Benable — create shareable lists of things you recommend!
E.g., products you love, local businesses, travel recs - you can add anything to a Benable list!
Sign up for free
Discover
Login
Summer Reads (but make it NOT beach reads)
19 items
By
Elyssa Kerstein
Some of the books I read this summer that I wouldn’t necessarily consider “beach reads” but I really enjoyed!!
2
love island but make it dystopic as hell
The Compound by Aisling Rawle
short intense read! tickled my English and Philosophy major brain real good.
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
a fun YA that can spark a lot of good discussion.
Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle)
super fun thriller!! you DO NOT know where this one will go.
The Final Girl Support Group
another grady hendrix! a long read but so worth it.
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
I loveee Sally Rooney. Devour everything she writes.
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
okay this one might actually be a beach read but it was sooo cute.
Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez
low key a beach read but WILL TEAR YOUR HEART OUT iN the best possible way ofc.
One Golden Summer
2nd in the legendborn series!
Bloodmarked (2) (The Legendborn Cycle)
The title of the book does not lie.. not your stereotypical summer romance!
Problematic Summer Romance
highly recommend the audiobook paired with reading! the podcast aspects work so much better with the audiobook
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera
crazy read. fast. weird. had me hooked from start to finish.
Bunny #1 - Mona Awad
big fan!! short heartfelt read
The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
I think we all know which book is the best in the series. (hint: it’s not this one)
Onyx Storm (Wing and Claw Collection 3)
cute romance, deeper themes than your usual beach read so i wouldn’t consider it one. a good representation of grief.
How to End a Love Story by Yulin Kuang
i love this series. crossing my fingers the 3rd one comes out before i turn old and decrepit!!
Hell Bent: A Novel (Ninth House Book 2)
definitely start in order, a great supernatural and gritty story.
Ninth House (Alex Stern, #1) by Leigh Bardugo
incredible. have tissues on hand for this one
The Nightingale: A Novel - Hannah, Kristin: Books
short story collection, breaks up the longer novels!! i liked it a lot
Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh
