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Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as beach)
avg rating 3.95 — 1,814,330 ratings — published 2020
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as beach)
avg rating 3.73 — 1,214,570 ratings — published 2009
The Hotel Nantucket (Hardcover)
by (shelved 51 times as beach)
avg rating 4.05 — 339,949 ratings — published 2022
People We Meet on Vacation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as beach)
avg rating 3.84 — 1,998,987 ratings — published 2021
28 Summers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as beach)
avg rating 4.17 — 304,859 ratings — published 2020
Malibu Rising (Hardcover)
by (shelved 42 times as beach)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,388,104 ratings — published 2021
The Five-Star Weekend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as beach)
avg rating 4.03 — 470,082 ratings — published 2023
Every Summer After (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as beach)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,102,496 ratings — published 2022
The Perfect Couple (Nantucket, #3)
by (shelved 39 times as beach)
avg rating 3.96 — 282,062 ratings — published 2018
Summer of '69 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as beach)
avg rating 3.95 — 181,453 ratings — published 2019
The Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as beach)
avg rating 3.88 — 75,045 ratings — published 2010
Along for the Ride (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as beach)
avg rating 4.03 — 214,154 ratings — published 2009
Golden Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 33 times as beach)
avg rating 4.15 — 190,799 ratings — published 2021
It's Not Summer Without You (Summer, #2)
by (shelved 32 times as beach)
avg rating 3.73 — 774,994 ratings — published 2010
Happy Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as beach)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,567,494 ratings — published 2023
Sandwich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as beach)
avg rating 3.52 — 243,592 ratings — published 2024
The Identicals (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as beach)
avg rating 3.90 — 134,196 ratings — published 2017
The Blue Bistro (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as beach)
avg rating 3.94 — 89,063 ratings — published 2005
Winter in Paradise (Paradise, #1)
by (shelved 29 times as beach)
avg rating 4.08 — 197,291 ratings — published 2018
Chu's Day at the Beach (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as beach)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,574 ratings — published 2015
One Golden Summer (Barry's Bay, #2)
by (shelved 28 times as beach)
avg rating 4.27 — 645,317 ratings — published 2025
The Rumor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as beach)
avg rating 3.76 — 124,452 ratings — published 2015
We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as beach)
avg rating 3.77 — 710,751 ratings — published 2011
Barefoot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as beach)
avg rating 3.77 — 92,476 ratings — published 2007
There Might Be Lobsters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 27 times as beach)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,062 ratings — published 2017
The Castaways (Nantucket, #2)
by (shelved 27 times as beach)
avg rating 3.66 — 86,755 ratings — published 2009
Silver Girl (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as beach)
avg rating 3.94 — 68,329 ratings — published 2011
The Beach House (Beach House, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as beach)
avg rating 4.22 — 31,337 ratings — published 2002
This Summer Will Be Different (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as beach)
avg rating 3.94 — 440,463 ratings — published 2024
Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)
by (shelved 25 times as beach)
avg rating 3.94 — 138,547 ratings — published 2020
Beach House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as beach)
avg rating 3.97 — 313 ratings — published 2015
We Were Liars (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as beach)
avg rating 3.66 — 1,496,572 ratings — published 2014
Same Time Next Summer (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as beach)
avg rating 3.72 — 167,919 ratings — published 2023
If You Ever Want to Bring a Piano to the Beach, Don't! (Magnolia Says DON'T!, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as beach)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,025 ratings — published 2016
Summer Rental (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as beach)
avg rating 3.82 — 38,778 ratings — published 2011
Little Houses: A Multigenerational Picture Book About Beach Treasures and Wonder for Kids (Ages 4-8)
by (shelved 23 times as beach)
avg rating 3.88 — 545 ratings — published 2022
What Happens in Paradise (Paradise, #2)
by (shelved 23 times as beach)
avg rating 4.03 — 155,310 ratings — published 2019
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as beach)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,201,342 ratings — published 2019
A Summer Affair (Nantucket, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as beach)
avg rating 3.49 — 96,229 ratings — published 2008
This Beach Is Loud! (Little Senses)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.89 — 605 ratings — published
The Summer Girls (Lowcountry Summer, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.87 — 20,701 ratings — published 2013
A Hundred Summers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.96 — 51,863 ratings — published 2013
The Beach Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.74 — 43,561 ratings — published 2000
Beachcombers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.80 — 19,715 ratings — published 2010
Bats at the Beach (A Bat Book)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,289 ratings — published 2006
Nantucket Nights (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as beach)
avg rating 3.54 — 53,843 ratings — published 2002
Swan Song (Nantucket, #4)
by (shelved 21 times as beach)
avg rating 4.02 — 166,804 ratings — published 2025
“I know that this process of ‘me changing my life’ doesn’t just end once I set fire to this list of things I hate about myself. Tonight isn’t as much of a new beginning as it is a violent end and I know the real work hasn’t even started yet.”
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“Vicinity to the sea is desirable, because it is easier to do nothing by the sea than anywhere else, and because bathing and basking on the shore cannot be considered an employment but only an apotheosis of loafing.”
― The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
― The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
