Engage or escape? Here are some recommendations for bizarre times.

Novel: Liquid Snakes — Stephen Kearse

Novel: The Best We Could Hope For — Nicola Kraus

Novel: Welcome to Murder Week — Karen Dukess

Memoir: Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop— Paula Whyman

Encouragement: Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change — Maggie Smith

Non-Fiction: The Premonition: A Pandemic Story — Michael Lewis

Movie: Materialists — Celine Song

Podcast: The Call Is Coming From Inside the Court — Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick

Essay: America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This — Casey Michel

Essay: The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict — Yair Rosenberg

TV: The Flight Attendant — Steve Yockey

TV: Her Majesty — Borja Cobeaga, Diego San José