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What the River Wants by Arthur ByrdThe Martian by Andy WeirThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensProject Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Books About Loneliness and Isolation
298 books — 94 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando PessoaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best books about Solitude (fiction)
95 books — 87 voters

Transcendence by Shay SavageArcher's Voice by Mia SheridanLothaire by Kresley ColeThe V Girl by Mya RobartsClockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
Only The Lonely: Romance Books with Lonely Heroes or Heroines
193 books — 59 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
869 books — 50 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
174 books — 44 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

Grace and Dignity by Laura GrodyEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanCirce by Madeline MillerThe Martian by Andy WeirBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
Fiction About Loneliness
29 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 GallowayNaoki Urasawa's Monster, Volume 1 by Naoki UrasawaSpider by Patrick McGrath
The Dissociated Voice
18 books — 12 voters
Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn MeyerBeware, Princess Elizabeth by Carolyn MeyerThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa GregoryInnocent Traitor by Alison Weir
All alone
145 books — 9 voters

The Girl with the Black and Blue Doll by Linda SummerseaEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanThe Rain Woman by Charlotte Morrow1984 by George OrwellBurial Rites by Hannah Kent
Protagonists Who Have No Friends
7 books — 6 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss
Hermits, Misanthropes, Shut-Ins and Recluses in Fiction
42 books — 5 voters

Deeper Relationship with God by Kerrie PriceThe Shining by Stephen KingWhere Echoes Die by Courtney GouldWhat the Woods Took by Courtney GouldStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Isolation, Seclusion and Solitude in Speculative Fiction
69 books — 4 voters
The Cardboard Crown by Clyde Robert BullaJuliet's Story by William TrevorA Dog So Small by Philippa PearceThe Invisible Boy by Trudy LudwigIt's MY Tree by Olivier Tallec
Loneliness in Children's Fiction
69 books — 3 voters

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