What are the best Beach Read books?

Some of the best beach read books include Beach Read by Emily Henry, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, Funny Story by Emily Henry. You can browse the full list on MoodReads, filtered by spice level, content warnings, and more.

What is Beach Read in romance?

Beach Read is the reading situation or mood the book is best suited for. MoodReads lets you browse books by this category with detailed metadata including spice levels, tropes, and content warnings.

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208 romantasy books for this reading situation

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Beach Read

Emily Henry

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

enemies to lovers

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

🌶️🌶️·third person

hidden identitybet/wager romancecursed love interest

Happy Place

Emily Henry

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

second chancefake datingforced proximity

Icebreaker

Maple Hills, #1

Hannah Grace

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

sports romanceforced proximitycollege romance

Funny Story

Emily Henry

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

fake datingforced proximityroommates

Red, White & Royal Blue

Casey McQuiston

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·third person

celebrity / rockstar romancefake datinghidden identity

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)

Summer, #1

Jenny Han

🥛·first person

brother's best friendfirst lovelove triangle

Just for the Summer

Part of Your World, #3

Abby Jimenez

🌶️🌶️·dual POV·✓

fake datingforced proximityopposites attract

The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)

Off-Campus, #1

Elle Kennedy

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV·✓

fake datingbet/wager romanceopposites attract

The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)

Cerulean Chronicles, #1

TJ Klune

🥛·third person

found familyslow burnopposites attract

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

🌶️

homecoming / small town returnpen pals / correspondence romancewedding setting

It Happened One Summer

Bellinger Sisters, #1

Tessa Bailey

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximitybet/wager romancefish out of water

Heart Bones

Colleen Hoover

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

second chance

Interview with the Vampire

The Vampire Chronicles, #1

Anne Rice

🌶️·first person·✓

captive romancedark romanceforced proximity

The Alice Network

Kate Quinn

🌶️·dual POV

hidden past revealedaccidental pregnancyrescue romance

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

second chance

Say You'll Remember Me

Say You'll Remember Me, #1

Abby Jimenez

🌶️·dual POV

bet/wager romancecaretaking romanceforced proximity

Wildfire

Maple Hills, #2

Hannah Grace

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximitysecond chancesummer fling

Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2)

Bellinger Sisters, #2

Tessa Bailey

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximityneighbors to loversroommates

One Golden Summer

Barry’s Bay, #2

Carley Fortune

🌶️🌶️·first person

second chancesummer fling

The Bridge Kingdom

The Bridge Kingdom, #1

Danielle L. Jensen

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

arranged marriageforced proximityhidden identity

The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1)

Avalon (Publication Order), #1

Marion Zimmer Bradley

🌶️·third person

arranged marriagehidden past revealedsecret relationship

The Huntress

Kate Quinn

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

misunderstandingsecond chancesurvival romance

Get a Life, Chloe Brown

The Brown Sisters, #1

Talia Hibbert

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·third person

opposites attractfake datinghurt/comfort

Somewhere Beyond the Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #2)

Cerulean Chronicles, #2

TJ Klune

🌶️·third person

who hurt yousingle parent romancecaretaking romance

The Wishing Game

Meg Shaffer

🌶️·third person

second chancebet/wager romancegames/trials romance

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume

🌶️🌶️🌶️·multi-POV

summer flingfriends to loversfirst love

Metal Slinger

Fire & Metal, #1

Rachel Schneider

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

enemies to loversslow burnforced proximity

Fable

The World of the Narrows, #1

Adrienne Young

🌶️·first person

forced proximityhidden identitysurvival romance

House of Salt and Sorrows

Sisters of the Salt, #1

Erin A. Craig

🌶️·first person

hidden identitysecret relationshipblood feud romance

Barbarian Alien

Ice Planet Barbarians, #2

Ruby Dixon

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

fated matesforced proximitycaptive romance

The Ever King

The Ever Seas, #1

L.J. Andrews

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romanceforced proximityrevenge romance

Forever Never

Lucy Score

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

second chanceforced proximity

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea

Axie Oh

🌶️·first person

assassin romancebest friends brothercursed love interest

Hounded

The Iron Druid Chronicles, #1

Kevin Hearne

🌶️·first person

immortal protagonist

What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

Secrets of the Nile, #1

Isabel Ibañez

🥛·first person

rivals competingforbidden loveforced proximity

Artifacts of Ouranos

Artefacts of Ouranos, #3

Nisha J. Tuli

🌶️🌶️·dual POV

games/trials romancecompetition romanceforced proximity

Tourist Season

The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #1

Brynne Weaver

🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

captive romancedark romanceforced proximity

Beyond the Highland Mist

Highlander, #1

Karen Marie Moning

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·third person

forced proximityforced to marryhidden identity

Clytemnestra

Costanza Casati

🌶️·third person

arranged marriageforced to marryrevenge romance

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

second chancebet/wager romanceblood feud romance

The Summer Girl (Avalon Bay, #3)

Avalon Bay, #3

Elle Kennedy

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

friends to loverssummer flinghe falls first

The Pairing

Casey McQuiston

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·dual POV

childhood sweethearts reunitedexs siblingforced proximity

The Moon and More

Sarah Dessen

🌶️·first person

summer flinghomecoming / small town returnlove triangle

Master of Salt and Bones

Keri Lake

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

captive romancedark romanceboss/employee

Atalanta

Jennifer Saint

🌶️·third person

fairytale retellingadventure romance

Float Plan

Beck Sisters, #1

Trish Doller

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

forced proximitysurvival romancecaretaking romance

Marked in Flesh (The Others, #4)

The Others, #4

Anne Bishop

🌶️·multi-POV

forced proximityblood feud romancesecret relationship

Dating After the End of the World

Jeneva Rose

🌶️🌶️·first person

second chanceforced proximitysurvival romance

Swept Away

Beth O'Leary

🌶️🌶️·dual POV

forced proximitystranded togetherstuck together

Fallen Academy: Year One (Fallen Academy, #1)

Fallen Academy, #1

Leia Stone

🌶️🌶️·first person·✓

enemies to loversforbidden lovetouch her and die

Vale of Dreams

C.N. Crawford & Alex Rivers

🌶️🌶️·first person

fake datingforbidden loveforced proximity

Court of Shadows

Institute of the Shadow Fae, #1

C.N. Crawford

🌶️·first person

enemies to loversforced proximityforbidden love

A Ship of Bones and Teeth

Nightwind, #1

Karina Halle

🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

captive romancedark romancefairytale retelling

Darkhouse

Experiment in Terror, #1

Karina Halle

🌶️·first person

forced proximityworkplace romancehidden past revealed

How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

Dark Lord Davi, #1

Django Wexler

🌶️🌶️🌶️·first person

enemies to loversfound familyslow burn romance

Crystal Storm

Falling Kingdoms, #5

Morgan Rhodes

🌶️·multi-POV

hidden identityarranged marriagesecret relationship

Kill the Queen (Crown of Shards, #1)

Crown of Shards, #1

Jennifer Estep

🥛·first person

slow burnforbidden loveforced alliance

Skin of the Sea

Skin of the Sea, #1

Natasha Bowen

🌶️·first person

survival romanceadventure romanceassassin romance

Hex Appeal

Best Hex Ever Collection, #1

Kate Johnson

🌶️🌶️·first person

opposites attracthidden identityforced proximity