Our team’s picks for delicious beach reads.
From a New York art world It Girl, an unflinching motherhood memoir that dares to ask what happens when “what to expect when you’re expecting” turns out to be months of rage, anguish, brain fog, and a total surrender of sex, career, and identity.
Moderation Elaine Castillo
A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplace—bringing Castillo’s trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story about the possible future of love.
Aftertaste Daria Lavelle
What if you could have one last meal with someone you’ve loved, someone you’ve lost? Aftertaste is an epic love story, a dark comedy, and a synesthetic adventure through food and grief.
The Tell Amy Griffin
An astonishing memoir, with a tie to Texas, that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories.
I Regret Almost Everything: A Memoir Keith McNally
The entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis.
Hotter in the Hamptons Tinx
Travel to the heart of the Hamptons in an irresistible summer fling from New York Times bestselling author Tinx.
Atmosphere: A Love Story Taylor Jenkins Reid
From the bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
Isola Allegra Goodman
A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this lushly painted historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam.
Great Big Beautiful Life Emily Henry
Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping novel.
The Lake Escape Jamie Day
Will this be the best week of their lives… or the last? The next riveting summer suspense by the author of The Block Party and One Big Happy Family.
All the Men I’ve Loved Again Christine Pride
A dazzling solo debut novel about a woman who finds herself in the impossible situation of being in love with the same two men who won her heart in her early twenties again as she nears forty.
Notes on Infinity Austin Taylor
A singular, extraordinary debut about Zoe and Jack, Harvard students who find themselves propelled into the intoxicating biotech startup world when they announce they’ve discovered the cure for aging.