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The Stand by Stephen KingThe Hot Zone by Richard PrestonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Plague by Albert CamusThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Books for a Pandemic
698 books — 577 voters
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
126 books — 125 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieHamlet by William Shakespeare
Microcosms and Closed Societies
251 books — 86 voters
What the River Wants by Arthur ByrdWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Martian by Andy WeirProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
290 books — 69 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 LayneMad Love by Lynessa LayneLockdown 2020 by Chris Mark Thomson
Books to read while staying at home
235 books — 50 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMisery by Stephen KingBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenEthereal by Phillip Bainbridge
Emotions in Titles
853 books — 48 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
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCarrie by Stephen KingThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Fiction Books With Harshly Judged Characters
170 books — 44 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieOne by One by Ruth WareThe Guest List by Lucy FoleyMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieFive Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards
Group in Isolation But There is a Killer Among Them
32 books — 28 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Stranger in the Woods by Michael Finkel
Isolated Locations
238 books — 27 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth WareDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Guest List by Lucy Foley
Closed Circle Mysteries
96 books — 22 voters
Crisis in the Red Zone by Richard PrestonInside the Hot Zone by Mark G. KortepeterPale Rider by Laura SpinneyThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryFlu by Gina Kolata
Plague And Pandemic Books Fact And Fiction
104 books — 22 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
Circe by Madeline MillerEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensWild by Cheryl StrayedCress by Marissa Meyer
Lone Women
48 books — 21 voters

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe New Me by Halle ButlerThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanEileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
lonely women anthem
33 books — 16 voters
The Parrot's Tale by Miller CaldwellThe Captain of My Dreams by Alexa MastersThe Captain of My Dreams by Alexa Madison MastersThe Shape of Fear by Charles McNair M D
Survival at Sea & Stranded on Remote Islands
4 books — 16 voters

Moloka'i by Alan BrennertIn the Sanctuary of Outcasts by Neil W. White IIIMiracle at Carville by Betty MartinThe Samurai's Garden by Gail TsukiyamaThe Colony by John Tayman
Leprosy/Hansen's Disease
26 books — 14 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

Anno 2020 by James MorcanDie Corona-Gesellschaft by Michael VolkmerCovidians & Covidology by Yasser NegmPreparing for the rebound after the COVID-19 crisis by Atos Scientific CommunityResetting Healthcare Post-COVID-19 Pandemic by Sanjay Prasad
Corona/Covid-19
12 books — 7 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

Dispatches from the Couch by Stacey HettesDown in the Bunker by Lovesun ParentSuch a Pretty Picture by Andrea LeebSaving Abigail by Liz Hirsh NaftaliLost My Mind Here Someplace by Arune Savage
NONFICTION Female Survivors of Abduction, Terrorism and Trauma
20 books — 5 voters
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghLectures on Russian Literature by Vladimir NabokovThe Sudden Appearance of Hope by Claire NorthPlanetfall by Emma NewmanThe Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
what a shame she's fucked in the head
22 books — 4 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanDeath in Her Hands by Ottessa MoshfeghThe Rain Woman by Charlotte Morrow1984 by George OrwellBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
Protagonists Who Have No Friends
7 books — 4 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardHoly Bible by AnonymousHow to Be a Hermit, or a Bachelor Keeps House by Will CuppyThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
In Isolation
12 books — 3 voters

Less Than the Dust by Joseph StamperEugenics, 'aristogenics', Photography by Kris Belden-AdamsMore Alone Than You Know by Janie ChenevertThe Lonely Dwarf by Rosemary LamkeyWandering Spirits by Janne Flora
•Solitudinal Pressure Waves
102 books — 2 voters
Strangers by Taichi YamadaWhen Haru Was Here by Dustin ThaoYou've Reached Sam by Dustin ThaoThe Remarkable Journey of Charlie Price by Jennifer MaschariTin Man by Sarah Winman
"All of Us Strangers" Read-Alikes
26 books — 1 voter

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanConvenience Store Woman by Sayaka MurataEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanRemarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Reserved and Isolated MCs Who Learn To Love The World
4 books — 1 voter
Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa PearceThe Night-Watchmen by Helen CresswellThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannMarianne Dreams by Catherine StorrYesterday's Doll by Cora Taylor
Convalescence
9 books — 1 voter

The Walking Dead #1 by Robert KirkmanRip Van Winkle by Washington IrvingFledgling by Octavia E. ButlerProject Hail Mary by Andy WeirMantissa by John Fowles
Characters Waking Up Alone and Confused in Fiction
86 books — 1 voter
Under Water by Claire Walsh
Authologie's Promptastic YEAR ONE Prompt 12 - Amphibian
1 book — 1 voter

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