A beach read can be whatever you read at the beach. You might want to read a classic - or a romance. Book advisor Hillary Copsey picks the best.

The following list of great books to take to the perfect beach, this summer or anytime, has been chosen from a list of the all-time best-ever 100 beach reads compiled by the audience of National ...

Our reviewers select reading delights to toss in the carry-on or savor in the hammock. And a few to help out on an afternoon by the grill. By WSJ Books Staff May 25, 2023 12:25 pm ET Share Resize ...

On warm, sunny days, I took my books to the beach to study. When I met my husband, I wondered if he could blend harmoniously with my earlier loves and find pleasure in a day of sand, sun and reading.

No matter what you like to read, one of these 10 books on our list is bound to be your next favorite beach go-to. Relax in the sun with a good book while you soak in the ocean air.

I’m not a snob about books, writes Laura McTaggart. But I do have standards, and even my beach reads must meet them. In fact, I have even higher standards for my beach reads, because everything ...

The Continental Affair Christine Mangan (fiction, Flatiron Books, out Aug. 22) Henri and Louise are strangers on a train from Belgrade to Istanbul — only, they’re not entirely strangers.

Beth Thames: Nobody reads serious books at the beach Published: Jul. 24, 2025, 2:35 p.m. Photo/Beth Thames Beth Thames By Beth Thames This is an opinion column Once there were six; now there are five.

The Queen of Beach Reads, Emily Henry, whipped up her latest read, “Happy Place.” This escapist novel is the ideal flip-through book with engaging characters and an intriguing plot.

A champion surfer, a travel photographer and a writer on the volumes that make for absorbing beach books—and put you in a summer mood By Donna Bulseco Updated Aug. 18, 2021 1:22 pm ET Share ...

It’s a humid book for a humid season, pairing well with “Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home,” by Ana Castillo. The Chicagoan’s poetry tends to obscure her graceful fiction, which, in the seven ...