Beach Reads Perfect for Summer 2020
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
To buy: $28, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Let Elin Hilderbrand transport you to a cottage in Nantucket where a love story unfolds and where, 28 summers later, a son discovers secrets of his family’s past.
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Beach Read by Emily Henry
To buy: $16, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Two polar-opposite writers embark on a summertime challenge in Beach Read, a book that lives up to its name—and then some.
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Sorry I Missed You by Suzy Krause
To buy: $14.95, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Three strangers become roommates with something unexpected in common in Suzy Krause’s new book.
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On Ocean Boulevard by Mary Alice Monroe
To buy: $26.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Mary Alice Monroe’s new book is set in Charleston and Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina, on the eve of a wedding.
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Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
To buy: $28, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Prepare for a big summer in Jennifer Weiner’s new novel about long-lost friends and a weekend in Cape Cod.
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Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer
To buy: $27, amazon.com, indiebound.org
A love story blossoming on Nantucket is not without its challenges in Nancy Thayer’s Girls of Summer.
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Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews
To buy: $28.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Secrets and scandals in a small beach town threaten to erupt in Mary Kay Andrews’ new book.
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Party of Two by Jasmine Guillory
To buy: $26, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Jasmine Guillory’s new book is a love story set in Los Angeles, where the main character, Olivia Monroe, moves to establish her own law firm.
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So We Can Glow: Stories by Leesa Cross-Smith
To buy: $27, amazon.com, indiebound.org
This collection of forty-two short stories by Leesa Cross-Smith is perfect for summer.
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A Week at the Shore by Barbara Delinsky
To buy: $27.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
This new book about family and friendship is set on the beaches of Rhode Island.
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The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse
To buy: $15.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
The main character of this story sets off on a bicycle journey to Key West in this new book from Southern Living Senior Travel Editor Valerie Fraser Luesse.
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Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster
To buy: $27, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Set on Martha’s Vineyard during the 1960s, Summer Darlings follows a nanny who finds that the rarefied air is not all that it seems.
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All Adults Here by Emma Straub
To buy: $27, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Emma Straub’s bighearted new novel plumbs the questions of adulthood—namely, how did we get here?
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Wow, No Thank You: Essays by Samantha Irby
To buy: $15.95, amazon.com, indiebound.org
You’ll fly through Samantha Irby’s new collection of laugh-out-loud essays.
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The Somerset Girls by Lori Foster
To buy: $16.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Set in Sunset, Kentucky, The Somerset Girls tells the story of sisters running a farm together and finding their own happily ever afters.
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The Inn at Willa Bay by Nicole Ellis
To buy: $12.70, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Friends and co-workers encounter unexpected challenges while working at a picturesque inn in this new novel.
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The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
To buy: $28, amazon.com, indiebound.org
A woman tries to come to grips with the unknown in Emily Giffin’s new novel The Lies That Bind, which is set in New York just after September 11th.
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Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
To buy: $20, amazon.com, indiebound.org
A holiday romance in England is at the heart of Jasmine Guillory’s novel Royal Holiday.
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The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner
To buy: $26.99, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Natalie Jenner’s new book is set in England just after World War II, where a group of women gather together preserve Austen’s legacy.
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A Happy Catastrophe by Maddie Dawson
To buy: $14.95, amazon.com, indiebound.org
Chaos encroaches on Marnie MacGraw’s love story in Maddie Dawson’s new book, A Happy Catastrophe, but she’s determined to weather the unexpected.
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Summer at Firefly Beach by Jenny Hale
To buy: $12.99, amazon.com
A love story by the beach is at the heart of Jenny Hale’s new novel.