So allow us to do the honors while you worry about the packing! That’s right, we’ve already gone ahead and rounded up the 50 best beach reads to keep you busy this summer.
Most of these are pretty new, too, so they’re all the rage right now. You might also be glad to know that we’ve listed our top picks from different genres to help you find exactly what you’re looking for.
Just one quick word of warning: Pack an extra suitcase, because you’re going to want to take an armful of these must-read books to the beach this summer!
Best Fiction Beach Reads
1. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Author: Shelby Van Pelt
Publisher: Ecco
Date published: 2020
Genre: Fiction
2. You Made A Fool Of Death With Your Beauty
Author: Akwaeke Emezi
Publisher: Atria Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Romance
3. The Very Nice Box
Author: Laura Blackett and Eve Gleichmann
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date published: 2021
Genre: Fiction, Romance
4. How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House
Author: Cherie Jones
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date published: 2021Nothing beats kicking back under the sun and on the beach with a good read, especially when the book’s a red-hot page-turner that’s impossible to put down.
And if you’re on the hunt for the best (and newest!) beach reads to dip into this summer, we’ve got you covered.
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction
5. The Patron Saint Of Second Chances
Author: Christine Simon
Publisher: Atria Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Humor
6. Black Cake
Author: Charmaine Wilkerson
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction
7. With Love From London
Author: Sarah Jio
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Romance,
8. The Secret Life Of Albert Entwistle
Author: Matt Cain
Publisher: Kensington Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction
9. One Italian Summer
Author: Rebecca Serle
Publisher: Atria Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Romance, Magical Realism
10. Yerba Buena
Author: Nina LaCour
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Romance
Best Historical Fiction Beach Reads
11. Hotel Portofino
Author: J.P. O’Connell
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Date published: 2021
Genre: Historical Fiction
12. Bloomsbury Girls
Author: Natalie Jenner
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Date published: 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction
13. Before The Crown
Author: Flora Harding
Publisher: One More Chapter
Date published: 2021
Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance
14. The Magnolia Palace
Author: Fiona Davis
Publisher: Dutton
Date published: 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
15. The Last Grand Duchess
Author: Bryn Turnbull
Publisher: MIRA
Date published: 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction
Best Women’s Fiction Beach Reads
16. The Liz Taylor Ring
Author: Brenda Janowitz
Publisher: Graydon House
Date published: 2022
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fiction
17. An Island Wedding
Author: Jenny Colgan
Publisher: Avon Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance, Fiction
18. The No-Show
Author: Beth O’Leary
Publisher: Berkley
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance
19. The Love Of My Life
Author: Rosie Walsh
Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Mystery
20. Lessons In Chemistry
Author: Bonnie Garmus
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Best Non-Fiction Beach Reads
21. Maiden Voyages: Magnificent Ocean Liners And The Women Who Traveled And Worked Aboard Them
Author: Siân Evans
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Date published: 2021
Genre: History
22. Stay True: A Memoir
Author: Hua Hsu
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Autobiography
23. The Song Of The Cell: An Exploration Of Medicine And The New Human
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher: Scribner
Date published: 2022
Genre: Science
24. By Hands Now Known
Author: Margaret A. Burnham
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Date published: 2022
Genre: History
25. Friends, Lovers, And The Big Terrible Thing
Author: Matthew Perry
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Autobiography
Best Romance Beach Reads
26. Nora Goes Off Script
Author: Annabel Monaghan
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance
27. The Wedding Season
Author: Katy Birchall
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance
28. Hook, Line, And Sinker
Author: Tessa Bailey
Publisher: Avon US
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance
29. How To Love Your Neighbor
Author: Sophie Sullivan
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Date published: 2022
Genre: Romance
30. The Arc
Author: Tory Henwood Hoen
Publisher: 2022
Date published: St Martin’s Press
Genre: Romance
Best Thriller Beach Reads
31. We Were Never Here
Author: Andrea Bartz
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 2021
Genre: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery
32. The Guilt Trip
Author: Sandie Jones
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Date published: 2021
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
33. The Club
Author: Ellery Lloyd
Publisher: Harper
Date published: 2022
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
34. The Change
Author: Kirsten Miller
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date published: 2022
Genre: Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery
35. The Golden Couple
Author: Greer Hendricks
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Date published: 2022
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
Best Mystery Beach Reads
36. Portrait Of A Thief
Author: Grace D. Li
Publisher: Tiny Reparations Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction
37. Woman On Fire
Author: Lisa Barr
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Date published: 2022
Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction
38. Sense & Second-Degree Murder
Author: Tirzah Price
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date published: 2022
Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction
39. The Last Thing He Told Me
Author: Laura Dave
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date published: 2021
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
40. The Christie Affair
Author: Nina de Gramont
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Date published: 2022
Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction
Best Fantasy Beach Reads
41. The Cartographers
Author: Peng Shepherd
Publisher: William Morrow
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery
42. Under The Whispering Door
Author: T.J. Klune
Publisher: Tor Books
Date published: 2021
Genre: Fantasy, Fiction
43. The Mermaid, The Witch, And The Sea
Author: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Date published: 2020
Genre: Fantasy
44. Kaikeyi
Author: Vaishnavi Patel
Publisher: Redhook
Date published: 2022
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
45. A Touch Of Darkness
Author: Scarlett St. Clair
Publisher: Scarlett St. Clair
Date published: 2020
Genre: Fantasy, Romance, Mythology
Best Young Adult Beach Reads
46. Tokyo Dreaming
Author: Emiko Jean
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
47. The Girl Who Knew Too Much
Author: Amanda Quick and Jayne Ann Krentz
Publisher: Berkley Books
Date published: 2017
Genre: Young Adult, Romance, Mystery, Historical Fiction
48. A Cuban Girl’s Guide To Tea And Tomorrow
Author: Laure Taylor Namey
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date published: 2020
Genre: Young Adult, Romance
49. Gallant
Author: V.E. Schwab and Victoria Schwab
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Horror
50. The Ballad Of Never After
Author: Stephanie Garber
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Date published: 2022
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Final Word
And that wraps up our list of the top 50 best (and newest) beach reads that you’ll find impossible to put down this summer.
It won’t be easy to take all of these to the beach (unless you have a Kindle, of course, in which case go nuts!), but you’ll definitely want to take a few of them as, in our honest opinion, they’re all certified page-turners from the first page to the last.
Hey, even if you’re not heading to the beach anytime soon, still put these hot picks on your to-read-ASAP list – as these summer reads definitely won’t leave you disappointed!
There’s nothing better than someone falling in love with a book that you told them to read!
This is the reason why I decided to start up my website where we can talk about fiction, non-fiction, reviews, and more. I want to get more people excited about reading!
I hope you enjoy my website and who knows, maybe I’ll meet you around the bookshelves one day.
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