Summer Beach Reads You Won't Put Down

You've got your new swimsuit and a fresh bottle of sunscreen...now all you need is a great beach read! We've narrowed down our list, and trust us, you won't want to put any of them down. Turn the page by the waves and enjoy these perfect beach reads!

Indecent by Corinne Sullivan

Fresh out of college, introverted Imogene takes a teaching position at an upscale all-boys boarding school despite her lack of experience—both with teaching and boys. Quickly enthralled by her popular, seemingly-untouchable student Adam, Imogene finds herself falling into an illicit affair that could have damning real-life consequences. Complex and nuanced, Sullivan's novel explores issues of morality, sexuality, class warfare, and gender without succumbing to facile answers.

The Family Next Door by Sally Hepworth

Part family drama, part suburban thriller, Hepworth's latest novel sets its sights on the suburbs, where Essie lives what seems to be a picture-perfect life—at least from the outside looking in. In reality she is plagued by questions of her own place in the world and her fitness as a mother. Maybe that's why she immediately becomes fascinated when unconventional, enigmatic Isabelle moves in next door. As the two become closer, much to her friends' disapproval, it becomes evident that Isabelle's move to the neighborhood was no happenstance, her presence threatening to throw the balance of Essie's carefully-calibrated life into turmoil.

Lizzie by Dawn Ius

In this new spin on a legendary murder mystery, Dawn Ius reinterprets the story of Lizzie Borden for the 21st century. Using facts of the case as well as theory and her own imaginings, Ius paints a portrait of Lizzie as a complicated, yearning young woman struggling against abusive parents, falling in love with the charming new maid at the family’s B&B, and taking control of her life in ways no one—least of all her parents—would ever have suspected.

When Life Gives You Lululemons by Lauren Weisberger

Set in the Devil Wears Prada universe, former first assistant to Miranda Priestly, Emily (played by Emily Blunt in the film), trades life in the city for work as an image consultant in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she takes on A-list client Karolina Hartwell, a supermodel and senator's wife trying to repair her image after a DUI. As she tries to balance life in the surprisingly cutthroat suburbs, save her career, and develop actual human friendships with the women around her, Emily begins coming into her own in an entirely new way—with just a little help from a devilish former boss.

The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn

Take Hitchcock's Rear Window, add a dash of Gone Girl, and a sprinkling of The Girl on the Train, and you'll have find yourself this tense, twisting thriller. Alcoholic and agoraphobic, former child psychologist Anna wiles away her days trapped in her New York apartment, until one day, she thinks she witnesses a crime through her window. Questioning her own sanity and forced to come to grips with the past that left her housebound for so long, Anna finds herself in very real danger on her quest to find the truth.

It just isn't summer if you don't have the perfect beach read. Find yours today and devour the details of one (or all) of these great books!