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books that need to be read on the beach
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items these will transport you to places and settings that feel like the summer breeze, traveling, and everything in between
carley fortune knows how to write the perfect summer, the most PERFECT beach read
Our Perfect Storm | Barnes & Noble®
what it feels like to start over and start something new in such a beautiful way. women’s fiction mixed with a subplot of the sweetest romance
Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan
okay maybe this is basic but genuinely you can read this series in a week and then binge the show! perfect for people trying to get into reading too :)
The Complete Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy (Boxed Set)
this book has stuck with me for years. not only is this the perfect summer read because it’s set in the amalfi coast and you feel like you step right into it, but the magical realism and depiction of love and loss is one for the books
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle
yes it may have the word summer in it so it’s basic, but genuinely the perfect depiction of how love isn’t always this big, dramatic scene but it’s in the folds of every day life and how beautiful it is to have someone to do normal with
Just for the Summer
not a typical summer romance, but it’s etched with such beautiful wisdom and moments of life that everyone needs to read. it’s short and sweet to be read right on the beach
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
such a fun parallel on new love, old love, forbidden love, and how love at the end of the day is webbed in every way. not a typical emily henry read but loved it so much!
Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
if you want to pretend like you’re traveling this summer, read this book. amsterdam felt like a third character and i could picture everything so perfectly! such a fun romance too
What Happens in Amsterdam by Rachel Lynn Solomon
if you read any book, read this one. every girl needs to read this book!! feels like your older sister gave you her diary
Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir ― A NYT Bestselling ...
this one will make you question so much in life, but what do you do when your faced with two epic loves?
One True Loves: A Novel - Taylor Jenkins Reid
omg the rock and roll, the 70s, parties, drugs, drama, complicated love, and so much more! i read this in one day! bonus points because the tv show is just as good
Daisy Jones & The Six: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
thrillers always remind me of summer because i’m always craving an addicted book. this one was it! so fun and captivating and the second one just came out!
The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel (The Hannah Hall Series)
this has been my FAVORITE romance to date!!!
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
this is on my summer tbr and i’m so excited to get to it! a retelling of cain and abel and the dynamics of a family in ruins. themes of what is good and evil in this world
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
do i even need to say anything? just go buy ut
Every Summer After: Fortune, Carley
who doesn’t love a good cowboy romance?? genuinely such a fun setting and you feel like apart of the family as you read :)
Rebel Blue Ranch Series by Lyla Sage
this is on my summer tbr! you get the perspective of an octopus and that’s really what sold me
Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel
read this book to step into the time of NASA and the beginnings of space expeditions! so fun for that alone but it’s also such a beautiful way to depict how love doesn’t fit into a box
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid