Collection Highlights: Beach Reads

 

Collection Highlights: Beach Reads

Contributed by Jordan Farinelli, Collection Development Librarian

August 2021

“Beach reads” are compulsively readable books that grab your attention until the last page. No matter where they may be, beachgoers and couch surfers alike can find an escape with this list of 2021’s most anticipated beach reads.

• Romance

• DB 103670 – Seven Days in June, by Tia Williams

• DB 102611 – Act Your Age, Eve Brown, by Talia Hibbert

• DB 103101 – Second First Impressions, by Sally Thorne

• DB 103191 – People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry

• Suspense

• DB 103816 – The Other Black Girl, by Zakiya Dalila Harris

• DB 103326 – The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave

• DB 102262 – Girl A, Abigail Dean

• Historical Fiction

• DB 103564 – Malibu Rising, by Taylor Jenkins Reid

• Fantasy

• DB 101960 – The Charmed Wife, by Olga Grushin

• Adventure

• DB 102210 – Outlawed, by Anna North

This list has been adapted from the Oprah Daily article, “35 of the Best Beach Reads to Help You Escape.” Visit this link for the full article: https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g26765235/best-beach-reads/?slide=1

Please note that these books are available for download on BARD and can only be mailed on a Books on Demand (BOD) cartridge. To have these books sent to you, please contact the reference desk. BOD, our new circulation system, significantly decreases the wait time for new books. For more information about BOD, see here: https://mdlbpd.blogspot.com/2021/03/books-on-demand-update.html or, send an email to reference.desk@maryland.gov.