I love a good beach or poolside book. Something that sucks you in so you can transport yourself to another world, even if you’re just in your backyard. I mean really what’s better on a lazy day than that? I have so many books I’ve read either on the beach or by the pool or even just at home that would make for the best beach reads for 2022 that I just had to share with you. If you are planning a trip or just looking forward to warmer pool days make sure you bookmark this post!
Best Beach Reads For 2022
Romance beach reads:
- The Idea Of You: 39-year-old woman and a 20-year-old guy start an affair that spans across the world as they travel and fall in love. It will suck you in!
- The Wedding Date: A book I actually read on the beach on a trip that completely sucked me in. I finished it in a day. My favorite Jasmine Guillory book.
- Party of Two: Jasmine Guillory’s latest book follows the main character from The Wedding Date’s sister. Such a great story!
- The One That Got Away: My favorite Bethany Chase books follow a girl who is forced to work with the guy who she quickly fell for a decade before.
- Ugly Love: This one will get you but in the best way. Such a beautiful story of redemption and love.
- The Roommate: A very sexy book that is the perfect page-turner for a beach read
- Reminders Of Him: Colleen Hoover’s latest book which had me in tears at several parts is one you really want to pick up.
- Taylor Jenkins Reid’s first 4 books: I am SUCH a fan of her first 4 books; After I do, Forever Interrupted, One True Loves, and Maybe In Another Life. They are all such great books.
- Love and Other Words: Probably my favorite Christina Lauren book. This is the story of childhood love rekindled and it goes back and forth between the two timelines.
- Josh and Hazels’ Guide To Not Dating: Josh and Hazel make a pact to find each other people to date. A fun best friends to lovers story.
- The Unhoneymooners: What if everyone at a wedding got food poisoning aside from two people who hate each other? Then those two people go on their honeymoon. I wonder what happens…
Thriller beach reads:
- Gone Girl: If you haven’t read gone girl you need to! Wife goes missing, and everyone suspects the husband but things are not what they seem.
- The Wife Upstairs: A woman falls in love with a widower but is haunted by the memory of his late wife.
- Girl On the Train: Another story where things are not at all what they seem
YA beach reads:
- The Selection Series: Pretty much the Bachelor meets Royals
- The Thousandth Floor Series: One of my favorite authors and people Katharine McGee’s first series which is pretty much Gossip Girl in the future but with a mystery!
- To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before: Such a sweet series about a girl and the boys she loves.
- Anything John Green: I loved The Fault In Our Stars and while it’s gut-wrenching it’s still a wonderful story. I loved all of his books!
If you are looking for any other great book recommendations you can find all of mine here.
What do you think the best reads for 2022 are?
This post was originally published in 2021 and has been updated for 2022
Awesome article.I like your post.
I have to check these out! Thanks for the suggestions♡
This list is fabulous! Definitely going to look out for some of these books. Also am a John Green fan 🙂
Thanks for this list of books! I’m always looking for a good recommendation. Blessings to you 💛
I love this list of books! I am currently finishing ‘The Best Yes’ and moving onto another one of the author’s books called ‘Uncaged’ this weekend. I enjoy self-help style books more than anything else. I’m addicted to learning and self-improvement 🙂
These sound like excellent reads. I loved the movie adaptation of Gone Girl. I’ll have to read that one first.
I have read Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train and really enjoyed those. I’ll have to check out your other beach reads!
I can’t wait to read some of these!! The first book sounds so interesting
These sound like great books to read! I’ll have to pick them up one of these days.
Great list. An impressive amount of books to read. I already saved some to my list. Thanks for sharing this. Great post, as always 🙂
This is such a great selection of books to read! Thank you for these recommendations, I need to check these out.
I always have a beach or spa book ready in my protection freezer ziplock. You know just in case.
Gone Girl is one of my favorite movies. I can’t wait to read the book. I have to check out Unhoneymooners, too.
My reading books are all non- fiction and make for more serious, heavier reading. Your sound like more fun!
We just went to the beach last month and I can’t wait to do it again, this time with the beach reads!
I love this list. With so many options and great choices to read on the beach, I do not know where to start.
Hhhhmmm….I think “The Roommate” is the best beach read! Let me download it.
I LOVE Gone Girl! It’s one of those books that I read time and time again. It’s such a great thriller. Will definitely be checking out some of these other books.
Ohhh I’m going to a beach next week so this is PERFECT! I can’t wait to download some of these on my kindle!
Ooh! Bookmarking this for when we go to the beach later this summer. It’s such a great list!
Good thing I was able to drop by this post. Been thinking of getting a book to bring on my vacation. Perfect list! Thanks!
These are great suggestions and will add them to my list of books. I haven’t tried to read on the beach though haha.