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Sunglasses, sunscreen, hat, drinks, towel… and don’t forget a book! Below are light reads (in weight rather than content) that you can easily add to your beach bag.

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    Atmosphere: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Taylor Jenkins Reid

    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.
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    Liars

    by Sarah Manguso

    An “eviscerating” (The New York Times) novel about being a wife, a mother, and an artist, and how marriage makes liars of us all — from the author of Very Cold People and 300 Arguments. Liars is a tour de force of wit and rage, telling the blistering story of a marriage as it burns to the ground, and of a woman rising inexorably from its ashes.
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    The Original Daughter: A GMA Book Club Pick

    by Jemimah Wei

    In this dazzling debut, Jemimah Wei explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.
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    The Kiss Quotient

    by Helen Hoang

    From the author of The Bride Test comes a heartwarming and refreshing debut novel that proves one thing: There’s not enough data in the world to predict what will make your heart tick.
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    Isola: Reese’s Book Club

    by Allegra Goodman

    A young woman and her lover are marooned on an island in this “lushly painted” (People) historical epic of love, faith, and defiance from the bestselling author of Sam. Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival.
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    The Love Simulation

    by Etta Easton

    A passionate vice principal and a guarded science teacher compete for a grand prize, only to realize their budding relationship might be the real jackpot.
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    Sleep

    by Honor Jones

    From a dazzling new talent, the story of a newly divorced young mother forced to reckon with the secrets of her own childhood when she brings her daughters back to the big house where she was raised. Warm and generous, unflinchingly human, and ultimately joyful and empowering, Sleep is about the cycles of motherhood and childhood, the cost of secrets, and the burden of love, and what’s on the other side of silence: The world, rich in possibility.
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    Here Kitty Kitty

    by Jardine Libaire

    An intoxicating, stunning story of self-destruction and redemption set against the vibrantly painted underworld of New York City, from the critically acclaimed author of White Fur.
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    When I Think of You

    by Myah Ariel

    Kaliya Wilson has paid her dues. But all the years behind the reception desk at a flashy film studio have only pushed her movie-making dreams further out of reach. That is, until a surprise reunion presents an opportunity that could make her career, or break her heart … a second time. In this sweeping second chance romance from debut author Myah Ariel, the unexpected spark of two former flames may force them to choose between their dreams and each other.
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    Normal People

    by Sally Rooney

    Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t.
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    The Death of Vivek Oji

    by Akwaeke Emezi

    What does it mean for a family to lose a child they never really knew? Propulsively readable, teeming with unforgettable characters, The Death of Vivek Oji is a novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations — a dramatic story of loss and transcendence that will move every reader.
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    The Shark Club

    by Ann Kidd Taylor

    A warm and wonderfully vivid novel about taking second chances — in life and in the sea. Set against the intoxicating backdrop of palm trees, calypso bands, and perfect ocean views, The Shark Club is a story of the mysterious passions of one woman’s life: Her first love and new love; the sea and the sharks that inhabit it.
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    Intimacies

    by Katie Kitamura

    An interpreter has come to The Hague to escape New York and work at the International Court. A woman of many languages and identities, she is looking for a place to finally call home. A woman of quiet passion, she confronts power, love, and violence, both in her personal intimacies and in her work at the Court. She is soon pushed to the precipice, where betrayal and heartbreak threaten to overwhelm her, forcing her to decide what she wants from her life.
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