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Solitude Books
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Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.77 — 207,539 ratings — published 1854
Solitude: A Return to the Self (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,369 ratings — published 1988
The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (Audio CD)
by (shelved 43 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.91 — 90,396 ratings — published 2017
Journal of a Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.13 — 6,406 ratings — published 1973
Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,132 ratings — published 2003
A Book of Silence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,443 ratings — published 2008
The Art of Being ALONE: Solitude Is My HOME, Loneliness Was My Cage (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 26 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,940 ratings — published 2023
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 24 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,216,474 ratings — published 1996
The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.92 — 35,968 ratings — published 2016
Where the Crawdads Sing (ebook)
by (shelved 21 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.37 — 3,753,361 ratings — published 2018
Walden & Civil Disobedience (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.93 — 39,519 ratings — published 1849
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.12 — 1,137,516 ratings — published 1967
Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.65 — 2,207 ratings — published 2017
How to Be Alone (The School of Life)
by (shelved 18 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.32 — 2,118 ratings — published 2014
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.07 — 483,180 ratings — published 2012
Thoughts in Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.03 — 3,497 ratings — published 1956
The Wall (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.98 — 43,011 ratings — published 1963
The Art of Solitude (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.60 — 1,134 ratings — published
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.05 — 642,694 ratings — published 1995
Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.27 — 130,763 ratings — published 1929
Desert Solitaire (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.18 — 55,823 ratings — published 1968
Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.20 — 545,923 ratings — published 2020
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,358,355 ratings — published 1952
Solitude: A Philosophical Encounter (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.52 — 33 ratings — published 1994
At the Center of All Beauty: Solitude and the Creative Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.81 — 639 ratings — published 2020
An Unnecessary Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.83 — 14,582 ratings — published 2013
Hermits; The Insights of Solitude (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.77 — 163 ratings — published 1996
Stoner (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.36 — 287,408 ratings — published 1965
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.07 — 883,411 ratings — published 2012
A Pelican in the Wilderness: Hermits, Solitaries, and Recluses (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.47 — 145 ratings — published 2002
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,477,738 ratings — published 2017
Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, and the Pleasures of Solitude (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.47 — 2,962 ratings — published 2018
Gift from the Sea (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.13 — 57,932 ratings — published 1955
A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.90 — 21,591 ratings — published 2005
The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,492,543 ratings — published 1942
Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.38 — 2,963 ratings — published 2012
The Book of Disquiet (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.39 — 39,471 ratings — published 1982
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.59 — 605,336 ratings — published 2018
Silence: In the Age of Noise (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.76 — 14,135 ratings — published 2016
Leave Me Alone! (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.23 — 4,488 ratings — published 2016
A Room of One’s Own (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.22 — 275,682 ratings — published 1929
Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.61 — 7,822 ratings — published 1782
Solitude: Seeking Wisdom in Extremes: A Year Alone in the Patagonia Wilderness (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.49 — 570 ratings — published 2008
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.07 — 30,670 ratings — published 1974
Convenience Store Woman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.66 — 400,749 ratings — published 2016
Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,955 ratings — published 2004
Siddhartha (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.09 — 905,293 ratings — published 1922
On Solitude (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.62 — 1,192 ratings — published 1580
To the Lighthouse (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 3.81 — 223,108 ratings — published 1927
The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as solitude)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,103 ratings — published 1928
“Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it's not because they enjoy solitude. It's because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.”
― Essays and Aphorisms
― Essays and Aphorisms












