The last names Jarod adopts are always connected to the job he's doing. While pretending to be a paramedic, Jarod uses the last name "Randolph": this is likely a reference to Randolph Mantooth, who played paramedic John Gage on Emergency! (1972).
The book Mr. Chambers is reading to his comatose son Steven is "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens.
After finishing A Tale of Two Cities, Mr Chambers starts reading Oliver Twist, also by Charles Dickens.