Books To Read While In Quarantine

Remember that book shelf you’ve got staring at you from the corner of your living room? I’m sure there’s loads of books on there you said you’d read “if you had the time”. Thanks to the coronavirus leaving everyone with ample time on their hands, you can finally get started on that literature backlog you’ve been building up over the years.

And just in case you’ve finished that entire book shelf, allow me to give you some suggestions for books you could read to get through the quarantine.

The Handmaid’s Tale (Margaret Atwood)

I mean, it’s a good TV show, but the book adds lots of extra’s that will leave you wanting to read more and more pages to get through it as fast as you can. Also, don’t forget that there’s a sequel to the book that recently came out, so this might be the perfect time to scratch this one off the list.

The Martian (Andy Weir)

If you want to read the manual to social distancing and living in isolation, what better way to do it than read the story of a scientist who gets stuck on Mars and tries to survive until he can be rescued. It’s a hilarious book, much like the movie, and it has a very unique style to it.

1984 (George Orwell)

With more and more countries contemplating the development of a Covid-19 app on your phone that would track your movements and which people you’ve come into contact with, it seems like as good a time as any to read George Orwell’s dystopian sci-fi novel about a society where every move you make is watched by the government.