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Summer Reads with Summer Vibes

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Anjali Kay

Looking for something to read this summer? Here are some books that are either set in summer or, for some reason, give me summery vibes. I've read a bunch of these, but not all of them. :)

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YA Summer Books

Adult Summer Books

YA Summer Books

Books for Young Adults

While not specifically SET in summer, it gives me summer vibes for some reason.

“Anna is looking forward to her senior year in Atlanta, where she has a great job, a loyal best friend, and a crush on the verge of becoming more. Which is why she is less than thrilled about being shipped off to boarding school in Paris--until she m...

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins

It's in the title, friend. Haha. But this is a fun summery YA book, and when you're done you can check out the series if you haven't already.

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

Not specifically summer, but again, summer vibes. Another one where you can read the book/s and then check out the movies.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han

“It was Sloane who yanked Emily out of her shell and made life 100% interesting. But right before what should have been the most epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. All she leaves behind is a to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-inspired tasks that Em...

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favourite Young Adult Fiction in 2014

Since You've Been Gone by Morgan Matson

I loved this book when I read it back in 2015, and it was a joy to re-live the story when it was released as a tv show. A lot of fun!

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Is this a throwback? Absolultely. But I have to include because even though the pants move through the season, it feels like a light hearted, fun, summery read.

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares

“This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won’t give into temptation. This summer will be different.”

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favorite Romance in 2024

This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

Five friends take one last European summer trip before life pulls them apart. Think trains, cities, friendship drama, and that bittersweet “end of an era” feeling.

The Summer of Us by Ceclia Vinesse

Summer in tuscany? Yes please. While this is a sadder story, it's summer in Italy so … you know.

Also a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favourite Young Adult Fiction in 2016.

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

This was a super cute book! I believe it might be becoming a movie, too?

Summer in the City by Alex Aster

Adult Summer Books

Summer books for Adults

A classic Nicholas Spark story set in the summer. And it's a movie so you can double down on the story.

“Seventeen-year-old Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller’s life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especiall...

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks

Set in Spain during the summer, this is a fake dating at a wedding situation which was a lot of fun. Very summery, very vacay vibes.

The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas

You might have already seen the movie (which was pretty good!) but the book is just as cute.

Goodreads Choice Award Winner for Readers' Favourite Romance in 2021.

People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

It's all in the title surely? Haha but this is a fun Emily Henry that is a summery, beach housey, writing vibes romance.

Beach Read by Emily Henry

While the tone of this book isn't light-hearted, summery vibes, for some reason I can see someone reading this on a beach chair, ya know?

It's a goodie, and another one you can read and then watch the movie.

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

A woman travels to the Amalfi Coast after her mother’s death and experiences something magical that reshapes her grief. Emotional but still warm and sun-soaked.

One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

“Tessa Bailey is back with a Schitt’s Creek-inspired rom-com about a Hollywood “It Girl” who is cut off from her wealthy family and exiled to a small Pacific Northwest beach town... where she butts heads with a surly, sexy local who thinks she doesn’...

It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey

"Six summers to fall in love. One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right."

Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favourite Romance and Debut Novel in 2022

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Two enemies end up on a free honeymoon together in Hawaii after a wedding disaster. It’s chaotic, funny, and basically sunshine in book form.

Also a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Readers' Favourite Romance for 2019.

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

"Meredith's family's annual game of assassin at Martha's Vineyard during a summer wedding is the perfect chance to honor her sister's legacy, and finally join the world again. But when she forms an alliance with a cute groomsman, she's at risk of los...

The Summer of Broken Rules by KL Walther

"Malibu Rising is a story about one unforgettable summer night in the life of a family: the night they each have to choose what they will keep from the people who made them... and what they will leave behind."

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

"One week on Storm Island is an impossible task for Alice. Every corner of the sprawling old house is bursting dysfunctional chaos: Her older sister’s secret love affair. Her brother’s incessant mansplaining. Her sister-in-law’s unapologetic greed. H...

These Summer Storms: A Novel by Sarah MacLean

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