Friday Night Readers: A Gilmore Girls-Inspired Book Club Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.comWelcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory.Listen to the podcast on: Substack | Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeRead the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: Books by Female Authors on Gilmore GirlsTimestamps:00:44 June reading prompt for our Rory Gilmore reading challenge to read one book per month from the Rory Gilmore reading list: books by female authors.02:32 Featured Author of the Month: Jane Austen07:00 10 Uniquely Impactful Books by Female Authors on Gilmore Girls08:06 Eva Luna by Isabel Allende09:14 A Girl from Yamhill by Beverly Cleary09:46 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan10:29 Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel11:31 Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder12:48 Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf14:03 Out of Africa by Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen15:00 Peyton Place by Grace Metalious16:29 The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate: Two Novels by Nancy Mitford17:08 The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin18:05 All the Books by Female Authors on Gilmore GirlsMore Mentions:Most Ardently Yours by Freya SampsonThe Other Bennet SisterPride and PrejudiceNorthanger AbbeyAdvertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with my engaged audience? Learn more and contact me.Follow: Instagram, Threads, Facebook, GoodReads, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, X, Reddit, LinkedInDisclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These show notes contain affiliate links through which I earn commissions at no extra cost to you.

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.comWelcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory.Listen to the podcast on: Substack | Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeRead the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: July 2026 Book ReleasesTimestamps:03:40 Libro.FM: three audiobooks for the price of one when you start a new membership with code FRIDAY. 04:08 July 7Country People HelplessMan Overboard! The MASH Up Most Ardently Yours 07:50 July 14The Parisian HeistThe Romance Revival 09:21 July 21Cool Machine Crash Into Me 10:22 July 28Meet Me in ParisAdvertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with my engaged audience? Learn more and contact me.Follow: Instagram, Threads, Facebook, GoodReads, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, X, Reddit, LinkedInDisclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. These show notes contain affiliate links through which I earn commissions at no extra cost to you.

Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory.Listen to the podcast on: Substack | Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeRead the full transcript and subscribe to our book club community: Books Set in SummerTimestamps:03:15 28 Summers04:26 Beach Read05:40 Every Summer After06:43 The God of the Woods08:25 The Great Gatsby09:44 Just For the Summer11:14 Summer Sisters12:32 The Summer I Turned Pretty14:22 The Wedding People15:59 Writers & Lovers17:26 Take the 90s Summer Reading ChallengeAdvertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact us.Follow: Instagram, Threads, Facebook, GoodReads, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, X, Reddit, LinkedInDisclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome to Friday Night Readers, a virtual book club inspired by Gilmore Girls, hosted by Julianne Buonocore, who has run a Rory Gilmore reading challenge since 2020 and wrote the Unofficial Guide to the Books on Gilmore Girls. Fueled by coffee, we break down the books on the show, so you actually understand what the characters are talking so fast about, and help you read, live, and write like Rory.Listen to the podcast on: Substack | Apple | Spotify | Amazon | YouTubeRead the full post and subscribe to our book club community: Beach ReadsTimestamps:00:16 Meet the Expert Beach Reads Panel: Jules, and Kirsten and Jackie of Beyond the Bookends, the Read Carpet Report podcast, and Beach Reads Bonanza 04:51 American Fantasy by Emma Straub 07:13 Go Gentle by Marie Semple09:34 Strangers by Belle Burden13:17 Summer State of Mind by Kristy Woodson Harvey16:19 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke (Jackie’s Yesteryear summary)20:54 More Beach Reads to Consider: The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey, These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean, Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney, The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson, and The Five-Star Weekend by Elin HilderbrandAdvertise: Do you have a book, product, or service you'd like to share with our engaged audience? Learn more and contact me.Follow: Instagram, Threads, Facebook, GoodReads, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, X, Reddit, LinkedInDisclosure: As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fridaynightreaders.substack.com/subscribe