Summer Reading Book List

Murder Makes Waves by Anne George  Not rated yet
Sisters and amateur sleuths Patricia Anne and Mary Alice set off for the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village" in search of some excitement, but instead they ...

Wicked: The Life and Times of The Wicked Witch of the West  Not rated yet
Have you enjoyed watching The Wizard of Oz year after year, or do you own the DVD and watch it ALL the time? Everyone knows the story of Dorothy, but Wicked:...

A Bad Bride's Tale   Not rated yet
By Polly Williams, this book is a pretty quick read. It is a love story based around a woman who ends up marrying the wrong man. The story is based in ...

A Nicholas Sparks Beach Read  Not rated yet
Nicholas Sparks has given us another great story this year. The Last Song is the perfect book to read while lounging on the beach. Set in North Carolina,...

Have a Little Faith  Not rated yet
This is a wonderfully insightful book on the differences of spirituality over time. A good bite of time is put into building the characters which you will ...

Another Roadside Attraction  Not rated yet
When I'm trying to pick a book to read at the beach, I definitely want something that will make me laugh rather then make me cry. Another Roadside attraction ...

Contact by Carl Sagan  Not rated yet
Whenever I travel to Tampa, Florida for summer vacations I always bring along a good book to read. This past summer I read Contact by Carl Sagan. This ...

Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle  Not rated yet
I highly recommend the book, "Meeting Mr. Wrong: The Romantic Misadventures of a Southern Belle" by Stephanie Snowe. This book is quick, light reading ...

Getting Things Done  Not rated yet
This book is not new, but it is everlastingly popular and a truly life-changing book that can be read over and over again. The first time I read it was ...

Summer Sisters by Judy Blume  Not rated yet
Summer Sisters by Judy Blume is the perfect beach read. Much of the book is set on an island during summer vacations, so reading it on a beach in the summertime ...

Monk Who Sold His Ferrari  Not rated yet
This is a famous book by Robin Sharma. I just love it. The content is not only very absorbing, but is a great eye-opener too. The book tells you about ...

"Under the Duvet"  Not rated yet
I simply adored "Under the Duvet" by Marian Keyes. The author, an Irish lass, is best known as a novelist. Here, however, she has put together a group ...

Redeeming Love   Not rated yet
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers is the kind of book that is hard to put down once you get into it. It tells the story of a girl born into a poor family ...

The Sparrow  Not rated yet
When I was younger, my go-to beach books would always be what I call "fluff" reading... Something that isn't too taxing, giving your mind a vacation in ...

Mad Kestrel by Misty Massey  Not rated yet
Tucked up in a beach chair, with the waves crashing in your ears and the sea breezes in your face, what could be better than a good pirate story? Toss ...

Twilight Series  Not rated yet
I recently read the Twilight series and normally I’m an average paced reader. However, as soon as I started reading this series I was addicted. I read ...

Paradise Valley  Not rated yet
Paradise Valley by Robyn Carr is a great read for anytime. Paradise Valley is part of the Virgin River series and follows the good people of the valley....

Rules for Renegades  Not rated yet
Christine Comaford-Lynch gives career advice based on her own personal experiences with breaking the mold, making mistakes, dating Bill Gates, shmoozing ...

Norwegian Wood  Not rated yet
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami is what I'd consider to be the perfect book to read on the beach. It had everything that I look for in a beach read- romance,...

Griffin & Sabine  Not rated yet
When you are on a beach, looking out over the vastness of the ocean, you're not really on a beach any more but anywhere you want to be. It is one of the ...

Deception  Not rated yet
Deception by Randy Alcorn is a great read for a holiday. Not only is it almost 500 pages long, so it really lasts, it is a real attention grabber.

Detective ...

Sisterchicks  Not rated yet
I recommend Sisterchicks on the Loose by Robin Jones Gunn for a good beach read. This is the first in a series of Sisterchick books.

What is a Sisterchick?...

Watership Down  Not rated yet
My favorite book is “Watership Down” by Richard Adams. In the story, a group of rabbits journey to find a new home after their previous habitat is destroyed....

I Loved Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell  Not rated yet
I recently read Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell and loved it. I was a fan of the Harry Potter series, and to me, this felt like a grown up Harry Potter....

Fight Club  Not rated yet
Fight Club was Chuck Palahniuk's first book. It was written in 1996, and is (in my opinion) a great satirical novel. At first it seems to be about a group ...

Life Of Pi  Not rated yet
Life of Pi was a book that I will always remember as being a display of great fiction writing talent. The book comes off as accessible to anyone who picks ...

Dead Sexy  Not rated yet
I would recommend the book Dead Sexy, by author Amanda Ashley. It is a vampire romance book. It is chilling, yet romantic and exciting. Vampire specialist ...