On August 3rd, 3 Westfield librarians got together for a Librarians Discuss program on “What are Your Favorite Beach Reads?” We had a fantastic conversation about the genre and our favorite titles along with patrons like you! The entire program is below for your viewing pleasure. Just interested in what books we came up with? Keep scrolling for the entire list! The general recommendations are alphabetical by title. At the end, the three librarians each came up with books that we think everyone should read this summer (even if they aren’t beachy). Enjoy!
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
East Coast Girls by Kerry Kletter
Falling by TJ Newman
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev by Dawnie Walton
The Guncle by Steven Rowley
I Kissed a Girl by Jennet Alexander
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake by Sarah MacLean
People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry
The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary
Shipped by Angie Hockman
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elizabeth Tova Bailey
That Summer by Jennifer Weiner
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Books we think everyone should read this summer:
Mary – You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories about Racism by Amber Ruffin and Lacey Lamar and Life of a Klansman: A Family History in White Supremacy by Edward Ball
Anne – Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Gretchen – Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
