Books in Riverdale

Description
An ever growing, evolving list of books 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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82,658 members
1,301 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference in S1.
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76,965 members
1,195 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference to Betty when talking about dating Jughead in S1.
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67,755 members
1,016 reviews
4.2
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty reference.
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63,145 members
1,140 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads this at Southside High in S2.
5
61,312 members
867 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title.
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49,249 members
595 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet in Riverdale HS in S1.
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5,847 members
103 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty
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46,987 members
749 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Evelyn Evernever reads in S4.
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44,514 members
723 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads in S5.
10
41,199 members
682 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Archie, S2 E15, Betty, S4 Halloween.
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40,657 members
575 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title.
12
32,781 members
311 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead references this when climbing thru Betty's window in S1.
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32,439 members
534 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl reads in S4.
14
26,793 members
515 reviews
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica's first lines in the pilot.
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27,202 members
530 reviews
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
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26,276 members
432 reviews
½ 3.6
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover S4.
17
26,441 members
447 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty's favourite book, Jughead gifts her a first edition in S2.
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25,762 members
463 reviews
4.1
3 Members
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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25,375 members
614 reviews
4.2
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
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23,901 members
685 reviews
4.2
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl's whole existence at Thornhill.
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556 members
13 reviews
3.9
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title S5.
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25,101 members
643 reviews
4.1
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reads in S2 and S4, and is the plot of S4.
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15,155 members
275 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: In Jughead's hobo closet in Riverdale HS in S1 and Ex Libris S6 E13
24
2,812 members
22 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title and plot point in S4.
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11,471 members
314 reviews
4
3 Members
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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10,954 members
136 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl, S6.
27
5,319 members
157 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
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16,543 members
311 reviews
4.2
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title S6.
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162 members
2 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reference to Betty in S1.
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3,018 members
61 reviews
½ 4.3
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: The prison that Hiram Lodge owns and manufactures drugs out of.
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30,141 members
264 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica S1.
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26,551 members
478 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica
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9,239 members
112 reviews
3.9
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Kevin & Betty, S7.
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3,524 members
50 reviews
½ 3.3
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title.
35
9,413 members
244 reviews
3.8
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica's first lines in the pilot.
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1,843 members
40 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reads in S7 E2.
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16,149 members
210 reviews
4
3 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: episode title
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2,265 members
55 reviews
4.2
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Kevin reads in S3.
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5,874 members
80 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Veronica reference in pilot and S7 E1.
40
6,414 members
60 reviews
3.8
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Betty's existence.
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6,349 members
99 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl calls Nick St. Clair a Less than Zero spore in S2 after she accuses him of rape.
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27,698 members
303 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl is seen reading, also in Jughead's trailer.
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9,405 members
296 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Cheryl
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41,581 members
618 reviews
3.8
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads this at Stonewall Prep in S4.
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50,379 members
803 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reads in S5.
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35,178 members
633 reviews
4.1
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Ms. Grundy S1, Betty S7 E8.
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6,952 members
35 reviews
4
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Jughead reference in S7 to the comic book code.
48
6,147 members
71 reviews
4
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Archie & Reggie, S7.
49
16,062 members
335 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Villain for S4.
50
268 members
17 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Ethel reads in S2.
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8,279 members
59 reviews
4.1
2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: Episode title.
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1,376 members
49 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Hermione Lodge references this to Veronica in S1.
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56,717 members
811 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
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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51,487 members
573 reviews
4.2
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads with his English class in s4.
55
25,565 members
280 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Archie, S5.
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25,783 members
738 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead re-writes this as The Outcasts in S5.
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21,514 members
221 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
58
17,267 members
170 reviews
4.1
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
59
17,168 members
340 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Musical episode S3.
60
14,239 members
176 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl reference S1.
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11,163 members
496 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha, S6.
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7,246 members
211 reviews
½ 3.5
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead VoiceOver. S6 E13 -- Cheryl's book
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7,229 members
221 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Kevin reference in S1, also seen reading.
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6,807 members
241 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reference when she seeks revenge on Chuck Clayton in S1.
65
3,427 members
122 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reference.
66
3,124 members
96 reviews
½ 3.3
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Toni reads in S4.
67
3,413 members
24 reviews
½ 4.3
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads at Stonewall Prep in S4.
68
2,523 members
45 reviews
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reads in S6., Veronica's book S6 E13
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1,288 members
23 reviews
4
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title.
70
27,048 members
1,053 reviews
4.2
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica reference to Archie, pilot.
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2 Members
adaorhell, ManWithAnAgenda
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adaorhell: episode title
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1,458 members
46 reviews
3.8
2 Members
ahef1963, adaorhell
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adaorhell: s2 e1 title
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4,359 members
71 reviews
4.1
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead reads at Lodge Lodge in S2, and his whole existence, really.
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5 members
3
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead voiceover.
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30,399 members
423 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Archie & Jughead, S3 on the road to Toledo.
76
30,383 members
379 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Kevin reference.
77
30,710 members
493 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Jughead, S3.
78
27,391 members
480 reviews
½ 4.4
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica, S7
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24,484 members
271 reviews
4.1
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty speaking to Archie in S1.
80
17,803 members
187 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Archie performs John Proctor's monologue and is episode title in S7.
81
16,886 members
327 reviews
3.8
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Veronica to Betty S1
82
14,974 members
267 reviews
½ 3.7
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha is seen reading in s5 and s6.
83
14,082 members
162 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty, S2.
84
12,633 members
198 reviews
4.2
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Hiram Lodge, and Veronica reads in S4.
85
11,358 members
125 reviews
3.8
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty reads in S5.
86
11,148 members
96 reviews
½ 3.4
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Betty
87
10,617 members
131 reviews
4
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title
88
10,740 members
143 reviews
3.9
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Southside High's newspaper.
89
9,985 members
149 reviews
3.9
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: FP & Jughead, especially the Christmas episode in S3.
90
8,741 members
89 reviews
3.9
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: S6 E13 Ex Libris - Jughead
91
9,008 members
90 reviews
4.2
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl reads the original in French in S2.
92
8,382 members
187 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Alice Cooper reference in S1, trying to rescue Polly from Thornhill.
93
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title.
94
6,108 members
89 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: joneswuzhere solid choice for s5 reference.
95
5,709 members
257 reviews
4.2
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Tabitha reads in S6.
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3,638 members
42 reviews
½ 4.3
Member
adaorhell
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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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3,560 members
129 reviews
3.8
Member
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.
98
147 members
2 reviews
3.8
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Read by Cheryl and Toni and Kevin.
99
2,894 members
117 reviews
4.1
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adaorhell
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adaorhell: Episode title / Toni.
100
2,335 members
22 reviews
3.1
Member
adaorhell
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adaorhell: Cheryl (as previous incarnation) gives this to Veronica (previous incarnation) in The Witching Hour episode S6.