For our upcoming trip to the Philippines. I like to read fun fiction on vacation. Last time I finished the dragon tattoo series (I'm behind the times).
What are some fun, fast-paced beach reads? They don't have to be recent...
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i don't consider dragon tattoo a beach read! since you're using that as your example, i recommend the divergent series.
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@Mrs. High Heels: I love the divergent series. I am anxiously awaiting the release of Allegiant.
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@plantains: me too!! i just saw it open for pre-orders on amazon yesterday.
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@Mrs. High Heels: really????? I'm off to put my order in hahaha. Needless to say, @Mrs. Bee: I second the recommendation.
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@plantains: hahaha - I haven't read a single book since DS was born in february... maybe allegiant will be the first book I read this year!
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@Mrs. High Heels: @plantains: haha ok ill check that out! I guess I read more thrillers when on vacation!
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@Mrs. Bee: it's dystopian fiction... so more along the lines of the hunger games style. the plot is based in the future! it will definitely be a fast read because you won't be able to put it down.
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Ooooo I loved the Divergent series! Can't wait for the third book! I really like Jodi Picoult books. I don't think her books are "fun" but they are usually pretty easy reads. Her newest was amazing! Nicholas Sparks books are great for light beach reading too.
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@Mrs. Bee: I know there is a new Dan Brown book. How about that?
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I am behind in the times but the last time I went to the beach I read Hunger Games, and really liked it!
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I read this book called The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt and it was such a cute, easy and fast read. I really enjoyed it. It's a very strange dark comic western...
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Gone Girl was a great read, fast paced, thrilling with lots of twists and turns
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If you like fantasy, I suggest The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss.
Mystery, read Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson
Young Adult, Dystopians: Angelfall by Susan Ee, Divergent by Veronica Roth, and Delirium by Lauren Oliver,
Not sure the genre of these, but I loved these young adults: Everneath by Brodi Ashton, City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, and The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson
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I just read Life After Life by Kate Atkinson and it was very good! Kind of like The Butterfly Effect/Sliding Doors
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@Chillybear: I was going to recommend Gone Girl, if you want fast paced-ish thriller type books.
For a more traditional beach read I just finished The Island, by Elin Hilderbrand. The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton was good-- kind of a family mystery, I guess, and Defending Jacob by William Landay is more like a Law and Order type story. (I just flipped back through the list on my Kindle)The Divergent series is good-- it's no Hunger Games, but entertaining and very fast reading. Definitely YA!
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@hilsy85: I second Life After Life - I really enjoyed it! I also liked The Interestings.
As far as YA books, I liked Divergent and Delirium and love the Graceling trilogy by Kristen Cashore.
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3rd Gone Girl! Reconstructing Amelia was Gone Girl-ish and set in Brooklyn, which you might like. Also, The Interestings was really good.
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Anything by Sarah Addison Allen or Kristin Hannah!
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@Adira: I was just going to suggest Delirium series by Lauren Oliver, I believe all 3 books are out (I have read Pandemonium the second book, but not he final one!) Also, Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver is great too!
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@LuLu Mom: Yes! I have Requiem, but haven't read it yet! And I haven't read any of her other books, but I should!
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I LOVE Tana French books - they're mysteries set in Ireland. I don't typically like mysteries at all, but I couldn't put these down. And I just started the new Dan Brown book, and like most of his others, it's very gripping! And if you're into zombies, I loved World War Z!
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@Adira: I loved Before I Fall, I think I've read it about 5 times now! That was the first one I read of her's!
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