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Elin Hilderbrand writes stories with universal themes in beautiful settings. If you're looking for more stories of family, love, illness, friendship and relationships in plush settings try one of these authors.


Updated August 3, 2023
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The homewreckers : a novel
Andrews, Mary Kay
Paper Book
Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love. "Andrews (The Newcomer) sparkles in this fast-paced tale. Andrews's fans will eat this up." --Publishers Weekly "A fun story...
The beach trap
Brady, Ali
Paper Book
When twelve-year-olds Kat Steiner and Blake O'Neill meet at Camp Chickawah, they have an instant connection. But everything falls apart when they learn they re not just best friends - they're also half-sisters. Fifteen years later when their father dies suddenly, Kat and Blake discover he's left...
A family affair
Carr, Robyn
Paper Book
Life's biggest dilemmas can provide its sweetest rewards Anna McNichol knows how to take charge. Raised by a single mother, she's worked to ensure her three children have every advantage she didn't. And while her marriage has its problems, she values commitment and...
The cafe by the sea : a novel
Colgan, Jenny
Paper Book
The beloved author of The Bookshop on the Corner returns with a sparkling, sunny, soulful new novel perfect for fans of Elin Hilderbrand. Years ago, Flora fled the quiet Scottish island where she grew up -- and she hasn't looked back. What would she have done on Mure? It's a...
The paper palace
Cowley Heller, Miranda
Paper Book
REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE THE PAPER PALACE IS: "Filled with secrets, love, lies and a summer beach house. What more could you ask?"--Parade "A...
Hello, Sunshine : a novel
Dave, Laura
Paper Book
"A clever beach bag must-have" (People) from Laura Dave--the author of the "addictive" (Us Weekly) and critically acclaimed bestseller Eight Hundred Grapes--"a smart, fun read about trying to live an authentic life in the age of social media overload" (PopSugar). ...
A week at the shore
Delinsky, Barbara
Paper Book
In A Week at the Shore, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky explores how lives and relationships are forever changed when three sisters reunite at their family Rhode Island beach house. One phone call is all it takes to lure real estate...
A week at the shore
Delinsky, Barbara
Paper Book
In A Week at the Shore, New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky explores how lives and relationships are forever changed when three sisters reunite at their family Rhode Island beach house. One phone call is all it takes to lure real estate...
The way we weren't
Fox, Phoebe
Paper Book
When Marcie Malone drives from Georgia to the southwestern shore of Florida without a plan and wakes up in a stranger's home, she doesn't seem to know anymore. Heartbroken over the man she thought she could count on, Marcie leaves him behind, along with her whole life, and finds she has nowhere to...
Meant to be : a novel
Giffin, Emily
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * He's American royalty. She comes from a troubled past. Is their love story meant to be? This "lively page-turner" (The New York Times) offers a nostalgic, hopelessly romantic escape--from the author of Something Borrowed and The Lies...
The bookshop at water's end
Henry, Patti Callahan
Paper Book
Bonny Blankenship's most treasured memories are of idyllic summers spent in Water's End, South Carolina, with her best friend, Lainey McKay. Until the night that Lainey's mother disappeared. After a tragic mistake that threatens her career as an ER doctor, with her marriage crumbling around her,...
The mother-in-law
Hepworth, Sally
Paper Book
* "Deliciously entertaining!" --People Magazine's "People Pick" * Entertainment Weekly's "MUST List" * O Magazine's "15 Best Beach Books of the Year So Far" * Bustle "Best Book of April" * ...
Life and other inconveniences
Higgins, Kristan
Paper Book
"A heart-wrenching page-turner told with warmth and humor."--People Magazine (Pick of the Week)    "A rich testament to the power of second chances."--Women's World A Publishers Weekly and USA Today Bestseller! From the...
The secret life of bees
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Paper Book
The multi-million bestselling novel about a young girl's journey towards healing and the transforming power of love, from the award-winning author of The Invention of Wings and The Book of Longings Set in South Carolina in 1964, The Secret Life of Bees tells...
Summer stage : a novel
Moore, Meg Mitchell
Paper Book
"I adored this summer novel! My favorite beach reads are written by Meg Mitchell Moore, and Summer Stage is her brand new smash hit. If you like my books, you'll love this!" --Elin Hilderbrand From the bestselling author of Vacationland, a spirited summer page-turner following a...
One day
Nicholls, David
Paper Book
NOW A NETFLIX SERIES  * NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * TWO PEOPLE. ONE DAY. TWENTY YEARS. * What starts as a fleeting connection between two strangers soon becomes a deep bond that spans decades. *  "[An] instant classic. . . . One of the most ...emotionally riveting...
Malibu rising : a novel
Reid, Taylor Jenkins
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Featured on Today * From the author of Carrie Soto Is Back, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo . . . "Irresistible . . . High drama at the beach,...
Bad summer people
Rosenblum, Emma
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * Emma Rosenblum's Bad Summer People is a whip-smart, propulsive debut about infidelity, backstabbing, and murderous intrigue, set against an exclusive summer haven on Fire Island. "This roiling beach community satire serves up wicked,...
The last resort
Stapley, Marissa
Paper Book
From the author of Lucky, A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK! NAMED ONE OF 2019'S BEST BEACH READS BY Oprah Magazine * New York Post * PopSugar * The Globe and Mail FEATURED IN Us Weekly * Parade * Hollywood Reporter * Chatelaine ...
All adults here
Straub, Emma
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK! "In a time when all we want is hope, it's a beautiful book to reach for." -Jenna Bush Hager "Brimming with kindness, forgiveness, humor and love and yet (magically) also a page...
Friends and strangers
Sullivan, J. Courtney
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A TODAY SHOW #ReadWithJenna BOOK CLUB PICK An insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the bestselling author of Maine and...
All the days of summer : a novel
Thayer, Nancy
Paper Book
A woman's second act on the island of Nantucket delivers much more than she expected in this captivating novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer. "A beautiful, hope-filled, heartwarming story about new beginnings and second chances."-RaeAnne Thayne,...
Big summer : a novel
Weiner, Jennifer
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Sexy and satisfying, Big Summer is the perfect quarantine read." --USA TODAY "The beach read to end all beach reads." --Entertainment Weekly "Big fun, and then some. It's...

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