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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 WeirTales from the Wasteland by Jon L. Young
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
297 books — 108 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
313 books — 26 voters

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanCirce by Madeline MillerWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Socially Isolated Main Characters
81 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 GallowayThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySpider by Patrick McGrath
The Dissociated Voice
18 books — 12 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
26 books — 8 voters

House of Salt and Sorrows by Erin A. CraigSmall Favors by Erin A. CraigDark and Shallow Lies by Ginny Myers SainWe Don't Swim Here by Vincent TiradoThe Rift in Edenford by Shan Farook
YA Paranormal Horror Set in a Small Town/Isolated Town
16 books — 7 voters
Sink by Joseph Earl ThomasLucky Little Things by Janice ErlbaumThe Oasis by Anne BuistThe Exhibitionist by Charlotte MendelsonThe Upstairs House by Julia Fine
Isolated Building Covers
24 books — 4 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Hermits, Misanthropes, Shut-Ins and Recluses in Fiction
36 books — 4 voters
I'll Eat When I'm Dead by Barbara BourlandWhen Katie Met Cassidy by Camille PerriThe Regulars by Georgia ClarkThe Most Famous Girl in the World by Iman Hariri-KiaMadam by Antonia Murphy
Disembodied Lips
43 books — 3 voters

The Shining by Stephen KingStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.I Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Martian by Andy Weir
Isolation, Seclusion and Solitude in Speculative Fiction
65 books — 1 voter

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