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.
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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
Lessons in Chemistry: The modern classic multi-million-copy bestseller
- New Store Stock
- Garmus, Bonnie (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 400 Pages - 03/02/2023 (Publication Date) - Penguin (Publisher)
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: The perfect beach read and million-copy bestseller
- New Store Stock
- Zevin, Gabrielle (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 496 Pages - 06/29/2023 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
All My MothersÂ
All My Mothers: The heart-breaking novel from the author of the Costa-shortlisted debut, THE OTHER HALF OF AUGUSTA HOPE
- New Store Stock
- Glen, Joanna (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 480 Pages - 03/03/2022 (Publication Date) - The Borough Press (Publisher)
The Trees
The Trees: From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of James
- New Store Stock
- Everett, Percival (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 10/05/2023 (Publication Date) - Picador (Publisher)
At the Table
At the Table: a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year
- New Store Stock
- Powell, Claire (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages - 03/02/2023 (Publication Date) - Fleet (Publisher)
A Terrible Kindness
A Terrible Kindness: The Bestselling Richard and Judy Book Club Pick
- New Store Stock
- Browning Wroe, Jo (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 400 Pages - 12/08/2022 (Publication Date) - Faber & Faber (Publisher)
The Giver of Stars
The Giver of Stars: The spellbinding love story from the author of the global phenomenon Me Before You
- Moyes, Jojo (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 464 Pages - 07/23/2020 (Publication Date) - Penguin (Publisher)
Lucky
Lucky: The totally gripping and twisty Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that inspired the Apple TV series
- New Store Stock
- Stapley, Marissa (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 256 Pages - 02/03/2022 (Publication Date) - Hodder Paperbacks (Publisher)
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
- Dave, Laura (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 397 Pages - 05/04/2021 (Publication Date) - Viper (Publisher)
Mad Honey
Mad Honey: an absolutely heart-pounding and heart-breaking book club novel
- New Store Stock
- Picoult, Jodi (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 464 Pages - 08/31/2023 (Publication Date) - Hodder Paperbacks (Publisher)
Homecoming
Homecoming: A Sweeping Intergenerational Mystery From the Number One Bestselling Author
- Morton, Kate (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 640 Pages - 02/15/2024 (Publication Date) - Pan (Publisher)
The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Book of Form and Emptiness: Winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2022
- New Store Stock
- Ozeki, Ruth (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 560 Pages - 03/24/2022 (Publication Date) - Canongate Books (Publisher)
The Garnett Girls
The Garnett Girls: The uplifting, escapist family drama full of secrets and romance from the Sunday Times bestseller – perfect for 2026
- New Store Stock
- Moore, Georgina (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 336 Pages - 04/11/2024 (Publication Date) - HQ (Publisher)
This Could be Everything
This Could be Everything: the feelgood new novel from the author of The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets
- Hardcover Book
- Rice, Eva (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 432 Pages - 02/16/2023 (Publication Date) - Simon & Schuster UK (Publisher)
Shrines of Gaiety
Shrines of Gaiety: The Sunday Times Bestseller
- New Store Stock
- Atkinson, Kate (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 544 Pages - 04/27/2023 (Publication Date) - Penguin (Publisher)
Whalebone Theatre
The Whalebone Theatre: The Sunday Times bestselling historical novel and beautiful coming-of-age story
- New Store Stock
- Quinn, Joanna (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 560 Pages - 08/03/2023 (Publication Date) - Penguin (Publisher)
Strong Female Character
Strong Female Character: Nero Book Awards Winner
- New Store Stock
- Brady, Fern (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 288 Pages - 01/11/2024 (Publication Date) - Brazen (Publisher)
The Maid
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)
- Prose, Nita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 04/27/2023 (Publication Date) - HarperCollins (Publisher)
The Botanists Daughter
The Botanist's Daughter: The bestselling and captivating historical novel readers love!
- The botanist's daughter
- The botanist's daughter
- The botanist's daughter
- Nunn, Kayte (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
The Trial
The Trial: The No. 1 bestselling whodunit by Britain’s best-known criminal barrister
- Rinder, Rob (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 368 Pages - 02/15/2024 (Publication Date) - Penguin (Publisher)
Dictionary of Lost Words
The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick
- Williams, Pip (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 432 Pages - 01/20/2022 (Publication Date) - Vintage (Publisher)
