April 8, 2020 9:05 AM PT Share Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URLCopied! Print Books ‘IQ’ author Joe Ide recommends insomnia reading and listening in quarantine The author of the ‘IQ’ detective series finds John Le Carré audiobooks soothing — but not Zooming with his brothers or reading Goodreads reviews.May 11, 2020 Books Ivy Pochoda quarantines with Cormac McCarthy, Dr. Seuss and gymnastics videos In our latest quarantine diary, the author of ‘These Women’ digs ‘Blood Meridian’ but can’t get enough of Laura Ingalls Wilder.May 28, 2020 Books Charles Yu quarantines with disaster blockbusters, Wong Kar-wai and ‘Ozark’ The author, most recently, of “Interior Chinatown” opts for “Independence Day,” a slew of inspiring novels, “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Ozark.”May 5, 2020 Books A sidelined novelist copes with deadlines, dread and family in quarantine Anna Solomon, whose novel “The Book of V.” comes out next week, juggles writing, building rafts and book promotion in a void in our latest diaryApril 30, 2020 Books Quarantined Stephanie Danler works in bed and wages a ‘subtle music war’ with her family The author of “Sweetbitter” juggles child care and promoting her new L.A. area memoir, “Stray,” reads poetry and takes solace in “The Office.”April 27, 2020 Books Lionel Shriver is grateful for pandemic quarantine (no she isn’t) The author of “We Need to Talk About Kevin” lives that perfect, self-improving quarantine life (or maybe gets drunk and watches British reality TV).April 23, 2020 Books Laura Lippman comforts herself with old YA, actor Venn diagrams and costume selfies What crime novelist Laura Lippman is reading and watching in quarantineApril 21, 2020 Books Mom, 13 cats, Bogart, a restless dog and no WiFi: Rick Bragg self-isolates in Alabama The journalist has plenty of space in Alabama, but it still gets lonesome. Luckily there’s Larry McMurtry, Humphrey Bogart and Jerry Lee Lewis.April 18, 2020 Books Home wrestling, masked dinners and lots of books: Kevin Wilson’s Tennessee quarantine diary The author of “Nothing to See Here” enjoys BennY RevivaL, furniture-breaking wrestling moves and lots of books in his quarantine diary.April 13, 2020 Books Quarantined film critic David Thomson loves ‘Ozark,’ sours on ‘Paris, Texas’ Thomson, the author of dozens of books including “The Biographical Dictionary of Film,” binges on “Ozark” and Godard but finds “L’Avventura” a drag.April 15, 2020 Books Alexander McCall Smith reads up on solitude — and shares a new song — from Scotland quarantine In his quarantine diary, “No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” author Alexander McCall Smith writes lyrics, reads Auden and watches “Brideshead Revisited.”April 9, 2020 What Susan Straight is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine What Rigoberto González is reading, hearing and watching in quarantine Mystery author Charles Finch gets stoned, masters Steely Dan and becomes a “candle guy” Quarantined Laila Lalami tries “Middlemarch,” falls asleep with “The Bell Jar” instead Steph Cha binges “Six Feet Under” and reads kindred authors to feel less alone
