June 10, 2026

With Beach Reads Like These Summer Looks to Be Heating Up!

We're picturing the salty breeze while sitting on a beach, the warm sun while laying on the dock of a lake, the crisp mountain air while lounging on a cabin porch. Nowhere to be, nothing to do, a delicious beverage close at hand and an unread book waiting to be read. Is there truly anything better than a summer vacation and an un-put-downable book to waste the day away with?

With that day in mind, we've put together a list of the perfect books to bring with you on your next summer vacation. Not all of these are "summer reads." But they do fit the vibes of summer vacation and have that important quality we think every good vacation book should have which is that they are hard to put down once you start!

  • Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

    A complicated, age-gap romance unfolds between a grad student and her brother's best friend during a Sicilian wedding.

    The Summer Girlfriend by Kristina Forest

    A down-on-her-luck bookseller agrees to be a stand-in girlfriend for a man struggling with family legacy while on his family's summer vacation.

  • No Rest for the Wicked by Kresley Cole

    Part of an unmatched, bingeable series of interconnected paranormal romance standalones, this one follows a vampire and a valkyrie competing in an Amazing Race style contest.

    Beach Read by Emily Henry

    While in a Michigan beach town, two writers challenge each other to write in each other's preferred book genres.

  • The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young

    A family curse causes the women in June's family to exist in two time periods simultaneously, forcing her to unravel her past and their curse.

    Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas

    A wallflower is forced to choose between marrying for love or security as she's pressured by Victorian society but drawn to a self-made gentleman.

  • Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

    Two people who believe they are good luck charms, as each of their exes has found love after dating them, decide to date one another to break their curse.

    The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

    A historical fantasy following a retired pirate who is drawn into a dangerous adventure to save a kidnapped teen.

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