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.
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Riverdale (TV Show, 2017-2023)
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3 participating members
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69,678 members
1,134 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference
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67,680 members
1,063 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica references this when confronting Betty about dating Jughead in s1.
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56,906 members
895 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty reference
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52,204 members
749 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title
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51,804 members
983 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead's first English class at Southside High is reading this in s2.
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41,657 members
509 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet at Riverdale High in s1.
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40,813 members
695 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: betty
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38,037 members
614 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Evelyn Evernever is seen reading this in s4.
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37,717 members
643 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads in s5.
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34,360 members
491 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title
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33,514 members
588 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Archie s2 e15, Betty reads in s4 Halloween episode
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27,466 members
268 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead references this when climbing thru Betty's window in s1.
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25,850 members
475 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl reads in s4.
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22,950 members
455 reviews
4.1
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: First lines from Veronica Lodge s1 pilot.
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22,850 members
375 reviews
½ 3.6
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over about Mr. Honey
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22,444 members
240 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading, also I think is in Jughead's trailer
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22,319 members
438 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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22,052 members
399 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty's favourite book and a book Jughead gives her for Christmas.
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20,989 members
398 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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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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20,150 members
515 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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19,842 members
588 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl
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19,180 members
529 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica Lodge reads this book at least twice in season 2 and 3.
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11,933 members
103 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title & plot point in s4.
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11,855 members
203 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet at Riverdale High.
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9,988 members
278 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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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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9,174 members
109 reviews
½ 3.6
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl reads this in s6.
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4,460 members
134 reviews
3.8
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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4,350 members
94 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: episode title s6
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3,071 members
138 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead references this book in s1 when climbing thru Betty's window.
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2,206 members
43 reviews
½ 4.3
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: The name of the prison Archie is sent to and multiple references from Jughead.
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1,187 members
44 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Hermione Lodge references this book while working her first shift at Pops Diner in s1.
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ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: From a Jughead voice over.
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48,080 members
731 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Kevin's "most important book" from the Rivervale event. Jughead also references this book in multiple episodes.
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42,458 members
477 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads with his English class in s4.
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40,200 members
652 reviews
½ 4.3
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads this in s5.
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34,107 members
520 reviews
3.8
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead's English class at Stonewall Prep reads this
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30,969 members
548 reviews
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Miss Grundy, s1. Betty s7 e8.
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25,069 members
217 reviews
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference S1
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21,700 members
237 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Archie reads in s5.
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20,924 members
409 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference
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19,990 members
665 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead rewrites this as The Outcasts in season 5.
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18,379 members
178 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reference
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14,480 members
143 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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14,012 members
280 reviews
½ 3.7
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Musical Episode
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13,448 members
280 reviews
½ 3.7
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Main villain from s4.
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11,950 members
160 reviews
½ 4.3
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl s1
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8,463 members
427 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha reads this in s6.
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7,796 members
241 reviews
½ 3.4
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading. unknown season
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7,717 members
92 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Kevin & Betty S7
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7,032 members
50 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: episode title
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6,043 members
183 reviews
½ 3.5
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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5,962 members
194 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Kevin is seen reading this, also mentions the film in s1.
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5,658 members
89 reviews
½ 3.4
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl calls Nick St. Claire a Less Than Zero Unrepentant Spore in s2.
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5,524 members
217 reviews
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica references this title when she decides to go after Chuck Clayton in s1.
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5,105 members
50 reviews
3.8
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty's entire existence and important for s2.
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4,851 members
67 reviews
½ 3.7
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica's first remarks about Riverdale High s1 pilot and her entrance to Riverdale High in s7
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3,717 members
59 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead is seen reading this in bed at Lodge Lodge in s2(?)
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3,144 members
47 reviews
½ 3.3
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: episode title
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2,745 members
95 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reference
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2,543 members
86 reviews
½ 3.3
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Toni is seen reading in s4(?).
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2,175 members
32 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reads this in s6.
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2,067 members
54 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Kevin reads this in s3.
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2,013 members
15 reviews
½ 4.4
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads for English Class at Stonewall Prep
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1,637 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reads in S7 E2
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873 members
13 reviews
3.9
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ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title
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556 members
4 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl disposes of family she doesn't like in s5.
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482 members
11 reviews
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: s5 episode title
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211 members
14 reviews
½ 3.4
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Ethel reads this in season 2.
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6 members
½ 3.7
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adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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27,279 members
383 reviews
½ 3.6
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: While Jughead and Archie are on the run to Toledo in s3.
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25,289 members
327 reviews
½ 4.3
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Kevin reference
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24,424 members
411 reviews
½ 4.3
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads in s3.
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22,988 members
972 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reference, s1
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22,485 members
406 reviews
½ 4.4
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica S7
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20,546 members
241 reviews
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adaorhell: Archie (?) references this in a conversation with Betty. Betty responds "actually, there were four Musketeers"..s1.
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14,853 members
154 reviews
½ 3.7
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Archie performs John Proctor's monologue and is episode title in S7
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14,653 members
303 reviews
3.8
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica to Betty S1
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13,409 members
239 reviews
½ 3.7
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha is seen reading in s5 and s6.
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12,097 members
134 reviews
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty reads in s2.
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10,603 members
181 reviews
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica is seen(?) with this in s4. constantly referenced about Hiram Lodge.
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9,770 members
102 reviews
3.8
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty reads this in s5.
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9,542 members
84 reviews
½ 3.4
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty reference
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9,348 members
116 reviews
4
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: episode title
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9,242 members
130 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell: Southside High's newspaper. 
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8,471 members
125 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead & FP Jones emotional freak out over his future in the Serpents (s3? Christmas episode) - Ronnie Bee
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7,782 members
82 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead cites this book as important to him in s6.
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7,306 members
80 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading (original, in French) in s2.
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7,016 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
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adaorhell: Alice when retrieving Polly from the Blossoms in S1.
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title
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5,970 members
34 reviews
4
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adaorhell: Jughead cites this during his fight with the Comic Book Cops.
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5,395 members
67 reviews
4
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adaorhell: helps Archie and Reggie have gay sex in S7.
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5,176 members
76 reviews
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adaorhell: joneswuzhere solid choice for s5 reference.
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3,711 members
203 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha reads this in s6.
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3,210 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
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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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2,803 members
101 reviews
3.8
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Constantly referenced by Penelope Blossom when talking to Cheryl, Cheryl and Toni attend an all female college called Highsmiths in season 5.
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2,364 members
30 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Read by Cheryl and Toni and Kevin.
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2,108 members
21 reviews
3.1
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adaorhell: Cheryl (as previous incarnation) gives this to Veronica (previous incarnation) during Rivervale event.
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1,971 members
89 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: episode title s6
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1,856 members
26 reviews
½ 4.4
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adaorhell: episode title
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1,594 members
93 reviews
3.9
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adaorhell: episode title