The most popular loneliness books of 2021

Books about loneliness understand what it is to feel apart. A character lives alone in a big city, drifts from old friends or sits unseen in a crowded room. These novels and essays are tender and often funny, and they tend to end with a connection that matters. This list shows the ones first published in 2021.

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Cabin Fever
Cover of Cabin Fever

Cabin Fever

Paul Crawford, Jamie Orion Crawford

Published 2021

168 pages

An Orphan World
Cover of An Orphan World

An Orphan World

Giuseppe Caputo, Sophie Hughes, Juana Adcock

Published 2021

218 pages

Lonely Maria
Cover of Lonely Maria

Lonely Maria

Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

Published 2021

52 pages

Ulysses
Cover of Ulysses

Ulysses

James Joyce

Published 2021

790 pages