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The Only Beach Reads You Need This Summer
The buzzy novels, page-turners and modern classics worth the extra suitcase weight.
By Picky Me Editors · Published July 2026 · Updated July 10, 2026
A vacation isn't a vacation without at least one book you can't put down — ideally three, because who among us has ever accurately predicted our own reading pace on holiday? This is the stack we're packing: the buzzy new releases everyone's posting from their sun loungers, the thrillers that'll keep you up past your bedtime, and the modern classics worth a re-read. From Lisa Jewell's addictive None of This Is True to the tender Heart the Lover and the internet's beloved Eleanor Oliphant, there's a spine-crack here for every kind of beach day.
Feel-Good Fiction
Rufi Thorpe
Margo's Got Money Troubles
A funny, big-hearted story of a broke young single mum who turns to OnlyFans — and pro-wrestling wisdom — to get by.
€9.99
Buy on Amazon
Alison Espach
The Wedding People
A woman at her lowest checks into a grand hotel and gets swept into a stranger's wedding — funny, moving, unputdownable.
€11.57
Buy on Amazon
Gail Honeyman
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
The beloved bestseller about a lonely, awkward woman whose life is transformed by an unlikely friendship.
€10.69
Buy on Amazon
Stephen Graham Jones
Yesteryear
A sun-warmed, nostalgia-soaked debut about memory, longing and one long summer that changes everything.
€10.89
Buy on AmazonThrillers & Page-Turners
Lisa Jewell
None of This Is True
A twisty, unputdownable thriller about a podcaster and the unsettling stranger who latches onto her life.
€10.19
Buy on Amazon
Abigail Dean
The Death of Us
A propulsive whodunit that unspools a marriage — and a decades-old secret — one twist at a time.
€6.99
Buy on AmazonLiterary & Love Stories
Lily King
Heart the Lover
A tender, decades-spanning love-triangle novel from the author of Writers & Lovers.
€10.69
Buy on Amazon
Clare Leslie Hall
Broken Country
A sweeping love triangle and slow-burn mystery in the English countryside — Amazon's Book of the Year.
€13.80
Buy on Amazon
Belle Burden
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
A raw, quietly devastating memoir of falling in and out of love with the person you thought you knew.
€13.85
Buy on Amazon
Vincenzo Latronico
Perfection
A razor-sharp portrait of a beautiful expat life that looks flawless on Instagram and hollow up close.
€8.49
Buy on AmazonConsider your suitcase weight allowance officially spoken for. Scroll on, and save the ones going straight in your tote.
At a glance
- Rufi Thorpe — Margo's Got Money Troubles — €9.99
- Alison Espach — The Wedding People — €11.57
- Gail Honeyman — Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine — €10.69
- Stephen Graham Jones — Yesteryear — €10.89
- Lisa Jewell — None of This Is True — €10.19
- Abigail Dean — The Death of Us — €6.99
- Lily King — Heart the Lover — €10.69
- Clare Leslie Hall — Broken Country — €13.80
Frequently asked
What are the best beach reads for summer 2026?
Our edit lands on 10 books worth packing — buzzy new releases like Lisa Jewell's None of This Is True, Alison Espach's The Wedding People, Clare Leslie Hall's Broken Country and Lily King's Heart the Lover, alongside modern favourites including Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Yesteryear, The Death of Us, Strangers and Perfection.
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