Sand between your toes, sun on your face, and a book you can't put down — that's Jim's idea of paradise. These fun, breezy reads are perfect for vacation, pool days, or any time you need to escape reality for a few hours.
Published March 27, 2026
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A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary fiction author who's stuck in a rut swap genres for the summer. Neighbors in neighboring beach houses, January and Augustus challenge each other creatively — and romantically — in this witty, heartfelt novel.
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. She chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the story, and what unfolds is a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love.
Best friends Alex and Poppy have taken a summer vacation together every year for a decade — until two years ago, when something went wrong. Poppy proposes one more trip to fix their friendship, but unresolved feelings have other plans.
A failed bank robber locks himself in a Swedish apartment with eight strangers during an open house viewing. As the police surround the building, the hostages and their bumbling captor begin to connect in the most unexpected ways. A poignant comedy about the enduring human capacity for compassion.
Nora Stephens, a cutthroat literary agent, is dragged to a small town in North Carolina by her sister for a Hallmark-movie vacation. Instead, she keeps running into Charlie Lastra, a brooding editor she's clashed with in New York.
Tiffy and Leon share an apartment but have never met — she has the bed during the day, he has it at night. They communicate through Post-it notes, and as their messages grow warmer, so do their feelings in this charming, original British rom-com.
Harriet and Wyn broke up months ago but haven't told their friend group. When they're forced to share a room during their annual vacation in Maine, they have to fake being a couple while confronting why they fell apart.
Eleanor Oliphant leads a carefully structured, solitary life — same lunch every day, vodka every weekend, minimal human contact. When she and coworker Raymond befriend an elderly man, her rigid world begins to crack open, revealing deep wounds and the possibility of genuine connection.
