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Liz Lemon.

30 Rock · 2006–2013

Sandwich in one hand, paperback in the other. Liz’s reading list is workaholic feminism, Nora Ephron, and one (1) very battered Tina Fey memoir.

"I want to go to there." (Bookstore edition.)

3 booksCurated · cited · cross-referenced

The shelf, decoded

Why this list.

Liz Lemon is the rare TV reader whose reading life is mostly lived between meetings, on the subway, at 1am with a slice of cold pizza. The picks below trace her two great affections: Nora Ephron (whom she idolizes) and the late-aughts feminist memoir-essay genre she helped invent.

The reading list

3 books for Liz.

No. 01Creator cited
Bossypants
Tina Fey
Self-portrait. Self-evident.
CitationCreator-cited
No. 02Character fit
Heartburn
Nora Ephron
The book Liz reads when she is divorced from a man she never married.
CitationCharacter-fit
No. 03Character fit
I Feel Bad About My Neck
Nora Ephron
The aspirational book. The one Liz keeps face-down on the nightstand.
CitationCharacter-fit

Closing note

Liz reads the way she eats: voraciously, alone, and only ever the things she truly likes.

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