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MCCPL: Beach Reads For The Winter Blues
Here are some beach reads, mostly recently published titles, from adult fiction:
Devin Cook
December 1, 2021
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Got the Winter Blues? The days are shorter, the temperatures are lower, and we’re dreaming of elsewhere. Escape the dreary winter weather by transporting yourself to warm, sandy beaches through the power of books! It’s a lot less expensive than booking a flight to Puerto Vallarta!
Here are some beach reads, mostly recently published titles, from adult fiction:
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Beach Haven by T. I. Lowe
Beach Read by Emily Henry
Coral Cottage by Jan Moran
Family Reunion by Nancy Thayer
Float Plan by Trish Doller
The Forever Summer by Jamie Brenner
Golden Girl by Elin Hilderbrand
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
The House on Fripp Island by Rebecca Kauffman
Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland
The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
People We Meet On Vacation by Emily Henry
Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
The Siren by Katherine St. John
Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
Under the Southern Sky by Kristy Woodson Harvey
We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz
Feel-good beachy adult non-fiction:
Barons of the Sea : And Their Race To Build The World’s Fastest Clipper Ship by Steven Ujifusa
Does This Beach Make Me Look Fat? by Lisa Scottoline
Indiana Beach : a Fun-Filled History by W. C. Madden
The Soul Of An Octopus by Sy Montgomery
YA Titles:
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler
The Lake Effect by Erin McCahan
The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
Ramona Blue by Julie Murphy
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han
The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells
99 Days by Katie Cotugno
Titles from Juvenile Fiction!
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
Eva at the Beach by Rebecca Elliott
Ghost Beach by R. L. Stine
Malamander by Thomas Taylor
The Mystery of the Hidden Beach by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Nicole the Beach Fairy by Daisy Meadows
Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange
For your young children and toddlers, early books!
Beach Day! by Candice Ransom
A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams
Chu’s Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Jules vs. The Ocean by Jessie Sima
Pete at the Beach by James Dean
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Sea, Sand, Me! by Patricia Hubbell
Surfer Chick by Kristy Dempsey
These Seas Count! by Alison Formento
When a Dragon Moves In by Jodie Moore
We can’t pay for your vacation, but the library can help you imagine you’re taking one. Click any of the titles above to place a hold to pick up later, or check out digitally! We hope these stories bring you some warmth in the coming colder days.
This press release was produced by the McCracken County Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.