Books like Beach Read

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  1. People We Meet on Vacation

    Emily Henry · 2021

    Because also by Emily Henry; shares tags: romance, contemporary, summer.

    Poppy and Alex have shared one vacation each summer for ten years. Two years after a silent falling out, she talks him into one more trip…

  2. Slammed

    Colleen Hoover · 2012 · Slammed #1

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Grieving Layken falls for neighbor Will, then learns he is her teacher, and poems carry them.

  3. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  4. Heart Bones

    Colleen Hoover · 2022

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, summer.

    Poor Beyah spends summer in Texas with distant father and falls for secretive Samson.

  5. All the Bright Places

    Jennifer Niven · 2015

    Because shares tags: contemporary, grief, romance.

    Grieving Violet and struggling Finch wander Indiana for a school project and each other.

  6. November 9

    Colleen Hoover · 2015

    Because shares tags: romance, writers, contemporary.

    Fallon and Ben meet every November 9 for five years with no contact between, until his novel reveals the fire that scarred her.

  7. Reminders of Him

    Colleen Hoover · 2022

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary, grief.

    Kenna returns after prison to meet the daughter she lost, facing the family that blames her.

  8. Happy Place

    Emily Henry · 2023

    Because also by Emily Henry; shares tags: romance, contemporary.

    A split couple fakes being together for one last week with friends at a Maine cottage. Emily Henry mixes witty banter, grief, and second…

  9. Book Lovers

    Emily Henry · 2022

    Because also by Emily Henry; shares tags: romance, contemporary.

    Sharp literary agent Nora Stephens gets dragged to small-town Sunshine Falls with her sister and keeps colliding with brooding editor…

  10. PS, I Love You

    Cecelia Ahern · 2004

    Because shares tags: romance, grief.

    Widowed at thirty, Holly Kennedy follows ten monthly letters left by her late husband Gerry, facing grief, loving family chaos and slow…

  11. After You

    Jojo Moyes · 2015 · Me Before You #2

    Because shares tags: romance, grief.

    Lou grieves Will, falls from a roof, joins a group, and meets Sam and a surprise from Will's past.

  12. The Flatshare

    Beth O'Leary · 2019

    Because shares tags: romance, contemporary.

    Two strangers share one bed on opposite shifts and fall in love through notes left around the flat.

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