There’s still time to indulge in our guilty pleasure of beach reads. Here are our top picks for summer 2021…..
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
After ‘Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ and ‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ Taylor Jenkins Reid is back with a new novel. Its August 1983 and the highly anticipated end-of-summer party which the popular Riva’s – all offspring of legendary singer Mick Riva, consisting of Nina, the talented surfer and supermodel; brothers Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other a renowned photographer; and their adored baby sister, Kit - throw annually is around the corner. By morning the Riva mansion will have gone up in flames and the family will have to face which secrets to reveal and which to take with them.
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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Shy loner August falls head over heels for über-cool commuter Jane—only to discover that her amour fou is actually trapped in the New York subway system circa 1970.
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The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Get Out meets The Stepford Wives in this whip-smart, dynamic thriller and sly social commentary that is perfect for anyone who has ever felt manipulated, threatened, or overlooked in the workplace. This stunning debut is about 26-year-old editorial assistant Nella Rogers, who's tired of being the only Black employee at her company. She's fed up with the isolation and microaggression so when Harlem-born and bred Hazel starts working beside her, she's thrilled. Just as the two start bonding over her hair care regimens, Hazel suddenly becomes the Office Darling, leaving Nella all alone. Then the notes begin to appear on Nella’s desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW. It’s hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages. But as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces at play, she soon realizes that there’s a lot more at stake than just her career.
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Small Pleasures by Clare Chambers
It’s 1957 in the south-east suburbs of London. Jean Swinney is a features writer on a local paper, disappointed in love and – on the brink of 40 – living a limited existence with her argumentative mother. When a young Swiss woman, Gretchen Tilbury, contacts the paper to claim her daughter is the result of a virgin birth, it is down to Jean to discover whether she is a miracle or a fraud. But the more she investigates, the more her life becomes strangely intertwined with that of the Tilbury's.
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A Theatre For Dreamers by Polly Samson
The world is dancing on the edge of the 60’s revolution. Nowhere more so than on the Greek island of Hydra, where a circle of poets, painters and musicians live tangled lives, ruled by the writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, troubled king and queen of bohemia. Forming within this circle is a triangle: the magnetic, destructive writer Axel Jensen, his dazzling wife Marianne Ihlen and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen. Into their midst arrives teenage Erica, with little more than a bundle of blank notebooks and her grief for her mother. A Theatre for Dreamers is a spellbinding novel about utopian dreams and innocence lost.
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The Lucky Escape by Laura Jane Williams
When the day finally comes for Annie to marry Alexander, the last thing she expects is to be left standing at the altar. She was so sure he was Mr Right. Now, she has no idea how she could have got it so wrong. After a chance meeting with Patrick, an old friend who reminds her of who she used to be, Annie takes a vow of her own: she’ll say yes to every opportunity that comes her way from now on. Could a spontaneous trip with Patrick be the way to mend Annie’s heart? She’s about to find out as she embarks on her honeymoon – with a man who’s not her husband…
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While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory
Ben Stephens has never bothered with serious relationships. He has plenty of casual dates to keep him busy, family drama he's trying to ignore and his advertising job to focus on. When Ben lands a huge ad campaign featuring movie star Anna Gardiner, however, it's hard to keep it purely professional. Anna is not just gorgeous and sexy, she's also down to earth and considerate, and he can't help flirting a little... When the opportunity comes to turn their real-life fling into something more for the Hollywood spotlight, will Ben be content to play the background role in Anna's life and leave when the cameras stop rolling? Or could he be the leading man she needs to craft their own Hollywood ending?
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