A Long Summer Ahead: What Writers Are Reading As The Pandemic Goes On
Find recommendations for fantasy, poetry, new fiction, old fiction, comics, fairy tales and more, hand-picked by authors Ben Philippe, Jade Chang, Raina Telgemeier, Tess Taylor and Thomas Pierce.
by Justine Kenin
Jun 15, 2020
4 minutes
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What are you reading during the pandemic? We've been asking that question to a range of writers and they've responded with suggestions for fantasy, poetry, new fiction, old fiction, web comics, fairy tales and more. You can find recommendations below from Ben Philippe, Jade Chang, Raina Telgemeier, Tess Taylor and Thomas Pierce — and we'll add more as the summer goes on.
Ben Philippe Recommends The 'Animorphs' Series
During the pandemic, Ben Phillipe, author of has realized that all of his previous desert island lists (you know, the lists of books you'd take with you if you were stranded on a desert island) were "complete BS." Turns out, he's not rereading or Dostoevsky, but rather the children's fantasy series by K. A. Applegate — in
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