Complete your vacation with our ultimate list of summer beach reads. Let’s dive into 24 book recommendations with summer vibes for your next getaway!
Romance Books
Places We've Never Been by Kasie West
Norah and her childhood best friend, Skyler, embark on a cross-country RV road trip. As they spend the summer traveling together, their friendship turned rivalry unexpectedly is turning into something more.
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Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay
Samantha Gale is a ghostwriter who is dreading her time in a small beach town before she falls for the local surf instructor. As they get to know each other, Sam discovers that her own life might be the story worth writing.
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Seven Summers by Paige Toon
Liv and Finn, who met years ago while working in Cornwall, made a pact to reunite every summer if they were single. When Liv meets Tom, she has to choose between her past with Finn and a potential new future with Tom.
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Love and Hot Chicken by Mary Liza Hartong
PJ Spoon returns home to Tennessee after her father’s funeral and impulsively takes a job at the local "Chickie Shak" to help her mother. There, she meets Boof, a musician with whom she’ll investigate a local mystery during the town's pageant with.
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The Ex Vows by Jessica Joyce
Childhood sweethearts turned enemies are forced to reunite for a wedding. As they tackle the tasks at hand, they start to wonder if their breakup was a mistake.
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The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh
Kelsey Anderson decides to challenge herself by saying "yes" to every opportunity that comes her way for an entire summer, leading to a potential romance.
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Sunkissed by Kasie West
Avery is stuck on a family vacation at a remote summer camp with no phone service, but things change when she meets Brooks, a charming boy who works there.
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Beach Cute by Beth Reekles
Luna, Rory, and Jodie meet at a mandatory digital detox resort, each hoping to escape a recent breakup, family expectations, and general life uncertainty.
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Stars, Stripes & Summer Nights by Celeste Dador
After a media scandal forces First Daughter Abby to retreat to a small-town inn, she must work with Gabriel, a local photographer, as they work together to save his family's Fourth of July festival.
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The QB Summer and Me by Tay Marley
Dallas Dubois is just trying to survive her final summer before college without any drama, but that plan changes when she encounters a local star quarterback.
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Thriller & Mystery Books
One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke
A group of friends goes on a bachelorette trip to a Greek island. However, secrets and tensions boil over, and the trip ultimately ends in a murder.
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Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum
In the beach town of Salcombe, the perfect facade of the community begins to crack when a body is discovered after a storm.
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Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding
After Sydney and Curtis Lowe retreat to a remote Spanish villa to mend their marriage following Curtis's infidelity, they impulsively invite an Australian couple to stay with them. Once in, they won’t leave.
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What We Did to Survive by Megan Lally
Four teens on a spring break sailing trip in Mexico find themselves trapped in a storm, both at sea and within their own group.
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The Counselors by Jessica Goodman
Goldie returns to Camp Alpine Lake for her final summer as a counselor, hoping to keep the secrets she shares with her best friends, Imogen and Ava, hidden. When a camper is found dead in the lake, Goldie must investigate to protect herself and her friends before the killer strikes again.
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Honeysuckle and Bone by Trisha Tobias
Carina Marshall flees her past to work as an au pair for the wealthy Hall family at their Jamaican estate, only to discover the mansion may be haunted.
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Contemporary Books
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
After an unexpected affair with her childhood friend Jonas at her family’s summer camp, Elle is forced to choose between the stable life she has built with her husband, Peter, and Jonas she has known since childhood.
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My Magnolia Summer by Victoria Benton Frank
Maggie gets called home to the Lowcountry to help her grandmother run the family restaurant. She discovers if she can truly return to the life she left behind.
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The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin
Four best friends make a pact in college to achieve certain life milestones by a specific age, but life rarely goes to plan. As they reach the deadline, they are forced to reevaluate their friendship, their choices, and what true happiness looks like.
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Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams
This dual-timeline story follows a contemporary woman in New England and a Hungarian refugee in 1950s Cairo, linked by a mysterious heirloom.
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Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Rocky spends a week in Cape Cod with her parents and nearly grown children, struggling with her role as a middle-aged mother and daughter. Throughout the trip, she navigates menopause and secrets she is finally ready to confront.
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Slanting Towards the Sea by Lidija Hilje
Set against a Mediterranean backdrop, this story explores the complex connections between characters dealing with longing and memory. It delves into the intimate, often unspoken, threads that link people together across time and space.
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The Names by Florence Knapp
In the wake of a storm, Cora faces a life-altering decision when her controlling husband, Gordon, demands she name their newborn son after him. Spanning thirty-five years, the story explores three alternate versions of the lives of Cora, her son, and her daughter, Maia, as they are shaped by that choice.
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That Which Feeds Us by Keala Kendall
After her twin sister Ohia goes missing at the secluded Kōpaʻa Island Resort, Lehua travels to the island to track her down, only to find herself stranded and cut off from help. As she investigates, Lehua must investigate the resort's dark plantation history.
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