Hey,
Plsssss rec books (pref memoirs and biographies) on solitude or traveling the world . Anything related to being alone or a journey to find inner self/ contemplating life. ps: pls dont rec books like ‘cure loneliness through social connection’ thanks.
by Oil_Comprehensive
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The Alchemist- more philosophical – fiction
Shantaram – more gritty adventure – fiction
Birding Beyond Borders – more weird niche interesting – memoir
Three Weeks With My Brother – more sentimental – memoir
Walden by Henry David Thoreau is about solitude and politics
100 years of solitude starts as an travel book with a lot of world building and has a deeper meaning about solitude. This book has won the Nobel price in literature. The genre is Magical realism
The master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a classic and also an adventure book about a gang. It’s also magical realism.