Virus/Summer Book Recommendations

Absurdity and the Virus:

  • Joseph

    • The Plague - Camus

    • Galapagos and Slapstick - Vonnegut

  • Carina:

    • Not a book, but The Myth of Sisyphus - Camus

    • And the Band Played On- Randy Shilts

Social Distancing Depression:

  • Joseph

    • Notes from the Underground - Dostoevsky

    • No Exit - Sartre

  • Nyssa

    • Kite Runner - Hosseini

  • Carina

    • Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky 

    • Till We Have Faces - C.S. Lewis

Searching for Higher Meaning:

  • Joseph

    • The Alchemist - Coelho

    • Tao of Pooh - Hoff

  • Carina

    • Catch 22- Heller

    • Siddhartha - Hesse

    • Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine - Alan Lightman

  • Benjamin

    • Gitanjali - Tagore

    • Utopia - More

The Heartwarming, Inspiring, and Reflective:

  • Joseph

    • The Water is Wide - Conroy

  • Nyssa

    • Tokyo Ueno Station - Yu Miri

  • Olivia

    • The Perks of Being a Wallflower

  • Carina

    • Catcher in the Rye - Salinger

    • Slouching Towards Bethlehem- Joan Didion

Relatively Mindless:

  • Nyssa

    • Crazy Rich Asians - Kwan

  • Carina

    • Quesadillas- A Novel - Juan Pablo 

Source Material for the Next Binge:

  • Joseph

    • Watchmen - Moore

    • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Doyle

    • The Handmaid's Tale - Atwood

  • Carina

    • Little Fires Everywhere

    • You/ Hidden Bodies - Caroline Kepnes



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