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Top 10 Good Beach Reads

This is such a fun topic!  It definitely makes me want to go to the beach, and if I were to go to the beach, which books would I want to read?  This is a strange list, and quite honestly, some of the books and authors I came up with surprised me.  But there’s nothing like hanging out at the beach with a good, fun book!

1. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot.  I loved the Princess Diaries in high school, and I’ve been thinking about doing a re-read.  It’s definitely a fun read.
2. Anything Danielle Steele: For some reason, she’s one of the first people I thought of and I loved her in high school.  I really have no idea why I’m putting her on this list…but romance always seems like a good beach read to me.
3. The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory.  This is my favorite book by her, and it’s entertaining.  Plus, it’s historical fiction and about the Tudors.  How can you go wrong with that combination?
4. Anything Jodi Picoult.  I’ve only read a couple of her books, and her books have a made-for-tv-movie feel to them, which is why I’d be reading her at the beach.  It makes putting sunscreen on every 2 minutes seem so much more dramatic.
5. Need by Carrie Jones.  I really do like Zara, and Need is definitely a fun, easy read that perfect for the beach.
6. Paranormalcy by Kierstan White.  I enjoyed this book and it was so fun to read the first time!  There’s just something pink and sparkly about this book that makes it a great beach read.
7. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard.  For the most part, I loved this series, and I’m just going to pretend that 9 and 10 don’t exist.  But this was so fun to read and definitely beach-worthy.
8. Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya.  I love Fruits Basket, and while it doesn’t take long to get through any single volume, the series is just cute.  And fun.
9. Anything Nicholas Sparks.  I haven’t read anything by him in a long time, but I’d definitely bring one of his books to the beach.  They’re light and fluffy reads…and I definitely need to read more light and fluffy things.
10. Night Walker by Lisa Kessler.  It was between this one and a couple others, but considering parts of the book actually take place at the beach, I had to go with this one.  Especially since I can actually go to the beach mentioned in the book!  The romance definitely adds to the beach-reading experience.

So, what books do you think are beach-worthy?