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Gilmore Girls Books in Order

Gilmore Girls contains 3 books, published in 2002. The first book is Like Mother, Like Daughter (2002) and the newest is I Do, Don't I? (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
3
Published
2002
Total pages
489 across 3 books
Reading time
8.2–12 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 489 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Gilmore Girls is a media tie-in series of 3 books based on the Gilmore Girls television program, catalogued under Catherine Clark. All three appeared in 2002: Like Mother, Like Daughter, I Love You, You Idiot and I Do, Don't I?. Catherine Clark is credited on the first and third, and Cathy East Dubowski on I Love You, You Idiot. The series is likely complete. Subjects include mothers and daughters, high school students, love stories and Connecticut.

How many Gilmore Girls books are there?

Gilmore Girls has 3 books, released in 2002.

Gilmore Girls Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 3 Gilmore Girls books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of I Love You, You Idiot by Cathy East Dubowski, book 1 of the Gilmore Girls series (2002)
  2. Cover of Like Mother, Like Daughter by Catherine Clark, book 1 of the Gilmore Girls series (2002)
  3. Cover of I Do, Don't I? by Catherine Clark, book 2 of the Gilmore Girls series (2002)
  1. 1
    I Love You, You Idiot2002 · 166 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002166
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  2. 1
    Like Mother, Like Daughter2002 · 154 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002154
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  3. 2
    I Do, Don't I?2002 · 169 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002169
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Do you have to read Gilmore Girls books in order?

You should read the Gilmore Girls books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Gilmore Girls book also stands alone.

Where to start with Gilmore Girls

Start with Like Mother, Like Daughter (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Gilmore Girls book?

I Do, Don't I? (2002) is the newest Gilmore Girls book released so far.

Is there a new Gilmore Girls book coming?

No next Gilmore Girls book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Gilmore Girls at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gilmore Girls title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gilmore Girls books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
489 pages across all 3 books with a recorded length, a median of 166 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gilmore Girls books, 3 of 3, were published in the 2000s.
Attribution
Of the 3 titles, 2 are credited to Catherine Clark and 1 to Cathy East Dubowski.

What the Gilmore Girls books are about

All 3 Gilmore Girls books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mothers and daughters is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.