best beach reads of 2024

Best Beach Reads for 2024

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best beach reads of 2024

There’s something about sitting at the beach with a good book that is just the ultimate picture of relaxation to me. Summer is for reading and days spent at the beach. A good book is tranquil and fun mixed together. Get away from it all while becoming enraptured in any of these best beach reads for 2024.

Whether you are alone at the beach or spending your summer in the city just dreaming of a beach getaway, these beachy reads will make you practically feel the sand in your toes and salt on your skin. Dive into one of these best beach reads and give your soul a dose of sunshine mixed with laughter, mystery, and intrigue.

Best Beach Reads for 2024

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First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

This New York Times Best Seller has been featured in Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club list for 2024. The thrilling tale of secret identities and lies is fast-paced and mysterious. Evie Porter is a con artist who falls for her mark while trying to outrun her past. 

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Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult 

best beach reads 2024

Jodi Picoult is the author of 27 New York Times Best-selling Novels. If you haven’t read her yet, you are missing out. Wish You Were Here is a true Picoult in that the main character must weed through the darkness, examine her life, and find new ground on the other side of adversity. Our main character, Diana O’Toole, has life figured out and a bright future of love, family, and career in front of her when the global pandemic hits, and she’s marooned on an island vacation. What she discovers about the world and herself changes her forever. 

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This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

The angst of trying to resist someone you are insanely attracted to. That’s where Lucy finds herself and swears she won’t fall for Felix’s charms again. When she returns to his island to help out a friend, she sees another side to him, and her heart begins to stir.

This one is set on an island during summer fun. It is a great beach read and a New York Times Best Seller.

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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller 

A Reese Witherspoon’s book club pick, this novel by Cowley Heller has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. When Elle chooses between true love and a man she appreciates and admires, a love triangle of secrets and deception unfolds.

If you enjoy a deeply emotional, plot-twisting love triangle, this story will have you turning pages with veracity. 

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Funny Story by Emily Henry

best beach reads 2024

The highly anticipated newest novel by author Emily Henry is full of fun and intrigue.

Daphne falls in love but is left by her fiance in his hometown. She settles in and tries to create a life with a new job and a new roommate, the ex-boyfriend of her ex’s new love! They devise a plan to fake a romance to make their exes jealous, but is it just a rouse? 

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Then She Was Gone: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

best beach reads 2024

From the best-selling author of None of This Is True and Invisible Girl, this mystery dives into the aftermath of 15-year-old Ellie Mack’s disappearance. Ten years later, after her mother’s marriage has fallen apart, she meets a new man and quickly enters into a relationship with him. When she meets his youngest daughter, Poppy, she is haunted by how much she resembles Ellie. Laurel starts to uncover what really happened to Ellie all those years ago.

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Cool Girl Summer – A Romantic Comedy by Amber Eve

Frustrated by her safe but boring life, Summer Brookes sets off on an adventure to achieve all her teenage dreams, including kissing her high school crush and traveling the world. On her way to fulfill her destiny, she meets a grumpy man who just so happens to be traveling on her path. In an enemies-to-lovers story, Summer’s adventure takes on a journey she never expected. 

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Things We Never Got Over by Lucy Score

best beach reads 2024

Book 1 in a 3-part series from New York Times Best Selling Author Lucy Score. Runaway bride Naomi finds herself in a rough small town chasing after her sinister twin sister, Tina. Now, left with her 11-year-old niece and where to live, local loner and bad boy Knox helps her out just to get her out of his hair, that is, until things turn dangerous. 

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The Summer Pact: A Novel by Emily Giffin

best beach reads 2024

Four college roommates bonded by tragedy make a pact to always be there for one another. Ten years later, their agreement is tested when they are each faced with a crossroads. The newest novel from best-selling author Emily Giffin is a tale of friendship and courage that will have you wondering who will be there for you when all the chips are down.

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Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand

best beach reads 2024

Hilderbrand has made the beach town of Nantucket the setting for many of her best-selling novels. Summer of ‘69 is one of her best; if you haven’t read it yet, you are missing out. The tale of an upper-class family reminiscent of the Kennedys deals with changing times, scandals, and familial upheaval in the politically charged Summer that changes everything.

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Malibu Rising: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Jenkins Reid is another author you should be reading. Her previous best-sellers, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six, are page-turners. Malibu Rising continues Jenkins Reid’s success in telling a sexy, drama-filled story that surprises the reader and delights.

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