Beach Reads

Forest of a thousand lanterns : rise of the empress, book 1 / Julie C. Dao

Beautiful Xifeng, was raised by a cruel aunt. The stars say she is destined for greatness, and meant to be Empress of Feng Lu, but only if she embraces the darkness within her. She must spurn the man who loves her, and unleash a terrible dark force that can make her dreams real.

Sunny G's series of rash decisions / Navdeep Singh Dhillon

On prom night, when Mindi steals the notebook that once belonged to his brother, and that he has filled with rash decisions, Sunny Gill, who doesn’t look like a Sikh anymore, chases after her and has an unexpected all-night adventure filled with reckless, wonderful, romantic, stupid, life-changing decisions.

I believe in a thing called love / Maurene Goo

A disaster in romance, high school senior Desi Lee decides to tackle her flirting failures by watching Korean television dramas, where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten.

Monday's not coming / Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. They have always been more sisters than friends. When Monday stops showing up for school, Claudia is worried. She digs deeper into Monday’s disappearance, since no one remembers the last time they saw her. How can someone just vanish without anyone noticing that she’s gone?

And the trees crept in / Dawn Kurtagich

Arriving in their aunt's cursed manor, sisters Silla and Nori wonder about dark secrets and the identity of people who nobody else can see while the surrounding woods creep closer and closer, trapping them away from the outside world. They can only escape with the help of a mysterious boy.

Perfect on paper / Sophie Gonzales

Darcy has two major secrets: she’s in love with her best friend, Brooke, and she’s the anonymous advice giver behind locker 89. When she’s caught in the act by Alexander, he blackmails her into helping him win his ex back. She thought it was no big deal until she stated wanting him for herself.

The inheritance games / Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Avery has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. When she inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family, and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

The summer of broken rules / K. L. Walther

Even though she is still grieving over her sister’s death, eighteen-year-old Meredith Fox plans to reconnect with family and friends when they gather on Martha’s Vineyard for her cousin’s big wedding—unless she gets distracted by a week-long game of Assassin and a handsome groomsman.

I see London, I see France / Sarah Mlynowski

Sydney has the perfect summer mapped out; traveling through Europe with her best friend Leela. Then Leela’s ex shows up on their flight to London! Sydney must learn to navigate secret romances, thorny relationships, and the London Tube. As she travels, she must learn when to hold on, when to keep moving, and when to jump into the Riviera…wearing only her polka dot underpants.

The Castle School (for troubled girls) / Alyssa Sheinmel

Packed off to a mysterious boarding school in the aftermath of a best friend’s death, a grieving teen learns the painful histories of her female classmates before rebelling against the school’s strict rules after discovering her secret male classmates are hidden across campus.

The cousins / Karen M. McManus

Invited to their grandmother’s island resort for the summer, three cousins who have never previously met uncover dark family secrets about why their parents were disinherited and what they must do to regain their grandmother’s favor.

Genuine fraud / E. Lockhart

Imogen is an heiress, a runaway, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a chameleon, and a liar. Imogen is done pretending to be perfect, and Jule refuses to go back to the person she once was. Somewhere between the mansions of Martha's Vineyard and the shores of Cabo San Lucas, their intense friendship takes a dark turn.

Freya / Matthew Laurence

When an evil corporation offers her unlimited power, Norse goddess Freya, who was relegated to a mental hospital in Florida, teams up with an orderly to reclaim her power and take them down.

The cheerleaders / Kara Thomas

As a town prepares for the anniversary of the deaths of five cheerleaders who were killed in three separate, horrific accidents, two teens uncover long buried truths about what really happened years ago.

Shipped / Meredith Tate

While Wesley and Stella are battling for the spot of valedictorian, they unknowingly find each other on the Warship fandom website and build a romance that might not survive real life.

Girl out of water / Laura Silverman

When her aunt gets into a car accident, Anise is forced to leave her friends and surfing behind to spend the summer in Nebraska to help care for her cousins, and by doing so, forms familial bonds and new friendships that challenge her feelings of abandonment by her mother.

The things she's seen / Ambelin and Ezekiel Kwaymullina

The ghost of a girl who recently died in an accident makes contact with her grieving detective father to help solve a mystery in a remote Australian town, where a girl who speaks entirely in riddles is the only witness to a fatal fire.

XOXO / Axie Oh

Jenny never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. When she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk.

You have a match / Emma Lord

When the DNA service reveals Abby has a secret sister, Instagram star Savannah, it’s hard to believe they’re from the same planet, never mind the same parents! Savannah is queen of green smoothies and only slightly older than Abby. What to do? Meet up at summer camp and figure out why Abby’s parents gave Savvy up for adoption.