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)
- Members
- 3 participating members
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69,678 members
1,134 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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67,680 members
1,063 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
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- adaorhell: Betty reference
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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- adaorhell: Episode title
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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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by Mark Twain
41,657 members
509 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
38,037 members
614 reviews
4
Score 3
Added 2021-12-05, 11:18 AM
- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 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: Episode title
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Archie s2 e15, Betty reads in s4 Halloween episode
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27,466 members
268 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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25,850 members
475 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
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- 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: Cheryl is seen reading, also I think is in Jughead's trailer
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Jughead voice over
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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- 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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20,150 members
515 reviews
4.1
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: Episode title & plot point in s4.
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- 3 Members
- ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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- adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet at Riverdale High.
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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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3,071 members
138 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
2,206 members
43 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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42,458 members
477 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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21,700 members
237 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2
Added 2021-12-05, 11:15 AM
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20,924 members
409 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2023-05-22, 05:32 PM
- 2 Members
- adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- adaorhell: Veronica reference
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18,379 members
178 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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8,463 members
427 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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7,717 members
92 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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5,962 members
194 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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3,717 members
59 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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2,745 members
95 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2022-08-07, 01:16 PM
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by Jay Anson
2,543 members
86 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
556 members
4 reviews
4.1
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
68
- 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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24,424 members
411 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:58 AM
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20,546 members
241 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:58 AM
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12,097 members
134 reviews
4.1
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:51 AM
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7,306 members
80 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2021-12-05, 10:48 AM
88
by H. G. Wells
7,016 members
168 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 1
Added 2023-03-31, 01:45 PM
89
6,466 members
111 reviews
4.2
Score 1
Added 2022-08-07, 01:08 PM
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3,210 members
37 reviews
½ 4.3
Score 1
Added 2023-08-16, 11:26 AM
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- 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
2,108 members
21 reviews
3.1
Score 1
Added 2022-04-20, 07:28 PM
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by Tony Kushner
1,856 members
26 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 1
Added 2022-08-07, 01:11 PM
100
1,594 members
93 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2023-03-31, 01:55 PM