Every year I ask my friends on my Facebook page for their recommended Summer Reads, their favourite books to read on the beach for this year.

Here are some recommendations from previous years.

 Summer Reads 2017 Summer Reads 2018. Summer Reads 2020

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It’s not scientific. I don’t know what they are basing their decisions on. In some case it might be a good cover, in others it’s a favourite author, but almost always the books ideas turn out to be brilliant and I am grateful for their ideas.

So here are the Summer Reads my friends and followers came up with for Summer 2023!  If you click on these links and buy a book I may earn a few pence but it won’t cost you anymore!

Lessons in Chemistry

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Lessons in Chemistry: The modern classic multi-million-copy bestseller

• New Store Stock

£6.00

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: The perfect beach read and million-copy bestseller

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£5.50

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All My Mothers 

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All My Mothers: The heart-breaking novel from the author of the Costa-shortlisted debut, THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE

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£9.49

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The Trees

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The Trees: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of James

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£9.19

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At the Table

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At the Table: a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year

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£9.49

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A Terrible Kindness

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A Terrible Kindness: The Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick

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£5.50

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The Giver of Stars

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The Giver of Stars: The spellbinding love story from the author of the global phenomenon Me Before You

£6.00

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Lucky

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Lucky: The totally gripping and twisty Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that inspired the Apple TV series

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£8.21

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The Last Thing He Told Me

The Last Thing He Told Me: Now a major Apple TV series starring Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

• Amazon Kindle Edition

£4.49

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Mad Honey

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Mad Honey: an absolutely heart-pounding and heart-breaking book club novel

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£5.50

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Homecoming

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Homecoming: A Sweeping Intergenerational Mystery From the Number One Bestselling Author

£6.00

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The Book of Form and Emptiness

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The Book of Form and Emptiness: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022

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£9.49

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The Garnett Girls

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The Garnett Girls: The uplifting, escapist family drama full of secrets and romance from the Sunday Times bestseller – the perfect must-read for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid in 2026

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£5.50

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This Could be Everything

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This Could be Everything: the feelgood new novel from the author of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets

• Hardcover Book

£13.19

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Shrines of Gaiety

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Shrines of Gaiety: The Sunday Times Bestseller

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£9.49

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Whalebone Theatre

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The Whalebone Theatre: The Sunday Times bestselling historical novel and beautiful coming-of-age story

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£9.49

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Strong Female Character

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Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner

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£9.69

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The Maid

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The Maid: The Sunday Times and No.1 New York Times bestseller, and Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for best mystery thriller: Book 1 (A Molly the Maid mystery)

£9.49

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The Botanists Daughter

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The Botanist's Daughter: The bestselling and captivating historical novel readers love!

• The botanist's daughter
• The botanist's daughter
• The botanist's daughter

£6.15

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The Trial

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The Trial: The No. 1 bestselling whodunit by Britain’s best-known criminal barrister

£6.00

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Dictionary of Lost Words

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The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick

£9.49

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