Reading during a pandemic? There are stranger things. But seriously, how can one possibly find the concentration to read—and then enjoy—reading a book for prolonged periods of time when the world outside often feels like it's burning? How can you lose yourself in a story when your own problems are so glaringly present? May I submit to you that one of the absolute joys of reading fiction is the ability to tap into your child-like creativity and lose yourself in a story? Similarly, non-fiction allows us to plunge deep into a new subject and learn, allowing us to emerge better off than we were before. In my own struggle to take back reading for myself after months of drudgery reading books I was obligated to, here are five of my ...