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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
705 books — 578 voters
Tales from the Wasteland by Jon L. YoungAmazon Leadership School by Jose WalmirWhat the River Wants by Arthur ByrdThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
295 books — 139 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

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
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 HawthorneTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Fiction Books With Harshly Judged Characters
171 books — 43 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanMisery by Stephen KingBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnxiety by Danny Winter
Emotions in Titles
860 books — 41 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 ChristieDaisy Darker by Alice Feeney
Group in Isolation But There is a Killer Among Them
33 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
98 books — 24 voters
The Parrot's Tale by Miller CaldwellThe Captain of My Dreams by Alexa MastersFrom Doctor to Healer by Erica M. ElliottThe Captain of My Dreams by Alexa Madison MastersThe Shape of Fear by Charles McNair M D
Survival at Sea & Stranded on Remote Islands
10 books — 24 voters

Inside the Hot Zone by Mark G. KortepeterPale Rider by Laura SpinneyThe Great Influenza by John M. BarryCrisis in the Red Zone by Richard PrestonFlu by Gina Kolata
Plague And Pandemic Books Fact And Fiction
105 books — 22 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

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
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
27 books — 15 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
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

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
23 books — 8 voters
Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirThe Walking Dead #1 by Robert KirkmanAmerican Survivor by Debbie HightowerWisdom by Mark D. OwenThe Penitent by A. Keith Carreiro
Characters Waking Up Alone and Confused in Fiction
95 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
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

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Rain Woman by Charlotte Morrow1984 by George OrwellBurial Rites by Hannah KentFoster by Claire Keegan
Protagonists Who Have No Friends
6 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

A Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanThe Secret Life of a Weight-Obsessed Woman by Iris Ruth PastorConvenience 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
5 books — 2 voters
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 — 2 voters

The Mountain Pass by Tamara Ann SparbyI Don’t Trust You by Ken Saik
Psychological Mystery Novels
2 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
31 books — 1 voter

Under Water by Claire Walsh
Authologie's Promptastic YEAR ONE Prompt 12 - Amphibian
1 book — 1 voter
A Hunger Artist by Franz KafkaThe Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor DostoevskyDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Lu XunWhite Nights by Fyodor DostoyevskyNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books About Meaning After Meaning Dies: Existence, Absurdity, Nihilism, Loneliness
11 books — 1 voter

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