Booklist

This is a list of books, we know Lauren read:

Books that mean a lot to Lauren according to Variety

"A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith


"A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories" by Flannery O'Connor


"The Corrections" by Jonathan Franzen


Books she has read

"American on Purpose" by Craig Ferguson


Lauren read excerpts of the book to Craig Ferguson during her appearance on his show in March 2010 claiming she has spotted herself several times in his biography.

"Find me" by Rosie O'Donnell


Lauren mentioned the book during her appearance on Rosie's show in June 2002.

"My Life So Far" by Jane Fonda


"The Year of Magical Thinking" by Joan Didion


"Working Stiff" by Grant Stoddard


Lauren read this book at LA airport when she waited for her flight to Cancun in March 2008.

"The Score: The Ultimate Quiz to Test Who He Is" by Allison Castillo


Lauren went to the release party and is also mentioned in the foreword of the book.



"Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger


"Catcher in the Rye" is something I read when I was probably ten or eleven, and then I reread it again years later. So that's a favorite of mine. Later, I felt disappointed by Catcher in the Rye, 'cause I feel like I read it at the perfect time where I was like, "That's me! I can't believe somebody wrote a book about me." Smash Event 2003

"Elegance" by Kathleen Tessaro


The book was mentioned here.

Lauren also went to the launch party of the book "W shorts" in 2003 but I haven't found any information about it.


As Lauren mentioned in the Ask A Star video she's currently reading Ethel Merman's biography as well.

Lauren Graham's grandmother Kathryn Grant wrote a book in the early 90s. Lauren is mentioned twice in the book, once when she's mentioned as the new granddaughter and once when Lauren flies in from Dallas for a family meeting.

"Making the most of the best of your life" by Kathryn Grant


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