The Top 10 Sizzling Books of the Summer

It’s summer, and that doesn’t mean you have to enjoy outrageous plans each weekend. Sometimes you need a little down time with a good book to recharge your battery. To help you find an exciting read that will keep you in the summer mood, we’re naming our top 10 beach books that you’ll love!

The Beach House

When thirty-year-old Julia, mourning the death of her husband, decides to sell the Santa Cruz beach house they owned together she sets in motion a final summer that will change the lives of all the families who rent it year after year. With equal measures of heartbreak and happiness, bestselling author Georgia Bockoven's unforgettable novel tells of the beauty of life and the power of love. Georgia Bockoven pieces together a perfect puzzle of the renters’ separate lives and the lessons they learned, all while sharing a beach house in common.

Whisper Beach: A Novel

Three women who are reunited in the idyllic beach town where they grew up are forced to re-evaluate their bonds. New York Times best-selling author Shelley Noble brings to life a fanciful story about love, friendship, and putting the past behind you.

Here Comes the Sun: A Novel 

Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn to a world hidden among pristine beaches and the wide expanse of turquoise seas. At an opulent resort in Montego Bay, Margot hustles to send her younger sister, Thandi, to school. A New York Times’s pick for the summer, this novel explores the subjects of family ties and sexuality amidst the seemingly perfect location.

The Inn at Ocean's Edge

In 1989, Claire Dellamare disappeared from her own fourth birthday party at the Hotel Tourmaline on the island of Folly Shoals, Maine. She showed up a year later at the same hotel with a note pinned to her dress but no explanation. This thriller by Colleen Coble will make you rethink the tranquility of the ocean and the mysteries hiding beneath the sand as you personally try to find the missing pieces. 

Me Before You

Louisa Clark is an ordinary girl living an exceedingly ordinary life—steady boyfriend, close family—who has never been farther afield than their tiny village. She takes a badly needed job working for ex–Master of the Universe Will Traynor, who is wheelchair bound after an accident. Me Before You brings to life two people who couldn’t have less in common—a heartbreakingly romantic novel. You may have seen the film adaptation, but read Jojo Moyes’ novel firsthand!

The Black Widow

Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin described as the most compelling fictional creation "since Ian Fleming put down his martini and invented James Bond" (Rocky Mountain News), is poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. Best selling author Daniel Silva has brought to life another masterful thriller, perfect to amp up your summer reading.

Here’s to Us

Laurel Thorpe, Belinda Rowe, and Scarlett Oliver share only two things: a love for the man they all married, Deacon Thorpe (a celebrity chef with an insatiable appetite for life) and a passionate dislike of one another. They've established a delicate understanding over the years––they avoid each other at all costs. Author Elin Hilderbrand creates an intriguing novel about adversaries coming together amidst tragedy while staying in a summer cottage.

Everything We Keep: A Novel

A luminous debut with unexpected twists, Everything We Keep explores the devastation of loss, the euphoria of finding love again, and the pulse-racing repercussions of discovering the truth about the ones we hold dear and the lengths they will go to protect us. Kerry Lonsdale’s book revolves around rebuilding even after you thought you had everything planned; it's a thought-provoking read for your vacation.

Hamilton: The Revolution

Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-in-a-generation show broadens the sound of Broadway, reveals the storytelling power of rap, and claims our country's origins for a diverse new generation. Hamilton: The Revolution gives readers an unprecedented view of both revolutions from the only two writers able to provide it. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know the musical Hamilton has become widely popular, and while tickets to the revolutionary show may be hard to find, Lin-Manuel Miranda brings the show to life on paper, perfect to get your Broadway fix while soaking up the sun.

Barkskins: A Novel

In the late seventeenth century, two penniless young French men, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a "seigneur," for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters—barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. Author of other classics such as Brokeback Mountain, Annie Proulx creates lifelike characters that will cause you to sympathize with their every tribulation.

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