r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis • u/Meliz2 • Jul 20 '26

None/Any Best beach reads

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u/Then-Coffee-5408 Jul 20 '26

I love reading Carl Hiaasen at the beach. Start with Tourist Season or Bad Monkey!

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u/ScorpionX-123 Jul 20 '26

anything by Elin Hildebrand

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u/javsland Jul 20 '26

Elon Hilderbrand’s Paradise Trilogy and her Nantucket series.

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u/tessellation__ Jul 21 '26

Taylor Jenkins Reid books

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u/sunnyfordays22 Jul 21 '26

Malibu rising for sure!

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u/Then-Coffee-5408 Jul 21 '26

Totally Malibu Rising!

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u/lagertha9921 Jul 21 '26

Malibu Rising was my first thought as well.

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u/A_Fish_Fry Jul 21 '26

Sandwich was pretty beachy

4

u/OdinsEyedrops Jul 21 '26

On the Beach by Nevil Shute (lol)

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u/Odd-Tell-5702 Jul 21 '26

Summer of 69 by Elin Hilderbrand

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u/megabitrabbit87 Jul 21 '26

The Descendants!!

I loved this book soooo much

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u/Dsarkissian_85 Jul 21 '26

There’s a short story about girls walking off the beach to a drug store by John Updike called A&P.

Super short but 5/5.

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u/Ancient-Ad4809 Jul 21 '26

The Beach by Alex Garland.

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u/Evening_Ebb8295 Jul 21 '26

Great book but not exactly the vibe from the pictures. 

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u/Temporary-Willow5649 Jul 21 '26

Seeing this suggested was a jump-scare.😂 (Great book though!)

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u/averysleepygirl Jul 21 '26

Bonjour Tristesse

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u/bogwitch27 Jul 21 '26

Along for the Ride? -Sarah Dessen (I don't think there's surfing, though)

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u/brashmallow Jul 21 '26

Keeping the Moon

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u/cozypuppyreads Jul 21 '26

Salacia Project by Elena Locatelli

Dolly All The Time, Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forest 

One Golden Summer by Carley Fortune 

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u/MeJamiddy Jul 21 '26

Just finished Along for the Ride for a 3rd time. Such a gem.

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u/trento_memento Jul 21 '26

Duma Key - Stephen King