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Ask HN: Best Escapism Books
I need a book to escape the monotony of COVID-19. Thinking of something like a lost at sea story, but open to your suggestions. HN readers always have the best recommendations.
- afascist123 6y agoWhy not start with the tome of "Covid is a Lie" written beautifully by the late A.W.All. You could also try the excellent "1984" written by the since canceled George Orwell.
- emersonrsantos 6y agoTry Oscar Wilde, if you like victorian english high society and their affairs.
- barbe 6y agoanything by Carl Hiassan. Geoerges Simenon the short stories of Somerset Maughm, John Collier, Graham Greene, Roald Dahl A Dandy in Aspic by Derek Marlowe My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell My Sister Eileen by Ruth McKenney anything by Ben MacIntyre, Erik Larson Orchid Fever by Eric Hansen The Food Explorer by Dahiel Stone