Books in Riverdale
- Description
- An ever growing, evolving list of books & bookish media somehow referenced by Riverdale characters directly or indirectly. Shoutout to joneswuzhere & cinematicliterature on Tumblr for some real esoteric deep dives. Works I picked myself (with no direct references) are tagged as such in the explanation.
- Based on series
- Riverdale (TV Show, 2017-2023)
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72,609 members
1,176 reviews
3.8
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:04 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica reference
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69,845 members
1,086 reviews
3.8
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 10:50 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica references this when confronting Betty about dating Jughead in s1.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Betty reference
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead's first English class at Southside High is reading this in s2.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Episode title
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by Mark Twain
43,273 members
520 reviews
3.9
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:07 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet at Riverdale High in s1.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: betty
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by Oscar Wilde
39,803 members
638 reviews
4
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:18 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Evelyn Evernever is seen reading this in s4.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead reads in s5.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Archie s2 e15, Betty reads in s4 Halloween episode
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Episode title
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28,759 members
280 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 10:49 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead references this when climbing thru Betty's window in s1.
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27,358 members
482 reviews
4
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:17 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl reads in s4.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: First lines from Veronica Lodge s1 pilot.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over about Mr. Honey
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading, also I think is in Jughead's trailer
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Betty's favourite book and a book Jughead gives her for Christmas.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Many references, including s3 e4 "The Midnight Club" where FP Jones Jr. is wearing a cast that says LOSER/LOVER.
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21,413 members
539 reviews
4.2
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:04 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica Lodge reads this book at least twice in season 2 and 3.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet at Riverdale High.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Episode title & plot point in s4.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica approaches Jughead in a word for word re-enactment of a Bogart and Bacall adaptation of a Marlowe Mystery. "Nice hat, Bacall." "Consider me your Philip Marlowe."
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl reads this in s6.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: episode title s6
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3,242 members
146 reviews
4.1
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 10:48 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead references this book in s1 when climbing thru Betty's window.
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by Stephen King
2,339 members
44 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 3
Added 2022-05-15, 02:22 PM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: The name of the prison Archie is sent to and multiple references from Jughead.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Hermione Lodge references this book while working her first shift at Pops Diner in s1.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: From a Jughead voice over.
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44,451 members
496 reviews
4.2
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 11:16 AM
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead reads this in s5.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead's English class at Stonewall Prep reads this
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Miss Grundy, s1. Betty s7 e8.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica reference S1
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22,538 members
245 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 11:15 AM
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22,189 members
424 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2023-05-22, 05:32 PM
- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica reference
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19,065 members
186 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 11:04 AM
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Main villain from s4.
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9,061 members
455 reviews
4
Score 2
Added 2022-05-15, 02:10 PM
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading. unknown season
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8,092 members
96 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2023-07-02, 07:14 PM
- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Kevin & Betty S7
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: episode title
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6,251 members
199 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2022-05-15, 02:13 PM
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl calls Nick St. Claire a Less Than Zero Unrepentant Spore in s2.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Betty's entire existence and important for s2.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica's first remarks about Riverdale High s1 pilot and her entrance to Riverdale High in s7
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3,879 members
61 reviews
4.1
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 10:49 AM
- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead is seen reading this in bed at Lodge Lodge in s2(?)
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: episode title
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2,897 members
99 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2022-08-07, 01:16 PM
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by Jay Anson
2,688 members
85 reviews
½ 3.3
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 11:17 AM
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Kevin reads this in s3.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica reads in S7 E2
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by Jim Sharman
686 members
5 reviews
4.2
Score 2
Added 2022-08-07, 01:24 PM
- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Cheryl disposes of family she doesn't like in s5.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: s5 episode title
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Ethel reads this in season 2.
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- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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25,721 members
436 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:58 AM
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21,464 members
253 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:58 AM
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15,437 members
160 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 1
Added 2023-07-02, 07:14 PM
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12,607 members
140 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:51 AM
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7,622 members
80 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:48 AM
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by H. G. Wells
7,298 members
173 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 1
Added 2023-03-31, 01:45 PM
89
6,742 members
113 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2022-08-07, 01:08 PM
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3,298 members
38 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1
Added 2023-08-16, 11:26 AM
- Member
- adaorhell
- Explanations
- adaorhell: "Where I'm Calling From (short story)" is an important reference to Jughead and Raymond Carver is mentioned again and again through out the series (to, from, by, and about Jughead) and honestly I hope that more and more people are reading him. Any visibility for a dead alcoholic poet has got to be good.
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by Vatsyayana
2,182 members
21 reviews
3.1
Score 1
Added 2022-04-20, 07:28 PM
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by Tony Kushner
1,980 members
27 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1
Added 2022-08-07, 01:11 PM