Sun, Sand and Stories: 2024 Beach Reads

By Kat La Mantia | March 18 2024 | AdultsGeneralAllBlog

By: Nyla Green, Spring 2024 Marketing Intern

Spending a day at the beach with family, friends, and a captivating book creates an unforgettable summer experience. Whether you’re diving into romance, thriller, or a cozy mystery, choosing the perfect beach read that captures the summer aesthetic through evocative storytelling—from the radiant sun and warm sand to the occasional salty breeze and crashing waves—is a summer essential for any bookworm. 

Click through our beach reads title list to explore a range of our warm weather favorites, including bestsellers and exciting new releases by acclaimed authors such as Ali Hazelwood, Emily Henry, Carley Fortune, Jasmine Guillory, Kristina Forest, and more!

Beach Reads for Summer 2024

This Summer Will Be Different
This Summer Will Be Different
Carley Fortune
9780593638880
A glorious and tantalizing new escape from #1 New York Times bestselling author Carley Fortune.This summer they’ll keep their promise. This summer they won't give in to temptation. This summer will be different.
$19.00 US
May 07, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
368 Pages
Berkley
Funny Story
Funny Story
Emily Henry
9780593441282
A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.
$29.00 US
Apr 23, 2024
6 x 9
Hardcover
400 Pages
Berkley
Lies and Weddings
Lies and Weddings
A Novel
Kevin Kwan
9780385546294
From the iconic internationally bestselling author of the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent Hawaiian wedding in this outrageous comedy of manners.
$29.00 US
May 21, 2024
6-1/8 x 9-1/8
Hardcover
448 Pages
Doubleday
The Summer Pact
The Summer Pact
A Novel
Emily Giffin
9780593600290
In the wake of tragedy, a group of friends makes a pact that will cause them to reunite a decade later and embark upon a life-changing adventure together—from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Meant to Be.
$30.00 US
Jul 09, 2024
6-1/8 x 9-1/4
Hardcover
352 Pages
Ballantine Books
A Novel Love Story
A Novel Love Story
Ashley Poston
9780593640975
A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction…literally, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and The Dead Romantics.
$19.00 US
Jun 25, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
384 Pages
Berkley
Beach Cute
Beach Cute
Beth Reekles
9780593809068
From the author of the hit Kissing Booth series comes another sizzling story following three very different girls on summer vacation! Equal parts romance and humor, this is the perfect beach read for your next getaway.
$12.99 US
May 14, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
384 Pages
Delacorte Romance
Age 14 and up
The Celebrants: A Read with Jenna Pick
The Celebrants: A Read with Jenna Pick
A Novel
Steven Rowley
9780593540435
New York Times BestsellerA TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club PickA Big Chill for our times, celebrating decades-long friendships and promises—especially to ourselves—by the bestselling and beloved author of The Guncle.
$18.00 US
Mar 26, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
352 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Summer Romance
Summer Romance
Annabel Monaghan
9780593714089
AN INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER“A BINGEABLE FIVE-STAR READ.” —ABBY JIMENEZ, #1 New York Times bestselling author"I loved it—brims with heart, wit, and longing.”—CARLEY FORTUNE, #1 New York Times bestselling authorThe romantic and hilarious story of a professional organizer whose life is a mess, and the summer she gets unstuck with the help of someone unexpected from her past, by the bestselling author of Nora Goes Off Script.
$19.00 US
Jun 04, 2024
5-3/16 x 8
Paperback
368 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Bride
Bride
Ali Hazelwood
9780593550403
A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha Werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
$19.00 US
Feb 06, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
416 Pages
Berkley
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Ashley Herring Blake
9780593550571
A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake.
$18.00 US
Oct 24, 2023
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
416 Pages
Berkley
While We Were Dating
While We Were Dating
Jasmine Guillory
9780593100851
Two people realize that it’s no longer an act when they veer off-script in this sizzling romantic comedy by New York Times bestselling author Jasmine Guillory.
$16.00 US
Jul 13, 2021
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
384 Pages
Berkley
Hot Summer
Hot Summer
Elle Everhart
9780593545126
Sparks fly when a young woman finds herself cast on a Love Island-inspired reality show and has to choose between her heart and her strategy in this sizzling new queer romantic comedy from the beloved author of Wanderlust.
$19.00 US
Jun 25, 2024
5-3/16 x 8
Paperback
400 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Untamed Shore
Untamed Shore
Silvia Moreno-Garcia
9780593600528
A young woman becomes embroiled in a web of lies and deceit—with potentially deadly consequences—in this dark coming-of-age noir, a "Patricia Highsmith-like tale of grifts and con artists" (Crime Time) from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night "Untamed Shore is a fever dream of a thriller, a coming-of-age tale set amidst disturbing and dangerous circumstances."—Book Page
$18.00 US
Sep 19, 2023
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
320 Pages
Del Rey
You'll Be the Death of Me
You'll Be the Death of Me
Karen M. McManus
9780593175897
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of One of Us Is Lying comes another pulse-pounding thriller. It's Ferris Bueller's Day Off with murder when three old friends relive an epic ditch day, and it goes horribly—and fatally—wrong.
$12.99 US
Jan 30, 2024
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
336 Pages
Delacorte Press
Age 14 and up
The Maid: A GMA Book Club Pick
The Maid: A GMA Book Club Pick
A Novel
Nita Prose
9780593356173
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • “A twist-and-turn whodunit, set in a five-star hotel, from the perspective of the maid who finds the body. Think Clue. Think page-turner.”—Glamour
$18.00 US
Jan 03, 2023
5-3/16 x 8
Paperback
336 Pages
Ballantine Books
The Royals Next Door
The Royals Next Door
Karina Halle
9780593334195
An ordinary summer goes royally awry when a prince and princess move next door, bringing their handsome bodyguard with them, from New York Times bestselling author Karina Halle.
$16.00 US
Aug 31, 2021
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
368 Pages
Berkley
Beach Read
Beach Read
Emily Henry
9781984806734
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.
$16.00 US
May 19, 2020
5-1/2 x 8-1/4
Paperback
400 Pages
Berkley
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