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