Required reading: Friends
Every book seen in Friends, in order of appearance.
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
Dr. Seuss, 1958Dr. Seuss published it in 1958 and later said the turtle king who stacks his subjects to sit higher was modeled on Hitler.
Seen in S1 E9, Susan BunchBuyLittle Women
Louisa May Alcott, 1868Louisa May Alcott published it in two parts, in 1868 and 1869, and Beth's fate lands in the second.
Seen in S3 E13, Joey TribbianiBuyThe Shining
Stephen King, 1977Stephen King set it at the Overlook, a Colorado hotel with a winter caretaker who stops caretaking, and drew it from his 1974 stay at the Stanley Hotel.
Seen in S3 E13, Joey TribbianiBuyThe Last Thing He Wanted
Joan Didion, 1996Didion's 1996 novel follows a reporter who takes over her dying father's deal running arms to the Contras.
Seen in S3 E25, Rachel GreenBuyThe Velveteen Rabbit
Margery Williams, 1922Margery Williams' story of a stuffed rabbit made real by a boy's love came out as a book in 1922.
Seen in S4 E6, Chandler BingBuyJane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, 1847Charlotte Brontë published it in 1847 under the name Currer Bell, so the author was hiding something before Rachel ever showed up.
Seen in S5 E9, Rachel GreenBuyWuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, 1847Emily Brontë's only novel came out in 1847, the same year as her sister's, under the name Ellis Bell.
Seen in S5 E9, Rachel GreenBuyChicken Soup for the Soul
Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen, 1993Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen were turned down by the big New York publishers before a small Florida press, HCI, put it out in 1993.
Seen in S6 E14, Chandler BingBuyWhat to Expect When You're Expecting
Heidi Murkoff, 1995In the cold open of S8E9, Joey Tribbiani reads Rachel's copy and tells her pregnancy swells fingers to twice their size for good.
Seen in S8 E9, JoeyBuyLove You Forever
Robert Munsch, 1986Robert Munsch's 1986 picture book ranked fourth on Publishers Weekly's 2001 list of all-time bestselling children's paperbacks, at nearly seven million copies.
Seen in S10 E4, Joey TribbianiBuy
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