Orange Is the New Black: A Reading List
Orange Is the New Black is the latest series from Netflix based on Piper Kerman's memoir of the same name. The main character, Piper Chapman, is a middle class woman who has to leave behind her life in order to serve 15 months in prison for transporting a suitcase full of drug money for an international drug smuggler/former lover.
Piper and other characters such as Tastyee, Red and Alex are seen reading or referencing various books throughout the series. I decided to watch Orange Is the New Black a second time in order to compile a list of the books that are visible in a scene or explicitly referenced to. Feel free to add any I may have missed in the comments.
City of Thieves by David Benioff
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Ulysses by James Joyce
Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters by Meredith Zeitlin
Emma by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia Schultz
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Night Shift by Stephen King
The Complete Illuminated Books by William Blake
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
You can also check out the Tumblr Books of Orange Is the New Black and Buzzfeed's latest article "All Of The Books Referenced On Orange Is the New Black" to see Tastyee's quotable lines about Harry Potter, screenshots of Red reading of the YA book Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters and Alex reading City of Thieves and The Glass Castle.
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Comments
Another book...
Submitted by Erika (not verified) on August 7, 2013 - 8:25am
Plenty: Vibrant Recipes from London's Ottolenghi
Submitted by Emily (not verified) on August 8, 2013 - 4:28pm
More Cook Books
Submitted by Stevie Feliciano on August 8, 2013 - 9:38pm
Kerman's memoir
Submitted by Jenny (not verified) on August 13, 2013 - 10:55am
That is a great question! I
Submitted by Stevie Feliciano on August 15, 2013 - 2:34pm
Not from the book, but
Submitted by becarella (not verified) on August 19, 2013 - 12:24pm