Touchstone
Laurie R. King
1993 · 2013 edition
560 pages
The most popular loneliness books
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.
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Rotters
Daniel Kraus
Published 2011
464 pages
A Little Wanting Song
Cath Crowley
Published 2010
265 pages
Summer Breeze
Catherine Anderson
Published 2006
432 pages
Homesick My Own Story
Jean Fritz
1982 · 1986 edition
176 pages
Thoughts in Solitude
Thomas Merton
1983 · 1998 edition
129 pages
Caribou Island
[author not identified]
Published 2011
293 pages
Boot & Shoe
Marla Frazee
Published 2012
30 pages
The Outsider
Colin Wilson
1970 · 2001 edition
320 pages
Bluebird
Bob Staake
Published 2013
40 pages
Grief Cottage A Novel
Gail Godwin
Published 2017
324 pages
Going Solo The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
Eric Klinenberg
2012 · 2013 edition
288 pages
Alone
Richard Evelyn Byrd
1984 · 2015 edition
340 pages
And the Birds Rained Down
Jocelyne Saucier, Ann Noble, Bo Foxworth, Robertson Dean, Kathleen Gati, Kimberly Farr, Rhonda Mullins
2012 · 2013 edition
176 pages
Ben, in the World
Doris Lessing
2000 · 2001 edition
208 pages
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore.
Benjamin Hale
Published 2011
578 pages
Everything for a Dog
Ann M. Martin, David Pittu
Published 2009
224 pages
Whispering Shadows (Rising Dragon)
Jan-Philipp Sendker
2007 · 2015 edition
352 pages
Cold Skin
Albert Sánchez Piñol
2005 · 2016 edition
233 pages
Alone Time Four Seasons, Four Cities and the Pleasures of Solitude
Stephanie Rosenbloom
2018 · 2019 edition
288 pages
Acme Novelty Library #20
Chris Ware
Published 2010
72 pages
The Sister A Novel
Poppy Adams
Published 2008
273 pages
The Outsider
Richard Wright
1972 · 2008 edition
672 pages
The Life to Come
Michelle de Kretser
2017 · 2018 edition
352 pages