Big Books of 2026

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What the River Wants by Arthur ByrdThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Martian by Andy WeirProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
290 books — 69 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'NeillThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtrySailing Alone Around the Room by Billy Collins
Lonely
312 books — 25 voters

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonCirce by Madeline MillerJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Socially Isolated Main Characters
80 books — 22 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Crucible by Arthur MillerNobody Special by Jack DeadmenBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
The Best Isolation Books
22 books — 17 voters

Anxiety by Danny WinterThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice GallowaySpider by Patrick McGrathIsland Boys Don't Cry by Aurora Gayle
The Dissociated Voice
17 books — 11 voters
Queen of Quarantine by Caroline PeckhamKings of Quarantine by Caroline PeckhamAlien Quarantine Rescue by Robin LovettThe Quarantine Princess Diaries by Meg CabotHer Quarantined Cowboy by Kathy Fawcett
Novels with "Quarantine" in the Title
25 books — 7 voters

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. CraigSmall Favors by Erin A. CraigDark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers SainThe Wren Hunt by Mary WatsonThe Rift in Edenford by Shan Farook
YA Paranormal Horror Set in a Small Town/Isolated Town
12 books — 6 voters
Sink by Joseph Earl ThomasThe Upstairs House by Julia FineThe Violent Season by Sara WaltersThe Silenced by Diana Rodriguez WallachLucky Little Things by Janice Erlbaum
Isolated Building Covers
18 books — 2 voters

When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille PerriI'll Eat When I'm Dead by Barbara BourlandThe Regulars by Georgia ClarkThe Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-KiaMadam by Antonia Murphy
Disembodied Lips
38 books — 1 voter

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