Best Beach Reads

List of the Month
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
3,669 membres
84 critiques
4
9 Members
dawnlovesbooks, etxgardener, charl08, RuMuse, anyother, cindyst2000, bcbcmarianna, perennialreader, ahef1963
2
The Talented Mr. Ripley
de Patricia Highsmith
6,213 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
7,305 membres
508 critiques
3.9
6 Members
dara85, bookaholicgirl, cindyst2000, perennialreader, TheLoopyLibrarian, ahef1963
4
La Promenade au phare
de Virginia Woolf
17,596 membres
270 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
6,209 membres
325 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
4,888 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
6,067 membres
350 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
pwhite98270, kara.shamy, chwiggy, Lynsey2
8
L'étranger
de Albert Camus
35,554 membres
507 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
891 membres
56 critiques
½ 3.7
4 Members
charl08, bookcookie1920, kara.shamy, booksbooks63
10
Le château de Cassandra
de Dodie Smith
9,207 membres
294 critiques
4.1
4 Members
gmathis, anyother, kac522, ManWithAnAgenda,
11
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories
de Sarah Pinsker
240 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
2,148 membres
65 critiques
4
4 Members
tardis, anyother, pwhite98270, AbigailAdams26
13
Persuasion
de Jane Austen
28,712 membres
532 critiques
4.2
4 Members
charl08, bcbcmarianna, susanbooks, celeste_r
14
A Hundred Summers
de Beatriz Williams
816 membres
54 critiques
3.9
3 Members
dawnlovesbooks, bookcookie1920, monicapeterson12345
15
Bonjour tristesse
de Françoise Sagan
3,349 membres
108 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
2,989 membres
132 critiques
4.1
3 Members
jonathankws, kac522, Michael.Rimmer
17
Les sortilèges du Cap cod
de Richard Russo
2,057 membres
116 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
703 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
charl08, AbigailAdams26
19
The Rich Are Different
de Susan Howatch
432 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
1,279 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
221 membres
9 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
Eowyn1, llz
22
Malibu Rising
de Taylor Jenkins Reid
3,567 membres
103 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
844 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
5,423 membres
172 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
2,818 membres
124 critiques
4
2 Members
perennialreader, Tess_W
27
Comme un Poison Dans L'eau
de Carl Hiaasen
3,944 membres
101 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
pwhite98270, aspirit
28
La Mer, la mer
de Iris Murdoch
3,578 membres
94 critiques
3.9
2 Members
JuliaMaria, kara.shamy
29
Stalker - Pique-nique au bord du chemin
de Arkady Strugatsky
3,614 membres
134 critiques
4
2 Members
kaixo, ManWithAnAgenda
30
One Summer
de David Baldacci
1,507 membres
50 critiques
½ 3.5
2 Members
dara85, llz
31
28 Summers
de Elin Hilderbrand
1,029 membres
49 critiques
3.8
2 Members
dawnlovesbooks, Micheller7
32
Cantoras
de Carolina De Robertis
271 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
1,151 membres
49 critiques
3.8
2 Members
llz, aspirit
34
Summer by the Tides
de Denise Hunter
111 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
5,352 membres
262 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
perennialreader, Tess_W
36
Mrs. Pollifax
de Dorothy Gilman
1,730 membres
74 critiques
3.9
2 Members
ahef1963, pwhite98270
37
Gone-Away Lake
de Elizabeth Enright
2,520 membres
32 critiques
4.1
2 Members
spiphany, ManWithAnAgenda
38
L'Homme au cheval blanc
de Theodor Storm
938 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
42,595 membres
691 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
brickhorse, susanbooks,Kathleen828
40
Les dents de la mer
de Peter Benchley
4,020 membres
146 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
eclbates
41
L'été où je suis devenue jolie - tome 1
de Jenny Han
3,399 membres
145 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
sundancer
42
Tendre jeudi
de John Steinbeck
2,848 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
2,594 membres
68 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
44
Les fileuses de lune
de Mary Stewart
1,526 membres
27 critiques
4
Member
Kathleen828
45
La liste des sept
de Mark Frost
1,033 membres
18 critiques
3.8
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: May be the perfect beach book.
46
Last Bus to Wisdom
de Ivan Doig
675 membres
32 critiques
4.1
Member
terran
Explications
terran: This is one of my most favorite books to read anywhere.
47
The Mermaid of Black Conch
de Monique Roffey
389 membres
17 critiques
4
Member
jonathankws
48
The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
de Elizabeth von Arnim
243 membres
8 critiques
3.8
Member
kaixo
49
The Pebbles on the Beach
de Clarence Ellis
140 membres
3 critiques
4
Member
abbottthomas
50
A Scientist at the Seashore
de James S. Trefil
127 membres
1 critique
4
Member
al.vick
51
Updrift (The Mer Chronicles)
de Errin Stevens
34 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
2,202 membres
133 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
cindyst2000, sturlington,
56
Mrs Dalloway
de Virginia Woolf
20,651 membres
330 critiques
3.9
Member
chwiggy
57
Joyland
de Stephen King
4,664 membres
265 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
58
Les vacances d'Hercule Poirot
de Agatha Christie
4,568 membres
84 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Eowyn1
59
Summer of '69
de Elin Hilderbrand
1,201 membres
52 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
Micheller7, Iudita,etxgardener ,anyother
60
Le rivage oublié
de Kim Stanley Robinson
1,107 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
karenb
61
Virgil Wander
de Leif Enger
702 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
322 membres
7 critiques
3.8
Member
Aquila
Explications
Aquila: Why we like beaches
63
Meet Me in Monaco
de Hazel Gaynor
261 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
18,070 membres
466 critiques
4.1
Member
kaixo
70
Club Dumas
de Arturo Pérez-Reverte
6,230 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
4,213 membres
88 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
dara85
72
The Ruins
de Scott Smith
3,633 membres
195 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
sturlington
73
The Water Cure
de Sophie Mackintosh
716 membres
35 critiques
3.2
Member
susanbooks
74
That Summer
de Jennifer Weiner
638 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
168 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
19 membres
4
Member
abbottthomas
79
The Great White Palace
de Tony Porter
16 membres
½ 4.7
Member
Eowyn1
80
La prisonnière des Sargasses
de Jean Rhys
8,468 membres
254 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
Tess_W
81
Le Phare
de P. D. James
3,814 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Eowyn1
82
Mumbo jumbo
de Ishmael Reed
1,029 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
824 membres
32 critiques
3.8
Member
Micheller7
84
Cauchemars de sable
de Michael McDowell
813 membres
48 critiques
3.9
Member
sturlington
85
The Ones We're Meant to Find
de Joan He
529 membres
20 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
Aquila
86
Crazy Salad: Some Things about Women
de Nora Ephron
345 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
7,829 membres
200 critiques
3.8
Member
Tess_W
91
L'art du voyage
de Alain de Botton
3,005 membres
65 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
perennialreader
92
The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
de Abbi Waxman
1,564 membres
123 critiques
3.8
Member
bookcookie1920
93
Amagansett
de Mark Mills
806 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
291 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
4,477 membres
165 critiques
3.9
Member
sdbookhound,
98
The Complete Prose of Woody Allen
de Woody Allen
1,480 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
21,087 membres
368 critiques
4
Member
SomeGuyInVirginia,
Explications
SomeGuyInVirginia: Anything by Sedaris will do.