Beach Reads

Last Updated: March 22, 2023

Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read
by Emily Henry

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews

Beach Town
by Mary Kay Andrews

With her career on the line, movie location scout Greer has been given one last chance, if she can find the perfect undiscovered beach hideaway for a big-budget movie.

Same beach, next year by Dorothea Benton Frank

Same Beach, Next Year
by Dorothea Benton Frank

Reconnecting on one of Charleston’s most beautiful barrier islands, a pair of former sweethearts rediscover their feelings for one another while their jealous spouses pursue an unexpected attraction of their own over more than 20 years.

The bookstore on the beach by Brenda Novak

The Bookstore on the Beach
by Brenda Novak

Autumn takes her kids during the summer to the beachside town where she was raised. She finds comfort in working alongside her family at their bookstore, and once she runs into the boy who stole her heart in high school, old feelings start to bubble up again.

The Cottage at Glass Beach by Heather Barbieri

The Cottage at Glass Beach
by Heather Barbieri

Nora Cunningham packs up her daughters after finding out about her husband’s infidelity, and takes refuge on Burke’s Island, off the coast of Maine, where her mother disappeared at sea years ago. Nora must face the truth about her marriage, her mother, and her own past.

Sunrise by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

Sunrise By the Sea
by Jenny Colgan

Marisa Rosso, hoping for peace and solitude, moves to a Cornish seaside village, where she finds her joy again with the help of her nosy neighbor, the community spirit, and a campaign to save the local bakery.

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Set in the 1980s in the surf culture of Malibu, this novel follows the daughter of a famous singer who, once she finds fame, must grapple with the fact that her father abandoned her family when she was young.