Beach Reads for Teens

Updated May 29, 2025
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Hurricane summer
Bromfield, Asha
Audiobook
When we had summer
Castle, Jennifer
Ebook
Along for the ride : a novel
Dessen, Sarah.
Audiobook
Sarah Dessen's New York Times best-selling books are hits with young people and critics for their frank honesty and moving portraits of the teenage experience. Meet Auden, a young lady struggling with her parents' divorce. Escaping from under her demanding mother's heel, Auden goes to live with her...
Hot dog girl
Dugan, Jennifer
Ebook
A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement park. Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: ...
The summer of bitter and sweet
Ferguson, Jenny
Paper Book
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person--and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth. A William...
The summer I turned pretty
Han, Jenny.
Paper Book
Now a blockbuster original series on Prime Video! Will Belly choose Jeremiah or Conrad? Belly has an unforgettable summer in this stunning start to the Summer I Turned Pretty series from the New York Times bestselling author of To All the Boys I've Loved Before...
Love from scratch
Hill, Kaitlyn
Ebook
Rival interns with sizzling chemistry in and out of the kitchen? That's a recipe for love.   "Sweet and satisfying!"--Jenna Evans Welch, New York Times bestselling author of Love & Gelato This summer, Reese Camden is trading sweet tea and Southern...
Tokyo ever after
Jean, Emiko
Paper Book
Emiko Jean's New York Times bestseller and Reese Book Club Pick Tokyo Ever After is the "refreshing, spot-on" (Booklist, starred review) story of an ordinary Japanese American girl who discovers that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan! Izumi Tanaka...
We were liars
Lockhart, E.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW STREAMING ON PRIME VIDEO * LOOK FOR THE LATEST NOVEL IN THE WE WERE LIARS UNIVERSE, WE FELL APART! The modern, sophisticated suspense novel that became a runaway smash hit on TikTok and introduced the world to a family hiding a jaw...
Second chance summer
Matson, Morgan.
Ebook
For the first printing only! This paperback features stenciled sprayed edges while the special edition supply lasts. New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson's celebrated novel about hope in the face of heartbreak now has a beautiful new look! ...
American royals
McGee, Katharine
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES * What if America had a royal family? If you can't get enough of Harry and Meghan or Kate and William, meet American princesses Beatrice and Samantha. Crazy Rich Asians meets The Crown. Perfect for fans of Red, White, and Royal Blue<...
I Kissed Shara Wheeler: A Novel
McQuiston, Casey
Paper Book
*INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *INSTANT #1 INDIE BESTSELLER* *INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you...
XOXO
Oh, Axie
Paper Book
Jenny's never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk. A modern forbidden romance wrapped in the glamorous and exclusive world...
Stuck up & stupid
Rice, Angourie
Ebook
See you yesterday
Solomon, Rachel Lynn
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller! From the author of Today Tonight Tomorrow comes a magical, "emotionally savvy[,] and genuinely romantic" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) story in the vein of Groundhog Day about a girl forced to relive her...
Night swimming
Starmer, Aaron
Paper Book
From the author of Spontaneous comes a '90s mixtape of a young adult novel that delivers a summer romance with an unearthly twist. Perfect for fans of The Gravity of Us. "Starmer's eerie love story is spooky, sad, and sweetly funny--a highly original '90s retro mixtape...
Love & gelato
Welch, Jenna Evans
Paper Book
Now a movie streaming on Netflix! A New York Times bestseller A summer in Italy turns into a road trip across Tuscany in this sweeping debut novel filled with romance, mystery, and adventure. Lina is spending the summer in Tuscany, but she...

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