summer reads

What’s your favorite beach read of all time? Tell us in a comment, and we might feature you on Read It Forward in our Reader Spotlight!

We asked, “what are you reading now?” and we got 2,700 recommendations! So we thought who better to create the Top 10 Best Beach Reads countdown than you, members of the Read It Forward community.

We also want to know: what makes a great summer read? Is it a guilty pleasure you save for vacation? The book everybody’s talking about? A mystery? A romance? A mass market paperback you can toss in the sand?

Summer means lazy weekends, sand between our toes, and any excuse for ice cream. It also means that it’s time for a great summer reading round-up, when we’re all wondering what to bring along on a weekend getaway. And I love me a good beach read, so maybe it’s no surprise that each one of my books – regardless of when it first went on sale – is considered a “beach read,” especially my new paperback The One That I Want. For you RIFers, I’m opening up my beach bag and discussing this summer’s best sea-side reads for every member of your family.