It’s hardly so simple.

In thisnew EW series, staffers discuss how they’re coping with experiences of anxiety and isolation through books.

Guys, I reada lot.

Station Eleven

Credit: Knopf Doubleday

Partly because I like to, partly because my job here at EW requires it of me.

Over the following week-plus, I tried in vain to get back on track.

I returned toFriends & Strangers, fruitlessly, over and over.

I turned to Amy Chozick’sChasing Hillaryin the hopes of harnessing (clinging to?)

The solution, it turns out, was to lean into the pandemic panic.

Are you hooked yet?

I’ve been thinking a lot about that.

And, on a less grandiose level, it’s simply a great book.