Books Richard Gilmore recommends

I think it is fair to say that Rory Gilmore got her love of education from Richard, even though he was not a prominent figure in her early life. So, with that being said we definitely see a little bit of Richard's influence in the way Rory reads and even the discussions she has with different characters.

So this is a Richard appreciation post with an emphasis on the books he deemed worthy of his time.

Unlike my Rory list which is categorized by season, this list is much shorter so alphabetically is what I chose for this post!

Absolute Rage by Robert K. Tanenbaum

A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L. Mencken

A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960 by Milton Friedman

Euclid's Elements by Euclid

Happy Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1880-1892 by H.L. Mencken

Heathen Days: Mencken's Autobiography: 1890-1936 by H.L. Mencken

History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

How to Read a Book: The Classic Guide to Intelligent Reading by Mortimer J. Adler

In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust

Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954 by Hilary Spurling

Molloy by Samuel Beckett

Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 : Volume 2 of Mencken's Autobiography by H.L. Mencken

Peyton Place by Grace Metalious

Points of View by W. Somerset Maugham

Richard III by William Shakespeare

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon

While Richard's list may not be as expansive as Rory's, as far as I can find, it is still pretty impressive!

Have you read any of the books on this list?