The 30 best beach reads for summer 2025

by New York Post

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30 books

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See the source list and commentary at nypost.com

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid, 2025

The Bachelorette Party

Camilla Sten, 2025

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V. E. Schwab, 2025

The Doorman

Chris Pavone, 2025

Don't Let Him In

Lisa Jewell, 2025

Edge of Honor

Brad Thor, 2025

The Emperor of Gladness

The must-read Sunday Times bestseller about the power of unlikely friendship from the author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous

Ocean Vuong, 2025

El Dorado Drive

Megan Abbott, 2025

Endling

Maria Reva, 2025

Fever Beach

Carl Hiaasen, 2025

Flashlight

Susan Choi, 2025

Great Big Beautiful Life

Emily Henry, 2025

Hidden Nature

Nora Roberts, 2025

Hotter in the Hamptons

In Pursuit of Beauty

Gary Baum, 2025

King of Ashes

S. A. Cosby, 2025

The Magician of Tiger Castle

Louis Sachar, 2025

Never Flinch

Stephen King, 2025

Nightshade

Michael Connelly, 2025

The Original Daughter: A GMA Book Club Pick

Jemimah Wei, 2025

The Rabbit Club

Christopher J. Yates, 2025

The River Is Waiting (Oprah's Book Club)

Wally Lamb, 2025

Shield of Sparrows

Devney Perry, 2025

Silver Elite

Dani Francis, 2025

Songs of Summer

Jane L. Rosen, 2025

Stuart Woods' Finders Keepers

Brett Battles, 2025

The Tenant

Freida McFadden, 2025

We Are All Guilty Here

Karin Slaughter, 2025

With a Vengeance

Riley Sager, 2026

The Woman in Suite 11

Ruth Ware, 2025