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Vacation Reading 🏝️
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items Some of my recent go-to books - from thrillers to short stories to novels - for reading on vacation!
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Mystery/Thrillers
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Short Stories
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Novels
Mystery/Thrillers
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This one will take you in completely: a summer camp mystery, a family saga, and an ending you won’t see coming.
The God of the Woods: A Novel by Liz Moore, Hardcover
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Given all the hype this book got I was curious - and it did not disappoint. The plot and the writing are great, the story is fantastic and the ending was insane.
The Silent Patient - Michaelides, Alex: Books
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This one takes you to a remote island in Scotland and it’s a great vacation read - descriptive, digestible, and it’s got a great ending.
Beautiful Ugly: A Novel by Alice Feeney
Short Stories
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I’ve been re-reading this book for the last ten years and it’s one of my favorite ones to travel with. It’s a collection of short fictional stories, each about a different character who works for a small American ex-pat newspaper based in Italy. It’s...
The Imperfectionists: A Novel (Random House)
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One of my all-time favorites from the best in the game, David Sedaris. There aren’t many authors who can make me laugh out loud on the subway but he’s one of them. This collection of short stories, mostly from his childhood, are phenomenal and a grea...
Me Talk Pretty One Day: Sedaris, David
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This is a great collection of essays from Umberto Eco, good if you’re looking for an easy non-fiction read - and since a few of the essays have to do with travel, it’s a fun one to take on vacation.
How To Travel With A Salmon & Other Essays
Novels
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This is a great summer read (or anytime read) - it's a family drama that takes place in New York City with themes on money and social status, parenting, relationships, and grappling with middle age. And after you read this, I highly recommend the Hul...
Fleishman Is in Trouble: A Novel
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This is a short novel you could easily finish over a long weekend, I took it with me on a short domestic trip earlier this summer and loved it!
Audition: A Novel by Katie Kitamura, Hardcover
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I love this author and recently read this, her debut novel - it's a great coming-of-age story based in Southern California.
The Mothers by Brit Bennett, Paperback