Today BookRiot speculated what Rory would have read once the show was over. While I think they did a good job with that list, there's no way Rory would have stopped there.
For fiction, Rory would have enjoyed:
Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
Maine by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Engagements by J. Courtney Sullivan
The Rook by Daniel O'Malley
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Love Begins in Winter by Simon von Booy
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer
The Martin by Andy Weir
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson
Rory would be a little late to discover Neil Gaiman but would make up for lost time. Sullivan is an amazing feminist writer Rory would love. Zafón and von Booy have beautiful, poetic prose she'd adore. Several of the others are popular fiction she'd want to see what the buzz was about.
Rory was no fiction loyal list, here are some of the nonfiction titles she'd devour:
Nothing to Envy by Barbara Dermick
How to Be a Woman by Caitlin Moran
Moranthology by Caitlin Moran
Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Life Itself by Roger Ebert
The Good Girls Revolt by Lynn Povich
Eighty Days by Matthew Goodman
Popular by Maya Van Wagenen
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling
Notorious RBG by Irin Camron
Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel
Kerman, Hillenbrand, and Strayed would be the popular memoirs she'd want to judge firsthand. Poehler, Kaling, Fey, and Moran would be the brilliant funny women Rory would go for right away. Goodman and Povich because she's a fellow journalist. Ebert because her and Lorelai were such movie nuts.
Since Rory wanted to be a journalist, we can't forget the addition of recent political memoirs:
A Fighting Chance by Elizabeth Warren
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Off the Sidelines by Kristen Gillibrand
Forgetting to Be Afraid by Wendy Davis
Hard Choices by HRC
Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
Rory is obviously liberal but she would want to know what Palin has to say because of her ability to produce choice soundbites.
