These are Margaret Atwood's reads for while on lockdown

Apr 7, 2020

Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood's recommended reads for a pandemic. Image: ActuaLitté

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Margaret Atwood recommends Agatha Christie detective novels for anyone looking for a comforting read.

Cover art for Edna O'Brien’s trilogy The Country Girls, Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence and The Complete Novels of Jane Austen

Margaret Atwood's recommended romantic reads for a pandemic

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Margaret Atwood's recommended comic books if you need a laugh.

Cover art for the books 1491 by Charles Mann, Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, and Rats, Lice, and History by Hans Zinnser.

Margaret Atwood recommends three historical non-fiction books for anyone seeking more information about plagues.

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Margaret Atwood has written about pandemics, too.

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