We’ve put together the ultimate list of books to read in self-isolation. Whilst you do your bit and stay at home, whether in quarantine or practicing social distancing, it’s a great time to reacquaint with your TBR pile. This list of books to read in self-isolation is an accumulation of members’ favourites over at Beth’s Book Club.
42 Books to Read in Self-Isolation & Quarantine
Thrillers
- The DI Adam Fawley Series by Cara Hunter
- I See You by Clare Mackintosh
- I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes
- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Here to Stay by Mark Edwards
- Blood Orange by Harriet Tyce
Non-Fiction
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
- Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig
- Educated by Tara Westover
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Comedy, Chick Lit & Romance
- The Flat Share by Beth O’Leary
- The Rosie Project Series by Graeme Simsion
- Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
- Our Stop by Laura Jane Williams
- A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman
- PS, I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

42 Books to Read in Self Isolation and Quarantine by Beth’s Book Club
Fiction (Other)
- A Little Life by Tanya Yanagihara
- The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
- Only Child by Rhiannon Navin
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Historical Fiction
- The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
- The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Anne Shaffer & Annie Barrows
- Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes
- The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
Fantasy & Drama Fiction
- The Harry Potter Series by J K Rowling
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
Classics
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Collins
- Nineteen Eighty Four by George Orwell
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Which books are you hoping to read whilst in self-isolation or quarantine?
