla Sage

321 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Business Casual by B.K. Borison

Business Casual

Lovelight Farms #4

B.K. Borison

384 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
He's So Not My Valentine by Savannah Scott

He's So Not My Valentine

Savannah Scott

236 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction romance
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah

The Four Winds

Kristin Hannah

454 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Lightning Thief

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #1

Rick Riordan

10 hours, 15 minutes • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Final Year by Matt Goodfellow

The Final Year

Matt Goodfellow

288 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction middle grade poetry