The Quarantine Reading List

For a bit of escapism…

Jessica Toale
4 min readApr 1, 2020
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We’re all facing the prospect of weeks, possibly months, at home, wondering what on earth we are going to keep ourselves busy with.

If you’ve already exhausted the recommendations on Netflix and Amazon Prime, picking up a book is a great way to transport yourself out this world to another.

I’m an avid reader and always have something on the go, so here’s what’s on my quarantine reading list — from new books I’ve been meaning to get to and old favourites that remind us just how lucky we are right now.

Dirty Havana Project by Pedro Juan Gutierrez

This is one of my all time favourite books. The writing is raw and presented in vignettes of the main character’s life in Havana. Reading this will remind us just how lucky we are, and give an insight into what its like to not be able to find bread or toilet paper on a regular basis.

Escape to this tropical island here.

House of Glass: The Story and Secrets of a 20th Century Jewish Family by Hadley Freeman

I read Hadley Freeman’s account of her struggle to write this book and uncover her family history and it compelled me to buy it. Not only is the story…

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Jessica Toale

Londoner. Traveller. Activist. Instagram: @jessica.toale