The Best Backlist Beach Reads to Throw in Your Beach Bag

Summer is almost here! I can't think of a better weekend to curl up with a beach read. You have all the excitement of summer ahead of you and hopefully a pile of books you want to read, too!

Sometimes the best beach reads are the ones that have been out for a few years that fly under the radar or you may have looked them over. For the past ten years, I've compiled a list of my favorite backlist beach reads that shouldn't be missed! The best part about backlist beach reads is the fact that they are out in paperback, which is the perfect type of book to throw in your bag or luggage. This list has something here for everyone  - young adult, romance, and historical beach reads and when possible, I have linked the title to my review.

Young Adult Beach Reads: 

 

The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han

The Boys Next Door/Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson

My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick

Nantucket Blue by Leila Howland

The Season of You and Me by Robin Constatine

Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen

Open Road Summer by Emory Lord

Broken Hearts, Fences, and Other Things to Mend by Katie Finn

The Summer After You and Me by Jennifer Doktorski

The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen

The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen

Save the Date by Morgan Matson

Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett 

 

 

 

Adult Beach Reads: 

 

 

A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams

The Summer House by Hannah McKinnon

The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable

Slightly South of Simple by Kristy Woodson Harvey

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves

The Island by Elin Hilderbrand

All the Summer Girls by Meg Donohue

Under a Dark Summer Sky by Vanessa Lafaye

The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach by Pam Jenoff

The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White

Villa America by Liza Klausmann

 

 

 

 

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

You, Me, and the Sea by Meg Donohue
The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves

The Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams

The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand 

 

 The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable

The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner

The Secret to Southern Charm by Kristy Woodson Harvey

The Southern Side of Paradise by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

 

 

 

 

 

The Golden Hour by Beatriz Williams

Surfside Sisters by Nancy Thayer 

The Islanders by Meg Mitchell Moore

Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren 

Drawing Home by Jamie Brenner

 

 

 

 

 

 Beach Read by Emily Henry

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

Summer Longing by Jamie Brenner

The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton

Girls of Summer by Nancy Thayer

Summer Darlings by Brooke Lea Foster

Hello, Summer by Mary Kay Andrews

 

 

 

 

 

The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Mailbu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley

Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland

Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey

The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

We are the Brennans by Tracey Lange

Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand

 

 

 

 

 

 Every Summer After by Carley Fortune 

  The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner 

 The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

   Meant to Be by Emily Giffin

 Sea Glass Summer by Miranda Liasson 

 Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan

  On Gin Lane by Brooke Lea Foster

 The Lost Summers of Newport by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig

The Siren by Katherine St. John  

 

 

 

 

 Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan

The Beach at Summerly by Beatriz Williams

Hula by Jasmin Iolani Hakes

California Golden by Melanie Benjamin

The Cuban Heiress by Chanel Cleeton

Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur

Happy Place by Emily Henry

The Darlings by Hannah McKinnon

Save What's Left by Elizabeth Castellano

 

 

 

 

 Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Pineapple Street by Jenny Jackson

The Summer of Songbirds by Kristy Woodson Harvey

Summer Reading by Jenn McKinlay

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett

The Firefly Summer by Morgan Matson

The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand 

 Recent Additions:

 

 

Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

Sandwich by Catherine Newman

Summer Romance by Annabel Monaghan

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez

The House on Biscayne Bay by Chanel Cleeton

The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren

Summer Fridays by Suzanne Rindell

Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand

A Happier Life by Kristy Woodson Harvey

 

 

 

Have you read any of these beach reads? Do you have any recommendations for me? Let me know in the comments below.