Isolation


Where the Crawdads Sing
The Metamorphosis
Haunted
My Year of Rest and Relaxation
The Light Between Oceans
The Martian
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
I Who Have Never Known Men
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Wild Dark Shore
The Wall
Dead of Winter
Project Hail Mary
Frankenstein
Near the Bone
Attachments by Rainbow RowellThe Sorrows of Young Mike by John ZelaznyAll The Places We Lived by Richard Owain RobertsLeaving the Atocha Station by Ben LernerSexting by G.B. Hope
Fiction Involving the Internet
129 books — 126 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteMidnight Cowboy by James Leo HerlihyAn Eye For Others by Tom  McDonoughCittà in fiamme by Garth Risk HallbergPunk Avenue by Phil Marcade
Rock Bottom in New York
26 books — 11 voters

Adapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad Akreyi
My Quarantine List
137 books — 46 voters

Robert Frost
“ Acquainted with the Night I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street, But not to call me back or say good-bye; And further still at an unearthly height, One luminar ...more ”
― Robert Frost, West-Running Brook

Charles Bukowski
“ If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery--isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better ...more ”
― Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire

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