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Ask HN: Best Escapism Books

3 pointsby caseyf7almost 5 years ago
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.

2 comments

barbealmost 5 years ago
anything 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
emersonrsantosalmost 5 years ago
Try Oscar Wilde, if you like victorian english high society and their affairs.