Can you recommend a good book for me to read while at the beach?

Answer 1

You didn't specify what type of books you enjoy.So I've tried to include at least one from all genres.Enjoy!

Dresden file book series by Jim Butcher.There are 8 books in the series beginning with stormfront.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.He stands between the general population who is ignorant about the supernatural world and the monsters - vampires,werewolves,fallen angels,fey.He is aided by Bob,a talking skull.Karrin Murphy-a police officer and Thomas-a white court vampire.

Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini.When his best friend, a young clergyman, is killed in a mockery of a duel by an arrogant noble, just to quiet his eloquent expressions of democratic ideals, Andre-Louis Moreau vows revenge. From that point, through meteoric careers as a consummate actor and scenario writer, then as a fencing master, and finally a politician, the brilliant Moreau keeps thwarting the aims of the aristocratic Marquis de la Tour d'Azyr. However, the nobleman causes pain to Moreau as well, and the time must come when the two will meet to settle their enmity once and for all. You are not likely to guess how their confrontation finally turns out. Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, this swashbuckling novel is exciting throughout, and it presents one of the most dashing heroes in fiction, a man who can fight equally well with his mind, his mouth, his pen, and his sword, a man who stirs up events wherever he goes.

Dragonjousters series(joust,alta,sanctuary) by Mercedes Lackey.The setting is ancient Egypt.Hunger, anger, and hatred are constants for young Vetch, rendered a brutally mistreated and overworked serf by the Tian conquest of his homeland. But everything improves when a Tian jouster requisitions Vetch to become the first serf ever to be a dragon boy. His training is intense, and his duty clear-cut: to tend his jouster, Ari, and his dragon, Kashet. He discovers that, because Ari himself had hatched Kashet, the dragon is different from others that have been captured live in the wild and must be drugged to be made tractable. Vetch finds he really likes and understands dragons, and soon he becomes the best dragon boy of all. He still harbors anger, however, toward the Tian invasion. Could he, perhaps, hatch a dragon, and then escape to help his people?

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Rebecca Paisley-A basket of wishes.
Its about a fairy Splendour who is ordered to marry a human( a duke).The poor hero is confused by the woman who will shrink if not kissed regularly,drinks apricot face lotion.On top of that he is harassed by splendour's sister who even turns him into a snail.His cousin Emil thinks that Splendour is exactly what the doctor ordered for the staid ,boring Jordan.

Mary Balogh-Lady with a black umbrella(Funny romance).The heroine is always rescuing the hero-whether he wants to be rescued or not.

Lynsay Sands-A bride promises her father that she'll obey her husband 'always'.I mean 'always'.The poor groom didn't know what he was going to get when he was coarced to marry the king's daughter.

Anne Gracie-The perfect rake.The heroine just wants to save her sisters from their abusive grand father.However one lie led to another and another.The hero was perfectly willing to go along with the charades.

Answer 2

Janet Evanovich's One for the Money (there is a whole series up to , uh, 10 maybe). It is a fun and light read, a little bit spicy, flecked with some objectionable language.

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Or The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Answer 3

Just read "The Red Tent" - awesome exposition of the lives of dessert nomads in the time of Joseph and his many colored coat.

"Drowning Ruth" is a well-written page-turner.

Ann Rule books are great, quick reads if you like reading about serial killers.

"Misquoting Jesus" is a very interesting book on how ill informed we are about the origins of the bible and the stories therein. For example, scholars have no doubt that Jesus's encounter with the woman about the be stoned was never written about until 400 AD!!!!! In other words, it didn't happen. Very interesting, eye-opening stuff.

Answer 4

If you are looking for an easy reading thriller, I'd recommend "Sleep No More" by Greg Iles. It starts a bit slow but once it picks up, the pages practically turn themselves.

If you are looking for something more literary, I'd recommend anything by Richard Russo, but particularly I'd recommend "Straight Man." It's literary but also extremely funny.

Answer 5

Kind of depends on your taste but the Southern Vampire Mystery series of books by Charlaine Harris are really good. The title of the first one is Dead Until Dark. There are six books in the series so far.

Answer 6

Shopaholic Series by Sophie Kinsella. First one is Confessions of A Shopaholic. Very good, Funny book.

Answer 7

Yes, same one I was reading two weeks ago while on the beach. Hopefully I will finish it during my next trip to the beach. 'Gibbsville,
Pa.' the classic stories by John O'Hara. It includes many of his short stories. I suppose it is of interest to me because of the area he writes about being familiar to me. You really would find it interesting also I am sure.

Answer 8

Anything non-fiction. Just forget about the fiction. Waste of time if you ask me. I was leafing through a detective the other day, the guy goes to buy something, and is told to pay 17 pence. I literally threw the book in the corner, I was so mad. Why do I need to know he pays 17 pence?? Gigantic waste of time, all of it

Answer 9

how bout Angus Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging. hilarious bit of British Humour there. I think it'd make a great beach read. lucky you going to the beach!

Answer 10

King Fortis the Brave

Answer 11

A Trip to the Beach
by Melinda Blanchard (Author), Robert Blanchard (Author)