Beach Reads

A great beach read is light, fun, and uplifting. Celebrate summer with these feel-good books!

Updated May 28, 2024
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Beach bags and burglaries
Howell, Dorothy
Paper Book
Part-time sleuth and full-time fashionista Haley Randolph just won an all-expenses-paid vacay at the Rowan Resort, a ridiculously exclusive island getaway that caters to the whims of millionaires, royalty, and Hollywood A-listers. With her three BFF's--Marcie, Bella, and Sandy--along for the ride,...
Boyfriend material
Hall, Alexis J.
Paper Book
"It's a fun, frothy quintessentially British romcom about a certified chaos demon and a stern brunch daddy with a heart of gold faking a relationship."--New York Times bestselling author Talia Hibbert AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH Named a best book of the year by Oprah Magazine,...
The charm offensive : a novel
Cochrun, Alison
Paper Book
A MOST ANTICIPATED ROM-COM SELECTED BY * BUZZFEED * LGBTQ READS * BUSTLE * THE NERD DAILY * ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT * FROLIC MEDIA * AND MORE! A BEST BOOK PICK BY * HARPER'​S BAZAAR * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY ...
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Mack, Catherine.
Paper Book
Ten days. Eight suspects. Six cities. Five authors. Three bodies. One trip to die for. Eleanor Dash, bestselling author of the Vacation Mysteries series, is on a book tour along the gorgeous Amalfi Coast when life starts imitating art as her ex-boyfriend (and book...
The flatshare
O'Leary, Beth
Paper Book
What if your roommate is your soul mate? A joyful, quirky romantic comedy, Beth O'Leary's The Flatshare is a feel-good novel about finding love in the most unexpected of ways. Tiffy and Leon share an apartment. Tiffy and Leon have never met. ...
The fortunes of jaded women
Huynh, Carolyn
Paper Book
For fans of Amy Tan and Kevin Kwan, this sharp and tender debut follows a family of estranged Vietnamese women - cursed to never know love or happiness - as they reunite when a psychic makes a startling prediction.   Everyone in Orange County's Little Saigon...
The long weekend
Macmillan, Gilly
Paper Book
'Fast paced and incredibly compelling' Shari Lapena ___________________________________ By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend...
One summer
Baldacci, David.
Paper Book
David Baldacci delivers a moving, family drama about learning to love again after terrible heartbreak and loss in this classic New York Times bestseller. It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short...
People we meet on vacation
Henry, Emily
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers and Beach Read comes a sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall...
Pineapple street a novel
Jackson, Jenny (Editor)
Paper Book
A New York Times bestseller | A Good Morning America Book Club Pick Chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times | Time | NPR | USA Today | Elle | Harper's Bazaar | Town & Country | Vogue | BBC | POPSUGAR |...
Secluded cabin sleeps six
Unger, Lisa
Paper Book
The summer getaway
Mallery, Susan
Paper Book
One woman discovers the beauty in chaos in this poignant and heartwarming story about the threads that hold family together from #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery. With her divorce settlement about to run out and a mortgage she can't afford, Robyn Caldwell...
Summer of '69
Hilderbrand, Elin
Paper Book
Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of the '60s summer when everything changed in Elin Hilderbrand's #1 New York Times bestselling historical novel. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the twentieth century. It's 1969,...

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