Best Beach Reads

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Juillet 2021 (see all)
Description
Our July LibraryThing list of the month will focus on books to read at the beach. Add your own favorite titles for reading on the sand and by the shore.
1
Les pêcheurs de coquillages
de Rosamunde Pilcher
3,690 membres
84 critiques
4
9 Members
dawnlovesbooks, etxgardener, charl08, RuMuse, anyother, cindyst2000, bcbcmarianna, perennialreader, ahef1963
2
Monsieur Ripley
de Patricia Highsmith
6,250 membres
199 critiques
3.9
8 Members
etxgardener, bookaholicgirl, RuMuse, jonathankws, sturlington, bcbcmarianna, JuliaMaria, kara.shamy
Explications
RuMuse: A gripping psychological thriller as fascinating as it is hard to put down.
3
Une vie entre deux océans
de M. L. Stedman
7,373 membres
509 critiques
3.9
6 Members
dara85, bookaholicgirl, cindyst2000, perennialreader, TheLoopyLibrarian, ahef1963
4
La Promenade au phare
de Virginia Woolf
17,723 membres
271 critiques
3.9
6 Members
thorold, jonathankws, elkiedee, susanbooks, JuliaMaria, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
thorold: The famous holiday quandary: where are we going tomorrow?
5
The House in the Cerulean Sea
de TJ Klune
6,350 membres
331 critiques
½ 4.3
6 Members
RuMuse, jonathankws, cindyst2000, bcbcmarianna, bookcookie1920, ManWithAnAgenda
Explications
RuMuse: A delight to read."The House in the Cerulean Sea is a big, warm, comforting hug wrapped up in a novel ..." review by https://jessticulates.com/2021/01/08/review-the-house-in-the-cerulean-sea-by-tj-klune/
6
Le dernier rivage
de Nevil Shute
4,913 membres
177 critiques
3.9
6 Members
karenb, thorold, anyother, susanbooks, Tess_W, ahef1963
Explications
thorold: The ultimate “ultimate” beach novel
7
Aristote et Dante découvrent les secrets de l'univers
de Benjamin Alire Sáenz
6,150 membres
351 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
pwhite98270, kara.shamy, chwiggy, Lynsey2
8
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
35,677 membres
510 critiques
3.9
6 Members
charl08, abbottthomas, thorold, spiphany, JuliaMaria, ahef1963, ,etxgardener ,anyother
Explications
thorold: Probably the most famous beach encounter in literature
9
Sunburn
de Laura Lippman
899 membres
56 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
charl08, bookcookie1920, kara.shamy, booksbooks63
10
Le château de Cassandra
de Dodie Smith
9,240 membres
295 critiques
4.1
4 Members
gmathis, anyother, kac522, ManWithAnAgenda,
11
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories
de Sarah Pinsker
244 membres
23 critiques
4.2
4 Members
Aquila, paradoxosalpha, bcbcmarianna, pwhite98270
Explications
Aquila: Excellent short stories with some island themes
12
Arabella et le libertin
de Georgette Heyer
2,159 membres
66 critiques
4
4 Members
tardis, anyother, pwhite98270, AbigailAdams26
13
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
28,875 membres
535 critiques
4.2
4 Members
charl08, bcbcmarianna, susanbooks, celeste_r
14
A Hundred Summers
de Beatriz Williams
820 membres
55 critiques
3.9
3 Members
dawnlovesbooks, bookcookie1920, monicapeterson12345
15
Bonjour tristesse
de Françoise Sagan
3,371 membres
110 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
thorold, elkiedee, JuliaMaria
Explications
thorold: Bored teenager on holiday decides to write a novel, becomes famous French author
16
Le livre d'un été
de Tove Jansson
3,011 membres
133 critiques
4.1
3 Members
jonathankws, kac522, Michael.Rimmer
17
Les sortilèges du Cap cod
de Richard Russo
2,067 membres
117 critiques
½ 3.5
3 Members
vwinsloe, yourightoffcourse, celeste_r,
Explications
yourightoffcourse: Richard Russo is a good reliable read anytime.
18
Sur le rivage
de L. M. Montgomery
704 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
charl08, AbigailAdams26
19
The Rich Are Different
de Susan Howatch
433 membres
12 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Lemeritus, llz
Explications
Lemeritus: The only book I ever read at the beach. I never got the sand out of it. And think of it fondly even today.
20
Murder with Peacocks
de Donna Andrews
1,283 membres
60 critiques
3.8
2 Members
tardis, booksbooks63
Explications
tardis: The start of one of my favourite cozy mystery series, and a stack of fun mysteries is awesome for summer reading.
21
The Sussex Downs Murder
de John Bude
226 membres
10 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Eowyn1, llz
22
Malibu Rising
de Taylor Jenkins Reid
3,642 membres
104 critiques
3.9
2 Members
dawnlovesbooks, Iudita
23
The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home
de George Howe Colt
849 membres
19 critiques
3.9
2 Members
vwinsloe, booksbooks63
24
The Gray Lady of Long Branch: If walls could talk
de Maura Satchell
43 membres
29 critiques
2.9
2 Members
FerneMysteryReader, llz
25
La mer
de John Banville
5,443 membres
174 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
paradoxosalpha, kara.shamy
Explications
paradoxosalpha: Yo dawg, I heard you like the beach. So there's beach in this read so you can read while you beach.
26
Avril enchanté
de Elizabeth von Arnim
2,854 membres
124 critiques
4
2 Members
perennialreader, Tess_W
27
Comme un Poison Dans L'eau
de Carl Hiaasen
3,971 membres
101 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
pwhite98270, aspirit
28
La Mer, la mer
de Iris Murdoch
3,588 membres
95 critiques
3.9
2 Members
JuliaMaria, kara.shamy
29
Stalker - Pique-nique au bord du chemin
de Arkady Strugatsky
3,653 membres
134 critiques
4
2 Members
kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda
30
One Summer
de David Baldacci
1,532 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
dara85, llz
31
28 Summers
de Elin Hilderbrand
1,048 membres
49 critiques
3.9
2 Members
dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7
32
Cantoras
de Carolina De Robertis
274 membres
10 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
Aquila, vwinsloe
Explications
Aquila: About a group of Uruguayan women creating a place they can retreat to be themselves, by the then-remote Cabo Polonio fishing village.
33
Les grandes marées
de Jim Lynch
1,154 membres
49 critiques
3.8
2 Members
llz, aspirit
34
Summer by the Tides
de Denise Hunter
114 membres
18 critiques
4.2
2 Members
dawnlovesbooks, FerneMysteryReader
35
Ils étaient un seul homme. L'histoire vraie de l'équipe d'aviron qui humilia Hitler
de Daniel James Brown
5,425 membres
263 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
perennialreader, Tess_W
36
Mrs. Pollifax
de Dorothy Gilman
1,750 membres
74 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, pwhite98270
37
Gone-Away Lake
de Elizabeth Enright
2,535 membres
32 critiques
4.1
2 Members
spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
38
L'Homme au cheval blanc
de Theodor Storm
939 membres
18 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
thorold, spiphany
Explications
thorold: Because it isn’t always fine weather at the seaside
39
Dune
de Frank Herbert
42,923 membres
695 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
brickhorse, susanbooks,Kathleen828
40
Les dents de la mer
de Peter Benchley
4,053 membres
148 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
eclbates
41
L'été où je suis devenue jolie - tome 1
de Jenny Han
3,483 membres
147 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
sundancer
42
Tendre jeudi
de John Steinbeck
2,867 membres
46 critiques
4
Member
RuMuse
Explications
RuMuse: A delightful (and beachy) comic classic by the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck, who was mostly famous for novels of deep portent (eg Grapes of Wrath).
43
L'Enigme des sables
de Erskine Childers
2,602 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
44
Les fileuses de lune
de Mary Stewart
1,525 membres
27 critiques
4
Member
Kathleen828
45
La liste des sept
de Mark Frost
1,035 membres
18 critiques
3.8
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: May be the perfect beach book.
46
Last Bus to Wisdom
de Ivan Doig
678 membres
32 critiques
4
Member
terran
Explications
terran: This is one of my most favorite books to read anywhere.
47
The Mermaid of Black Conch
de Monique Roffey
395 membres
17 critiques
4
Member
jonathankws
48
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
de Elizabeth von Arnim
245 membres
8 critiques
3.8
Member
kaixo
49
The Pebbles on the Beach
de Clarence Ellis
142 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
abbottthomas
50
A Scientist at the Seashore
de James S. Trefil
128 membres
1 critique
4
Member
al.vick
51
Updrift (The Mer Chronicles)
de Errin Stevens
35 membres
6 critiques
3.8
Member
errinstevens
52
Shoreline: A Nora Khalil Novel (Detective Nora Khalil)
de Carolyn Baugh
9 membres
4
Member
karenb
53
Le comte de Monte Cristo
3 membres
5
Member
PersephonesLibrary
54
Un verano en la Provenza
de Olivia Ardey
2 membres
Member
patriciabarbosa_bcn
55
Leave the World Behind
de Rumaan Alam
2,239 membres
134 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
cindyst2000, sturlington,
56
Mrs Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,792 membres
332 critiques
3.9
Member
chwiggy
57
Joyland
de Stephen King
4,699 membres
265 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
58
Les vacances d'Hercule Poirot
de Agatha Christie
4,602 membres
85 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Eowyn1
59
Summer of '69
de Elin Hilderbrand
1,215 membres
52 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Micheller7, Iudita,etxgardener ,anyother
60
Le rivage oublié
de Kim Stanley Robinson
1,117 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
karenb
61
Virgil Wander
de Leif Enger
707 membres
45 critiques
4
Member
terran
Explications
terran: The setting of the book is a small town along the north shore of Lake Michigan. It is funny, quirky and filled with lovable, relatable characters.
62
A Bone From a Dry Sea
de Peter Dickinson
323 membres
7 critiques
3.8
Member
Aquila
Explications
Aquila: Why we like beaches
63
Meet Me in Monaco
de Hazel Gaynor
265 membres
32 critiques
3.8
Member
bookcookie1920
64
Jonathan Unleashed
de Meg Rosoff
203 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
RuMuse
Explications
RuMuse: A comic delight!
65
The Many
de Wyl Menmuir
141 membres
11 critiques
3.1
Member
spiphany
66
Prayer-Cushions of the Flesh
de Robert Irwin
98 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: Pleasurable guilt? Read what thou wilt.
67
The Tallulah Bankhead Murder Case
de George Baxt
53 membres
4.1
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Any book in this series will do.
68
Gran bola de helado
de Conxita Herrero
4 membres
1 critique
4
Member
patriciabarbosa_bcn
69
Kafka sur le rivage
de Haruki Murakami
18,157 membres
470 critiques
4.1
Member
kaixo
70
Club Dumas
de Arturo Pérez-Reverte
6,262 membres
158 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: textual obsession, multiple authorship, and criminal intrigue ... lively, not dense: a genuine pleasure read
71
Soeurs d'un été
de Judy Blume
4,232 membres
88 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
72
The Ruins
de Scott Smith
3,664 membres
195 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
73
The Water Cure
de Sophie Mackintosh
722 membres
35 critiques
3.2
Member
susanbooks
74
That Summer
de Jennifer Weiner
651 membres
25 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Micheller7
75
Les filles n'en mènent pas large
de Sparkle Hayter
380 membres
8 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: I'm surprised this author isn't more popular.
76
Island Affair
de Priscilla Oliveras
171 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
FerneMysteryReader
77
The First Last Day
de Dorian Cirrone
25 membres
1 critique
½ 3.5
Member
AbigailAdams26
78
Billy Bunter at Butlin's
de Frank Richards
20 membres
4
Member
abbottthomas
79
The Great White Palace
de Tony Porter
17 membres
½ 4.7
Member
Eowyn1
80
La prisonnière des Sargasses
de Jean Rhys
8,514 membres
255 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Tess_W
81
Le Phare
de P. D. James
3,836 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Eowyn1
82
Mumbo jumbo
de Ishmael Reed
1,033 membres
13 critiques
3.8
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: Imagine if Dan Brown were a poet into jazz music and trance evocation.
83
Golden Girl
de Elin Hilderbrand
840 membres
32 critiques
3.8
Member
Micheller7
84
Cauchemars de sable
de Michael McDowell
826 membres
49 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
85
The Ones We're Meant to Find
de Joan He
543 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Aquila
86
Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women
de Nora Ephron
347 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Anything by Nora Ephron will do.
87
On the Narrow Road: A Journey into Lost Japan
de Lesley Downer
121 membres
5 critiques
4
Member
kaixo
88
Smugglers' Summer
de Carola Dunn
29 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
AbigailAdams26
89
A Beach House To Die For (Costa Rica Beach Cozy Mysteries Book 1)
de K.C. Ames
8 membres
1 critique
4
Member
FerneMysteryReader
90
Chocolat
de Joanne Harris
7,872 membres
201 critiques
3.8
Member
Tess_W
91
L'art du voyage
de Alain de Botton
3,019 membres
65 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
perennialreader
92
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
de Abbi Waxman
1,587 membres
124 critiques
3.8
Member
bookcookie1920
93
Amagansett
de Mark Mills
808 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
Eowyn1
94
The Years with Ross
de James Thurber
526 membres
4 critiques
4.1
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Just fun, and people will note you're not reading trashy fiction.
95
Sand
de Wolfgang Herrndorf
294 membres
10 critiques
3.8
Member
kaixo
96
Blue Madagascar
de Andrew Kaplan
17 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
FerneMysteryReader
97
Beach Read
de Emily Henry
4,590 membres
168 critiques
3.9
Member
sdbookhound,
98
The Complete Prose of Woody Allen
de Woody Allen
1,485 membres
9 critiques
3.9
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia,etxgardener
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Always a favorite author, but with a serious ick factor.
99
Je parler français
de David Sedaris
21,155 membres
369 critiques
4
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia,
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Anything by Sedaris will do.