Just like any body can be a beach body, any book can be a beach read. When you’re packing a travel bag this summer and mulling over the Beach Reads! display at your local independent bookstore, stop ...

This is an excerpt from WBUR's new Beach Books newsletter. Sign up to get New England reading recommendations sent to your inbox weekly throughout the rest of the summer. Sweet, sweet fantasy. It’s a ...

This is an excerpt from WBUR's new Beach Books newsletter. Sign up to get New England reading recommendations sent to your inbox weekly throughout the rest of the summer. The summer is time for ...

Fans of Suzanne Collins' "The Hunger Games" series will want to read her newest novel, "Sunrise on the Reaping." Also recommended: Hannah's "The Great Alone," which tells of a family trying to make it ...

Once upon a time, when I was young and innocent, working as a newspaper reporter in Philadelphia and writing a novel in my spare time, I believed that what I was writing was simply a book, or a novel, ...

Whether you’re in search of the perfect companion for a lazy day by the shore, looking for inspiration for an outing or just craving a better burger, our reviewers have a wealth of ...

Spangled with ruffled pages, oily with sunscreen, and meant to be stuffed into a string bag, “beach reads” may be viewed as toss-away books, but that’s not always the case. Sure they’re breezy guilty ...

Stephen King's "Never Flinch" is one of the best beach reads for summer 2025, featuring recurring King character Holly Gibney. Summer is for going to the beach, hitting the pool and soaking up the sun ...