100 Books to Read in Quarantine

As authorities continue to promote social distancing and shelter in place, our online community is finding a way to make time at home both productive and enriching. One activity the CDC recommends to reduce secondary traumatic stress, is to spend time reading a good book.

As the community shares their bookshelves and reading lists online, we pulled over 20 tweets and threads of book suggestions from writers, entrepreneurs, authors, designers, and everyday people.

Here is a master list of 100 books to read in quarantine:

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Every time I go to somebody’s house, I sneak a photo of their bookshelf.

This one’s pretty good.

🤫 pic.twitter.com/0LsdPIxjco

— ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴇʟʟ ✌ (@david_perell) November 14, 2019

NON-FICTION

Biography

1. Shoe Dog by. Phil Knight

2. Elon Musk by. Ashlee Vance

3. The Everything Store by. Brad Stone

4. Fighting for Space by. Amy Shira Teitel

Gonna toss my new book, Fighting for Space, into the mix! Female pilots, including the most decorated pilot of the 20th century Jackie Cochran, and their navigating America’s first steps into space. Totally true story, totally narrative-driven! https://t.co/he9aAl7Qen pic.twitter.com/DiQWqZGPtD

— Amy Shira Teitel (@AmyShiraTeitel) March 15, 2020

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5. The Right Stuff by. Tom Wolfe

6. Becoming by. Michelle Obama

7. Mamba Mentality by. Kobe Bryant

8. Born a Crime by. Trevor Noah

9. Rise of the Rocket Girls by. Nathalia Holt

10. The Glass Universe by. Dava Sobel

“Rise of the Rocket Girls” by Nathalie Holt tells the story of how JPL was formed and computers through the early space programs. I’m in the middle of my 3rd read through and fall in love with it more each time

— Madison Telles (@rocketmads) March 15, 2020

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Business

11. The Success Equation by. Michael J. Mauboussin

12. Driving Digital Strategy by. Sunil Gupta

13. Perspective on McKinsey & Company by. Marvin Bower

Who called them management consultants and not business doctors?

(https://t.co/OOu3SzCmRB.) pic.twitter.com/MqNM8vO5Vo

— Patrick Collison (@patrickc) March 7, 2020

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14. How to Win Friends and Influence People by. Dale Carnegie

15. Start with Why by. Simon Sinek

16. Emotional Intelligence by. Daniel Goleman

17. The Intelligent Investor by. Benjamin Graham

18. Zero to One by. Peter Thiel

19. The Lean Startup by. Eric Ries

20. Superforecasting by. Philip E. Tetlock

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Science & Technology

21. Sapiens by. Yuval Noah Harari

22. The Fabric of Reality by. David Deutsch

23. The Inevitable by. Kevin Kelly

24. The Beginning of Infinity by. David Deutsch

A rainy Saturday + a dash of self-imposed coronavirus quarantine = time to finally start reading a few of the books on my office shelf pic.twitter.com/kMK8QX0tsy

— Kim Zetter (@KimZetter) March 7, 2020

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25. Dawn of the Code War by. John P. Carlin

26. Cult of the Dead Cow by. Joseph Menn

27. The Hacker and the State by. Ben Buchanan

28. A Short History of Nearly Everything by. Bill Bryson

29. Packing for Mars by. Mary Roach

30. The Grand Design by. Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

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One of the bookshelves in my room. pic.twitter.com/lY4kEh375F

— ᴅᴀᴠɪᴅ ᴘᴇʀᴇʟʟ ✌ (@david_perell) January 18, 2020

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Self-help

31. The Power of Habit by. Charles Duhigg

32. The Art of Gathering by. Bernadette Dunne

33. Reboot by. Jerry Colonna

34. The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck by. Mark Manson

Finally finished “The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck” good quick read, slightly explicit with hints of psychological academic prowess

Highly recommend for airplane and free time reading

— Jac Li (@slowMO_tion) March 17, 2020

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35. Atomic Habits by. James Clear

36. 12 Rules for Life by. Jordan B. Peterson

37. Stillness Is the Key by. Ryan Holiday

38. The Obstacle Is the Way by. Ryan Holiday

39. GRIT by. Angela Duckworth

40. The Power of Now by. Eckhart Tolle

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To be fair, I played myself by only bringing home philosophy books. 😪

Some of the relaxing and meditative titles I have on-hand to peruse at my leisure include…

-The Essential Plato
-The Ethics of Ambiguity
-The Consolatio

And…

-The Tractatus!! 🥰

— ensleigh (@littlesleigh) March 16, 2020

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Philosophy

41. Man’s Search For Meaning by. Viktor E. Frankl

42. The Consolations of Philosophy by. Alain De Botton

Alain de Botton’s ‘The Consolations of Philosophy’ is my 2nd book recommendation.

Insightful and practical guide on six philosophers Socrates, Epicurus, Seneca, Montaigne, Schopenhauer & Nietzsche offering their wisdom on relevant difficulties affecting our daily lives. pic.twitter.com/n6kZlEGNBN

— Michel Lara (@VeraCausa9) March 16, 2020

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43. The Essential Plato by. Plato

44. Tyranny of Virtue by. Robert Boyers

45. Striking Thoughts by. Bruce Lee

46. Letters From a Stoic by. Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Quarantine Book List 📚
Retweet this Tweet with a picture of great books so we all have something to read during#COVIDー19. pic.twitter.com/yw0n7RAgN6

— Sven (@SvenSchnieders) March 14, 2020

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47. Beyond Good and Evil by. Friedrich Nietzsche

48. Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger by. Peter Bevelin

49. Siddhartha by. Hermann Hesse

50. Awareness by. Anthony De Mello

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The Booklist. As promised, design books every designer should read. Here are 25 books. Divided into 5 categories, with 5 books per category. And insight to what you’ll learn.

A Thread. | RT. pic.twitter.com/s2Bk5B9MEl

— Ogieriakhi Osasere (@sireosas) December 21, 2019

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‍Design

51. The Creative Habit by. Twyla Tharp

52. Proust was a Neuroscientist by. Jonah Lehrer

53. The Reflective Practitioner by. Donald A. Schon

I guess I should add some of my own…
The Creative Habit, Twyla Tharp
Proust was a Neuroscientist, Jonah Lehrer
The Reflective Practitioner, Donald Schön
Where Good Ideas Come From, Steven Johnson
Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff

— Dan Saffer (@odannyboy) April 10, 2019

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54. Where Good Ideas Come From by. Steven Johnson

55. Metaphors We Live By by. George Lakoff

56. The Accidental Creative by. Todd Henry

Creativity. 1-5. ↓

1/5.
The Accidental Creative. — Todd Henry.
You’ll learn in a quick, and entertaining read, how to generate brilliant ideas at a moment’s notice.

2/5.
Keep going. — Austin Kleon.
You’ll learn how to stay creative in good times and bad.

— Ogieriakhi Osasere (@sireosas) December 21, 2019

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57. Creative Confidence by. Tom Kelley and David Kelley

58. Thinking Fast and Slow by. Daniel Kahneman

59. Design of Everyday Things by. Don Norman

60. Don’t Make Me Think by. Steve Krug

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FICTION

Science

61. The Fated Sky by. Mary Robinette Kowal

62. The Calculating Stars by. Mary Robinette Kowal

Delta-V by Daniel Suarez is an awesome near future asteroid mining sci-fi

The Lady Astronaut series by @MaryRobinette is also awesome!

Currently my space book club is reading Red Moon by Kim Stanley Robinson. So far so good!

— Ian Burrell 🌎☄️💥 (@ian_burrellVT) March 15, 2020

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63. Delta-V by. Daniel Suarez

64. 1984 by. George Orwell

65. Machines Like Me by. Ian McEwan

66. Red Moon by. Kim Stanley Robinson

It’s so hard to choose! Some of my other favs are –
Nonfiction:
– The Right Stuff (Tom Wolfe) 👨‍🚀
– The Right Kind of Crazy (Adam Steltzner) 🚀🤖
Fiction:
– Light From Other Stars (Erika Swyler) ✨🍊
– Lady Astronaut series (Mary Robinette Kowal) 👩‍🚀

— Sherie ✨ (@AstroSherie) March 15, 2020

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67. Light From Other Stars by. Erika Swyler

68. The City in the Middle of the Night by. Charlie Jane Anders

69. The Light Brigade by. Kameron Hurley

70. Recursion by. Blake Crouch

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Fantasy

71. The Alchemist by. Paulo Coelho

72. The Starless Sea by. Erin Morgenstern

73. Middle Game by. Seanan McGuire

74. Ninth House by. Leigh Bardugo

75. The Winter of the Witch by. Katherine Arden

76. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by. Marlon James

77. Magic for Liars by. Sarah Gailey

If you’re stuck on the toilet because you didn’t buy enough toilet paper during this whole quarantine thing, you may as well entertain yourself with a fantasy book or three!https://t.co/rvUnvC1Olu

(my degree is not in marketing)#amreading #readingcommunity #indieauthor pic.twitter.com/IskqAuVAg7

— Sean R. Frazier, Murder Hobo (@TheCleftonTwain) March 13, 2020

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78. Descent Into Madness by. Sean R. Frazier

79. The Call of Chaos by. Sean R. Frazier

80. The Coming Storm by. Sean R. Frazier

Thriller

81. My Dark Vanessa by. Kate Elizabeth Russell

82. The Silent Patient by. Alex Michaelides

83. My Lovely Wife by. Samantha Downing

i’ve had some requests for books I’m reading right now // here’s what’s getting me through the quarantine. just finished The Night Tiger by @yangszechoo and it was just exceptional pic.twitter.com/lU8KpSBksH

— Sarafina Nance (@starstrickenSF) March 18, 2020

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84. The Kill Club by. Wendy Heard

85. The Lost Man by. Jane Harper

86. The Whisper Man by. Alex North

87. An Anonymous Girl by. Greer Hendricks

SELF-QUARANTINE BOOK CLUB, Day 4 – Young girls are disappearing from a Chicago amusement park in 1915. Fast-paced novel references the real murders in “Devil and the White City” from few years before. Hard not to love and cheer for the 14-year-old female protagonist. pic.twitter.com/GgJsVl8Cmd

— Tim Cowlishaw (@TimCowlishaw) March 14, 2020

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88. Curious Toys by. Elizabeth Hand

89. The Chain by. Adrian McKinty

90. My Sister, the Serial Killer by. Oyinkan Braithwaite

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My Sister thr Serial Killer: Just how far a sis will go to protect a sis 👀👀👀 pic.twitter.com/NoIH1sujao

— Cass Dyce (@Cass2896) March 16, 2020

Romance

91. Call Me By Your Name by. André Aciman

92. Love Her or Lose Her by. Tessa Bailey

The quarantine home office has been setup, the ancient laptop if updating, and there’s a pile of romance books to read (or re-read!) when I’m feeling a bit sad, as a treat. pic.twitter.com/YWpYUzcJpR

— Eric Smith (@ericsmithrocks) March 15, 2020

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93. The Wedding Date by. Jasmine Guillory

94. Red, White, & Royal Blue by. Casey McQuiston

95. Get a Life, Chloe Brown by. Talia Hibbert

Historical

96. The Night Tiger by. Yangsze Choo

97. The Mercies by. Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Today I am making the long drive from Maine back to Chicago. Yesterday in Portland I was able to stock up on some good books to read while in self imposed quarantine when I get home… pic.twitter.com/aAmbBdJcfs

— Laura Jane Grace (@LauraJaneGrace) March 13, 2020

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98. All the Light We Cannot See by. Anthony Doerr

99. The Last Days of Pompeii by. Edward Bulwer Lytton

100. Daisy Jones and the Six by. Taylor Jenkins Reid

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