Beach reads for hot summer days!
Highly-entertaining titles to make you feel like you're at the beach . . . even if you're not. 

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The identicals : a novel
by Elin Hilderbrand

Forced to call a truce by a family crisis, estranged identical twins Tabitha and Harper reevaluate their bond and the resentments that drove them apart from their respective homes on Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. By the best-selling author of The Rumor.
There there
by Tommy Orange

A novel that grapples with the complex history and identity of Native Americans follows twelve characters, each of whom has private reasons for traveling to the Big Oakland Powwow
City of girls
by Elizabeth Gilbert

The best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love traces the experiences of a theater insider in 1940s New York who discovers that she does not have to be a "good girl" in order to be a good person
The summer of good intentions : a novel
by Wendy Francis

When the Herington sisters, each carrying more secrets than suitcases, and their families gather together for their annual summer vacation in Cape Cod, an accident reveals a new secret that brings everyone together in heartbreak—and then in healing. By the author of Three Good Things. Original.
Beach house for rent
by Mary Alice Monroe

The best-selling author of the Lowcountry Summer series presents a highly anticipated follow-up to Beach House Memories and The Beach House.
A place for us : a novel
by Fatima Farheen Mirza

A story of family identity and belonging follows an Indian family through the marriage of their daughter, from the parents' arrival in the United States to the return of their estranged son
Bittersweet : a novel
by Miranda Beverly-Whittemore

Winning a scholarship to a prestigious college where she befriends a beautiful girl of privilege, unassuming Mabel joins her friend during a lakeside summer surrounded by wealthy vacationers only to discover morally ambiguous truths about her friend's family fortune. By the author of Set Me Free. 50,000 first printing.
Home front
by Kristin Hannah

Struggling with a marital estrangement that is further complicated when one of them is deployed, military couple Michael and Joleen Zarkades are forced to confront their problems while protecting the security of their family in the wake of a brutal tragedy. By the author of Firefly Lane. Reprint. 500,000 first printing.
The female persuasion
by Meg Wolitzer

A shy college freshman finds her perspectives transformed by a mentor activist at the center of the women's movement who challenges her to discover herself in ways that take her far from the traditional life she envisioned at the side of her boyfriend. By the best-selling author of The Interestings.
The pisces : a novel
by Melissa Broder

Bottoming out after a dramatic breakup, a habitual student accepts her sister's invitation to dog-sit on Venice Beach for the summer, where she meets an eerily attractive swimmer one night whose Sirenic identity transforms her understandings of what real love looks like. A first novel.
The wedding date
by Jasmine Guillory

Stranded together in an elevator during a power outage, Drew and Alexa agree to pose as a couple at an ex's wedding and discover afterwards that they are unable to forget each other. Original.
The high season : a novel
by Judy Blundell

Forced to rent out their beautiful seaside Long Island home every summer just so that they can afford to keep it, Ruthie is forced to go to extreme lengths to protect the life she loves in the wake of a suddenly estranged marriage, greedy co-workers who are threatening her job, the return of an old flame and her teen daughter's destructive relationship. By the National Book Award-winning author of What I Saw and How I Lied.
The kiss quotient
by Helen Hoang

A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her with her lack of knowledge and experience in the dating department. Original.
Lady be good : a novel
by Amber Brock

Determined to escape a forced engagement, the ambitious daughter of a 1950s nightclub tycoon stages an affair to secure her social standing before falling in love with a musician who introduces her to the world outside of her privileged circles.
Erotic stories for Punjabi widows
by Balli Kaur Jaswal

The modern daughter of Indian immigrants in cosmopolitan London impulsively takes a creative writing job to help her family and is assigned to a class of proper Sikh widows who reveal personal memories and fantasies through their writing.
The Late Bloomers' Club : a novel
by Louise Miller

Unexpectedly inheriting property from a beloved community baker, two headstrong sisters navigate growing hostilities about whether or not to sell, before the disappearance of the baker's dog forces everyone to work together. By the author of The City Baker's Guide to Country Living
Beautiful ruins : a novel
by Jess Walter

The award-winning author of The Financial Lives of the Poets presents his most romantic and enjoyable novel yet that follows a young Italian innkeeper and his almost-love affair with a beautiful American starlet, which draws him into a glittering world filled with unforgettable characters. 75,000 first printing.
Lost Lake
by Sarah Addison Allen

Seeking solace in a Georgia lakeside cottage with her eccentric 8-year-old daughter, recently widowed Kate wonders if the area's almost-magical ability for sparking romances has been imagined before experiencing a poignant renewal. By the best-selling author of Garden Spells. 125,000 first printing.
Best beach ever
by Wendy Wax

Forced to rent out their beloved Bella Flora after the cancellation of their reality show, the Ten Beach Road friends start over in small beach cottages while struggling with the challenges of a celebrity boyfriend, midlife motherhood, Hollywood competitiveness, commitment issues and obsessive revenge fantasies. By the author of One Good Thing. Original.
The vacationers
by Emma Straub

Celebrating their 35th anniversary and their daughter's high-school graduation during a two-week vacation in Mallorca, Franny and Jim Post confront old secrets, hurts and rivalries that reveal sides of themselves they would conceal. By the author of Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures.
The friends we keep
by Jane Green

Reconnecting 13 years after college, a supermodel whose career was derailed by an affair, the heartbroken wife of an alcoholic and an actor hiding a painful past find their bond tested by a dark secret.
Sweet tea and sympathy
by Molly Harper

When everything in her life goes tragically, spectacularly wrong, elite event planner Margot Cary takes a job Lake Sackett, Georgia, a place where everyone knows your business, and catches the eye of elementary school principal Kyle Archer, but some people are not happy about a newcomer snapping up one of the town’s most eligible bachelors. Original.
The girls of Mischief Bay
by Susan Mallery

Three very different women find family through friendship—including Nicole, who faces a difficult choice involving her dependent husband; Shannon, who must choose between love and career; and Pam, whose marriage is tested by an unexpected change. By a New York Times best-selling author.
The unhoneymooners
by Christina Lauren

Partnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before unexpectedly falling for her companion. Original. 75,000 first printing.
Tweet cute
by Emma Lord

A reimagining of You’ve Got Mail follows the unlikely romance between an overachiever from a successful family and the class clown, who exchange snarky tweets that escalate into a viral Twitter war. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
The royal we
by Heather Cocks

Unexpectedly falling for the crown prince Nicholas while attending Oxford, practical-minded Bex endures ritzy society gatherings, fashionable outings and unwelcome publicity as well as jealous ex-girlfriends and dark royal family secrets. 40,000 first printing.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
by Stieg Larsson

Forty years after the disappearance of Harriet Vanger from the secluded island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger family, her octogenarian uncle, convinced that she had been murdered by someone from her own deeply dysfunctional clan, hires journalist Mikael Blomqvist and Lisbeth Salander, an unconventional young hacker, to investigate. 100,000 first printing.
The upside of falling
by Alex Light

Pretending to be a couple to avoid messy relationships and peer pressure, a jaded teen and a busy football captain discover they have many things in common and start to develop inconvenient, real feelings for one another. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
American royals
by Katharine McGee

An alternate-history tale reimagines America as a monarchy and follows the experiences of a princess who struggles with her feelings for an off-limits boy, while her handsome twin brother is pursued by two very different girls. By the best-selling author of the Thousandth Floor trilogy. Simultaneous eBook.
The likeness
by Tana French

A tale set six months after the events of In the Woods finds Detective Cassie Maddox investigating a crime scene in which the victim looks exactly like Cassie and carries identification using an alias she once used, a case that poses questions about both the killer and the victim. Reprint.
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