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Summer is in full swing and there'south nothing like heading to the beach — or the park — sitting by the h2o, contemplating the view, grabbing a good book and just immersing ourselves in it. That'southward why we're throwing out some ideas for the perfect summertime novels.

Nosotros are adhering to "beach reads" rules though: most of the titles here are either total page-turners or grant some instant gratification — or both. And all of them will send you to faraway places or the kind of setting you'd enjoy spending a holiday at, either because of when they were written or where they are set.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" by Patricia Highsmith (1955)

The oldest book on this list is the starting time ane in a series of v psychological thrillers that Patricia Highsmith wrote about her infamous Tom Ripley character. Even if he'south a sociopath with more than murderous tendencies, the reader tin't avoid being on Ripley'southward side while reading Highsmith'southward engrossing novels.

The whole series is set in Europe with the first volume taking its protagonist and the reader to San Remo, Rome, Palermo and Venice. Plus, in that location's a constant longing for a trip to Hellenic republic.

This Australian classic is set in 1900 and features a group of boarders from an all-girls school in Victoria equally they accept a day trip to the nearby geological formation Hanging Stone. There are enough of descriptions of proper picnic attire, the beauty of the landscape and the relationships that bail this group of teenagers and their teachers.

And while Joan Lindsay's writing style and the setting for this novel may have you cartoon some parallels with other archetype coming-of-age novels written past and starring women, the ending of Picnic at Hanging Rock could simply have been written in the 1960s.

"Los mares del Sur" (Southern Seas) by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1979)

Allow me the hometown reference with this Spanish novel gear up in Barcelona in 1979. Written past the Galician-Catalan author Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seasis the near famous of his novels starring the private detective Pepe Carvalho. He's a gourmet who's equally obsessed with nutrient, literature and the city of Barcelona.

As well a methodical clarification of the city in the late 1970s, the book also includes references to a trip to the Southern Seas that never was.

"Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami (1987)

Written past Japanese author Haruki Murakami, this coming-of-historic period novel follows the story of Toru Watanabe, a college pupil who is obsessed with American literature. He'south trying to effigy out his life in Tokyo in the 1960s and ends up in relationships with 2 women who couldn't exist more different: there'south Naoko, the former girlfriend of his best friend, and Midori, ane of his classmates.

The story takes the reader from the bustling streets of Tokyo to the peaceful quietness of a rehab heart lost in the mountains nearby Kyoto.

"Get Shorty" by Elmore Leonard (1990)

Minor-time Miami loan shark Chili Palmer travels to Las Vegas, hoping to become a debt paid, and ends up in Los Angeles, where he learns about the moving-picture show-making business and how to go a producer. Set in Hollywood in 1990, this California archetype masterfully blends suspense, thrills, humour and even the slightest hint of a Western.

This story is so quintessentially Hollywood that there's a 1995 motion-picture show adaptation starring John Travolta and a 2017 Boob tube evidence with Chris O'Dowd, but you should definitely start with the Elmore Leonard novel.

"Death at La Fenice" by Donna Leon (1992)

American novelist Donna Leon has been calling Venice home for years. Her first book in the mystery series that stars the Venetian police detective Guido Brunetti follows the investigation of a music conductor's death later he's poisoned during the intermission of a Verdi opera at La Felice.

Leon has been steadily publishing one new Commissario Guido Brunetti installment a year for decades. And so if you lot dearest the Venitian setting, crime stories and the constant descriptions of all the delicious foods (and drinks) that Brunetti ingests on a daily footing, this could definitely be the serial for you lot.

"Call Me by Your Name" by André Aciman (2007)

Chances are we'll never get to meet Luca Guadagnino's sequel to his Phone call Me past Your Name flick adaptation. And while André Aciman's follow-up novel, Find Me, may leave hardcore fans of Elio and Oliver a little bit underwhelmed, there'south zilch like going dorsum to the original fabric.

Set against the backdrop of the Italian Riviera, this coming-of-historic period story follows the precocious Elio as he falls in love with Oliver, a graduate student and Elio's parents' invitee for the summer. This iconic summer read perfectly captures the feeling of longing for someone and it features plentiful, engaging conversations, early on morning time swims, leisurely wheel rides, a furtive human relationship and a passionate trip to Rome.

"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sets this story — that deals with clearing, race and the feeling of belonging — in Lagos, London and New Jersey. Her protagonist is Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States to further her studies.

Americanahmakes for a great read not only as an engaging and entertaining novel but besides as a study about race in America from the perspective of a non-American Black person. The novel likewise packs a complex love story between Ifemelu and Obinze, who moves to London and has to live there as an undocumented immigrant.

"Large Footling Lies" by Liane Moriarty (2014)

I don't care if y'all've already seen the star-packed HBO miniseries and know not merely who the killer of this story is but also the identity of the person who dies and whose investigation propels the whole plot, Liane Moriarty's soapy thriller still very much deserves a read.

On the i hand, instead of the rugged declension of Northern California, the novel Big Trivial Lies is set in the suburban Northern Beaches of Sydney. On the other paw, the book jams enough humor and sharp banter — especially when it comes to the inclusion of dialogue from the police interrogations among the many parents who have their kids to the same school equally our protagonists — that y'all'll find enough nuggets of new material to more than justify the read.

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017)

Taylor Jenkins Reid's historical fiction bestseller is set between the publishing world of nowadays-day New York and the archetype Hollywood of the 1950s, 1960s and onward. When the relatively unknown journalist Monique Grant is tasked with writing a profile on the legendary actress Evelyn Hugo, she tin't believe her career-irresolute luck.

The novel guides the reader through a series of interviews betwixt Monique and Evelyn in which the erstwhile star tells her origin story and the reasons behind her many marriages throughout the years.

"Less" past Andrew Sean Greer (2017)

Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Arthur Less as a novelist with a dwindling career and a broken eye. Equally if all of that wasn't enough already, Less is on the brink of turning 50. When his former long-time boyfriend invites Less to his hymeneals, our hapless protagonist decides to embark on a series of dorsum-to-back international trips with a "ramshackle itinerary" to avert the much-dreaded event.

Greer'due south fun and never-quiet novel takes the reader and its protagonist from the foggy shores of San Francisco to New York Metropolis, United mexican states City, Turin, Paris, Berlin, Morocco, Bharat and Japan.

"Agent Running in the Field" by John le Carré (2019)

The concluding published novel of late spymaster John le Carré is a return to some of his career-defining themes in the world of international espionage, which he describes with precision — and without a glimpse of glamour or spectacle.

The novel stars Nat, a reluctanthoped-for-out-of-the-field agent in his late forties, who has had a long career developing sources in Russia. Nat'due south back in London and somehow tin can't avoid getting himself involved in yet some other surveillance plot. The book is set in 2018 and there'south constant chatter among its characters regarding Brexit and the Trump administration. Le Carré favors none of those.

Even if you don't like international thrillers featuring double agents that much — who doesn't though? — Amanuensis Running in the Field is still worth a read if only to appreciate Le Carré's succinct yet masterfully rich and descriptive prose.

"Embankment Read" past Emily Henry (2020)

Let's add Beach Readto this list of beach reads because Emily Henry'due south romance novel truly does its title justice. Ready in a minor Michigan boondocks, the novel tells the story of bestselling romance author January and acclaimed fiction writer Gus. They end up being neighbors and living side-by-side in lakefront cottages.

One thing leads to another and they end upwardly making a bargain: by the end of the summer he'll be the 1 to pen a romance book and she'll write a dark and bleak 1. They both need to teach the other everything they need to know to be able to produce something in a genre they're not used to working in. Of course, as well all the procrastinating and writing, at that place's also fourth dimension for love.

"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett (2020)

Terminal year's revelatory novel The Vanishing Half tackles the subject of passing when it comes to racial identity. The Brit Bennett-penned historical novel, which is already being developed into a express serial by HBO, tells the story of two identical twin sisters from a modest town in rural Louisiana where the bulk Blackness population is so light-skinned that one of the sisters passes as a white adult female for almost of her life later fleeing town.

The action encompasses several decades starting in the 1950s and weaves together the life of the assimilated sister — who's leading a double life in New Orleans commencement and so Los Angeles — with that of the other one, who is forced to render dwelling house.

"Velvet Was the Night" past Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2021)

Permit's close this list with an August release from i of 2020's bestselling authors. Later on her Mexican Gothicwas chosen as All-time Horror novel last year by the Goodreads users, author Silvia Moreno-Garcia returns with Velvet Was the Nighttime.

The Mexican Canadian author sets the action in 1970s United mexican states Metropolis and writes about Maite, a secretary obsessed with romance stories and her cute neighbour Leonora. When the object of her fixation disappears, Maite starts looking for her — but she isn't the just one.

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