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Summertime is in full swing and there's nothing like heading to the beach — or the park — sitting by the water, contemplating the view, grabbing a skillful book and merely immersing ourselves in information technology. That'due south why nosotros're throwing out some ideas for the perfect summer novels.

We are adhering to "beach reads" rules though: most of the titles hither are either total folio-turners or grant some instant gratification — or both. And all of them will transport you to faraway places or the kind of setting y'all'd savor spending a vacation at, either because of when they were written or where they are set.

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

The oldest book on this listing is the outset i in a series of v psychological thrillers that Patricia Highsmith wrote about her infamous Tom Ripley character. Even if he's a sociopath with more murderous tendencies, the reader can't avert beingness on Ripley's side while reading Highsmith'southward engrossing novels.

The whole series is set in Europe with the first book taking its protagonist and the reader to San Remo, Rome, Palermo and Venice. Plus, there's a constant longing for a trip to Greece.

This Australian classic is gear up in 1900 and features a group of boarders from an all-girls school in Victoria as they take a day trip to the nearby geological formation Hanging Rock. There are plenty of descriptions of proper picnic attire, the beauty of the landscape and the relationships that bail this grouping of teenagers and their teachers.

And while Joan Lindsay's writing style and the setting for this novel may accept you drawing some parallels with other classic coming-of-age novels written by and starring women, the catastrophe of Picnic at Hanging Rock could only 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 set in Barcelona in 1979. Written by the Galician-Catalan writer Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seasis the most famous of his novels starring the private detective Pepe Carvalho. He's a gourmet who's every bit obsessed with food, literature and the city of Barcelona.

Besides a methodical description 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 by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, this coming-of-age novel follows the story of Toru Watanabe, a college student 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 two women who couldn't be more than different: there'south Naoko, the former girlfriend of his best friend, and Midori, one of his classmates.

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

"Become Shorty" by Elmore Leonard (1990)

Small-time Miami loan shark Chili Palmer travels to Las Vegas, hoping to get a debt paid, and ends upward in Los Angeles, where he learns about the motion picture-making business concern and how to become a producer. Set in Hollywood in 1990, this California classic masterfully blends suspense, thrills, humor and fifty-fifty the slightest hint of a Western.

This story is so quintessentially Hollywood that in that location's a 1995 motion-picture show adaptation starring John Travolta and a 2017 TV show with Chris O'Dowd, but you lot 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 outset book in the mystery series that stars the Venetian law detective Guido Brunetti follows the investigation of a music usher's expiry after he's poisoned during the intermission of a Verdi opera at La Felice.

Leon has been steadily publishing ane new Commissario Guido Brunetti installment a year for decades. So if y'all love the Venitian setting, law-breaking stories and the abiding descriptions of all the delicious foods (and drinks) that Brunetti ingests on a daily basis, this could definitely be the serial for you.

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

Chances are we'll never become to see Luca Guadagnino's sequel to his Call Me past Your Name movie adaptation. And while André Aciman's follow-up novel, Find Me, may exit hardcore fans of Elio and Oliver a little bit underwhelmed, there'south nothing similar going dorsum to the original material.

Set against the backdrop of the Italian Riviera, this coming-of-age story follows the precocious Elio as he falls in love with Oliver, a graduate student and Elio'due south parents' guest for the summer. This iconic summer read perfectly captures the feeling of longing for someone and it features plentiful, engaging conversations, early forenoon swims, leisurely bike rides, a furtive relationship and a passionate trip to Rome.

"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sets this story — that deals with immigration, race and the feeling of belonging — in Lagos, London and New Jersey. Her protagonist is Ifemelu, a immature Nigerian adult female who moves to the United states of america to further her studies.

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

"Big Little Lies" past Liane Moriarty (2014)

I don't intendance if you've already seen the star-packed HBO miniseries and know not only 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 notwithstanding very much deserves a read.

On the 1 hand, instead of the rugged declension of Northern California, the novel Big Little Lies is fix in the suburban Northern Beaches of Sydney. On the other hand, the book jams enough humor and sharp banter — especially when it comes to the inclusion of dialogue from the police interrogations amid the many parents who accept their kids to the same school as our protagonists — that you'll discover enough nuggets of new cloth to more justify the read.

"The 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" past Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017)

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

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

"Less" by Andrew Sean Greer (2017)

Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Arthur Less every bit a novelist with a dwindling career and a broken middle. Equally if all of that wasn't plenty already, Less is on the brink of turning 50. When his quondam long-time swain invites Less to his nuptials, our hapless protagonist decides to embark on a serial of back-to-back international trips with a "ramshackle itinerary" to avoid the much-dreaded event.

Greer's fun and never-quiet novel takes the reader and its protagonist from the foggy shores of San Francisco to New York City, Mexico City, Turin, Paris, Berlin, Morocco, India and Japan.

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

The last 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 reluctant-to-be-out-of-the-field agent in his late forties, who has had a long career developing sources in Russia. Nat's dorsum in London and somehow can't avoid getting himself involved in yet another surveillance plot. The book is fix in 2018 and at that place'southward abiding churr amid its characters regarding Brexit and the Trump administration. Le Carré favors none of those.

Even if yous don't like international thrillers featuring double agents that much — who doesn't though? — Agent Running in the Field is nonetheless worth a read if only to appreciate Le Carré'southward succinct nevertheless masterfully rich and descriptive prose.

"Embankment Read" past Emily Henry (2020)

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

I thing leads to another and they terminate up making a deal: by the cease of the summertime he'll be the ane to pen a romance book and she'll write a dark and bleak one. They both need to teach the other everything they demand to know to be able to produce something in a genre they're not used to working in. Of form, likewise all the procrastinating and writing, there'due south also time for honey.

"The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett (2020)

Last 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 limited series by HBO, tells the story of two identical twin sisters from a small town in rural Louisiana where the majority Black population is so light-skinned that one of the sisters passes equally a white adult female for most of her life afterwards fleeing town.

The activity encompasses several decades starting in the 1950s and weaves together the life of the alloyed sister — who'south leading a double life in New Orleans first and then Los Angeles — with that of the other 1, who is forced to return abode.

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

Let'southward close this listing with an Baronial release from one of 2020's bestselling authors. After her Mexican Gothicwas chosen as Best Horror novel last year by the Goodreads users, writer Silvia Moreno-Garcia returns with Velvet Was the Night.

The Mexican Canadian author sets the action in 1970s Mexico Urban center and writes about Maite, a secretary obsessed with romance stories and her beautiful neighbor Leonora. When the object of her fixation disappears, Maite starts looking for her — only she isn't the only one.

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