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Summertime is in full swing and there'southward nothing like heading to the embankment — or the park — sitting by the h2o, contemplating the view, grabbing a good book and just immersing ourselves in it. That'southward why we're throwing out some ideas for the perfect summer novels.

Nosotros are adhering to "beach reads" rules though: nearly of the titles hither are either total page-turners or grant some instant gratification — or both. And all of them will send you to faraway places or the kind of setting you'd enjoy spending a vacation at, either because of when they were written or where they are set.

"The Talented Mr. Ripley" past Patricia Highsmith (1955)

The oldest book on this list is the first one in a series of five psychological thrillers that Patricia Highsmith wrote nearly her infamous Tom Ripley grapheme. Even if he's a sociopath with more than murderous tendencies, the reader can't avert existence on Ripley'due south side while reading Highsmith'due south engrossing novels.

The whole serial is set in Europe with the first book taking its protagonist and the reader to San Remo, Rome, Palermo and Venice. Plus, at that place's a constant longing for a trip to Greece.

This Australian classic is set in 1900 and features a group of boarders from an all-girls school in Victoria as they have a solar day trip to the nearby geological formation Hanging Stone. There are enough of descriptions of proper picnic attire, the beauty of the mural and the relationships that bond this grouping of teenagers and their teachers.

And while Joan Lindsay's writing manner and the setting for this novel may have you cartoon some parallels with other archetype coming-of-age novels written by and starring women, the catastrophe of Picnic at Hanging Rock could only have been written in the 1960s.

"Los mares del Sur" (Southern Seas) by Manuel Vázquez Montalbán (1979)

Allow me the hometown reference with this Spanish novel set up in Barcelona in 1979. Written by the Galician-Catalan author Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Southern Seasis the most famous of his novels starring the private detective Pepe Carvalho. He's a gourmet who'south equally obsessed with food, literature and the city of Barcelona.

Too a methodical description of the urban center in the late 1970s, the book besides includes references to a trip to the Southern Seas that never was.

"Norwegian Wood" by Haruki Murakami (1987)

Written by Japanese author Haruki Murakami, this coming-of-age novel follows the story of Toru Watanabe, a college student who is obsessed with American literature. He's trying to figure out his life in Tokyo in the 1960s and ends up in relationships with two women who couldn't be more different: there'south Naoko, the former girlfriend of his best friend, and Midori, one of his classmates.

The story takes the reader from the bustling streets of Tokyo to the peaceful quietness of a rehab center lost in the mountains nearby Kyoto.

"Go Shorty" past Elmore Leonard (1990)

Pocket-size-time Miami loan shark Chili Palmer travels to Las Vegas, hoping to become a debt paid, and ends upward in Los Angeles, where he learns about the movie-making business concern and how to become a producer. Set in Hollywood in 1990, this California classic masterfully blends suspense, thrills, humor and even the slightest hint of a Western.

This story is so quintessentially Hollywood that there's a 1995 movie adaptation starring John Travolta and a 2017 Telly show with Chris O'Dowd, but you should definitely start with the Elmore Leonard novel.

"Death at La Fenice" by Donna Leon (1992)

American novelist Donna Leon has been calling Venice dwelling house for years. Her first book in the mystery series that stars the Venetian police force detective Guido Brunetti follows the investigation of a music conductor's death after he's poisoned during the intermission of a Verdi opera at La Felice.

Leon has been steadily publishing one new Commissario Guido Brunetti installment a yr for decades. And so if you beloved the Venitian setting, crime stories and the constant descriptions of all the succulent foods (and drinks) that Brunetti ingests on a daily basis, this could definitely be the series for you.

"Call Me by Your Name" by André Aciman (2007)

Chances are we'll never get to see Luca Guadagnino'southward sequel to his Call Me past Your Name movie adaptation. And while André Aciman'southward follow-upward novel, Notice Me, may leave hardcore fans of Elio and Oliver a fiddling fleck underwhelmed, there'due south nothing like going back to the original material.

Set against the properties of the Italian Riviera, this coming-of-age story follows the precocious Elio as he falls in honey with Oliver, a graduate student and Elio's parents' guest for the summer. This iconic summer read perfectly captures the feeling of longing for someone and information technology features plentiful, engaging conversations, early morning swims, leisurely bicycle rides, a furtive relationship and a passionate trip to Rome.

"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2013)

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie sets this story — that deals with immigration, race and the feeling of belonging — in Lagos, London and New Jersey. Her protagonist is Ifemelu, a young Nigerian woman who moves to the United States to further her studies.

Americanahmakes for a great read non only as an engaging and entertaining novel only too as a study about race in America from the perspective of a non-American Black person. The novel also packs a complex beloved story between Ifemelu and Obinze, who moves to London and has to alive there as an undocumented immigrant.

"Big Trivial Lies" by Liane Moriarty (2014)

I don't care if yous've already seen the star-packed HBO miniseries and know non just who the killer of this story is but also the identity of the person who dies and whose investigation propels the whole plot, Liane Moriarty's soapy thriller still very much deserves a read.

On the one mitt, instead of the rugged declension of Northern California, the novel Big Little Lies is ready in the suburban Northern Beaches of Sydney. On the other mitt, the book jams plenty humour and precipitous banter — especially when it comes to the inclusion of dialogue from the police interrogations amongst the many parents who have their kids to the aforementioned school as our protagonists — that yous'll find plenty nuggets of new textile to more than justify the read.

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2017)

Taylor Jenkins Reid'southward historical fiction bestseller is set between the publishing world of present-day New York and the classic Hollywood of the 1950s, 1960s and onward. When the relatively unknown journalist Monique Grant is tasked with writing a profile on the legendary actress Evelyn Hugo, she can't believe her career-changing luck.

The novel guides the reader through a series of interviews between Monique and Evelyn in which the former star tells her origin story and the reasons behind her many marriages throughout the years.

"Less" by Andrew Sean Greer (2017)

Andrew Sean Greer's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel stars Arthur Less as a novelist with a dwindling career and a broken center. Every bit if all of that wasn't plenty already, Less is on the brink of turning fifty. When his quondam long-time boyfriend invites Less to his nuptials, our hapless protagonist decides to embark on a series of back-to-back international trips with a "ramshackle itinerary" to avoid the much-dreaded consequence.

Greer'southward fun and never-quiet novel takes the reader and its protagonist from the foggy shores of San Francisco to New York Metropolis, Mexico City, Turin, Paris, Berlin, Morocco, India and Japan.

"Agent Running in the Field" by John le Carré (2019)

The last published novel of late spymaster John le Carré is a return to some of his career-defining themes in the world of international espionage, which he describes with precision — and without a glimpse of glamour or spectacle.

The novel stars Nat, a reluctanthoped-for-out-of-the-field amanuensis in his late forties, who has had a long career developing sources in Russian federation. Nat'southward back in London and somehow tin't avoid getting himself involved in yet another surveillance plot. The volume is gear up in 2018 and in that location's constant chatter amongst its characters regarding Brexit and the Trump administration. Le Carré favors none of those.

Even if you don't like international thrillers featuring double agents that much — who doesn't though? — Agent Running in the Field is still worth a read if only to appreciate Le Carré's succinct yet masterfully rich and descriptive prose.

"Embankment Read" by Emily Henry (2020)

Let's add Embankment Readto this list of beach reads because Emily Henry's romance novel truly does its title justice. Prepare in a small Michigan boondocks, the novel tells the story of bestselling romance author January and acclaimed fiction author Gus. They terminate up being neighbors and living side-by-side in lakefront cottages.

One thing leads to another and they end upwards making a deal: by the end of the summer he'll be the one to pen a romance volume and she'll write a dark and dour one. They both demand to teach the other everything they need to know to exist able to produce something in a genre they're not used to working in. Of form, besides all the procrastinating and writing, there'due south also time for love.

"The Vanishing Half" past Brit Bennett (2020)

Concluding twelvemonth's revelatory novel The Vanishing Half tackles the subject of passing when information technology comes to racial identity. The Brit Bennett-penned historical novel, which is already being adult into a limited serial by HBO, tells the story of 2 identical twin sisters from a small-scale town in rural Louisiana where the bulk Black population is so low-cal-skinned that 1 of the sisters passes as a white woman for most of her life later fleeing town.

The activeness encompasses several decades starting in the 1950s and weaves together the life of the assimilated sister — who's leading a double life in New Orleans kickoff and and so Los Angeles — with that of the other ane, who is forced to return home.

"Velvet Was the Night" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (2021)

Permit's close this list with an August release from one of 2020's bestselling authors. After her Mexican Gothicwas chosen as All-time Horror novel last year by the Goodreads users, author Silvia Moreno-Garcia returns with Velvet Was the Night.

The Mexican Canadian author sets the activeness in 1970s Mexico City and writes about Maite, a secretary obsessed with romance stories and her cute neighbor Leonora. When the object of her fixation disappears, Maite starts looking for her — simply she isn't the only i.

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