The Gilmore Girls Episode Reading Challenge - hosted by literarylarisa

That Damn Donna Reed: Read a book written or set in the 1950s
 Rory creates a Donna Reed-inspired dinner for Dean. Since the Donna Reed show first aired in the 1950s, read a book that was either written or is set during that decade. 
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On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

On the Rooftop

Margaret Wilkerson Sexton

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Sadeqa Johnson

369 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Lessons in Chemistry

Bonnie Garmus

390 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional funny inspiring medium-paced
Betty by Tiffany McDaniel

Betty

Tiffany McDaniel

480 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles

576 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett

352 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical literary emotional reflective medium-paced
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

305 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Three Blind Mice and Other Stories by Agatha Christie

Three Blind Mice and Other Stories

Miss Marple Short Story Collections #3

Agatha Christie

288 pages • first pub 1950 (editions)

fiction crime mystery short stories mysterious medium-paced
Les sept maris d'Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Les sept maris d'Evelyn Hugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

480 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia

301 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced