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Nothing makes a trip to the beach more delightful than a good book in hand. You may be a hopeless romantic that gets swept away by a romance novel. Maybe your imagination runs wild as you journey through fantasy fiction. Or maybe you find yourself at the edge of your seat while reading a juicy mystery. Whatever your genre of reading may be, below are some summer reads Barnes & Noble recommends. So grab your beach towel and sunscreen and starting flipping (or scrolling for you Nook users) your way through a literary adventure!
• "State of Wonder" By Ann Patchett
• "A Dance with Dragons" By George R. R. Martin
• "Portrait of a Spy" By Daniel Silva
• "Smokin' Seventeen" By Janet Evanovich
• "Before I Go to Sleep" By S. J. Watson
• "Maine" By J. Courtney Sullivan
• "The Hypnotist" By Lars Kepler
• "Happy Birthday" By Danielle Steel
• "Silver Girl" By Elin Hilderbrand
• "10th Anniversary" By James Patterson
• "The Silent Girl" by Tess Gerritsen
• "Sisterhood Everlasting" By Ann Brashares
• "The American Heiress" By Daisy Goodwin
• "Summer Rental" By Mary Kay Andrews
• "Ghost Story" By Jim Butcher
• "Escape" By Barbara Delinsky
• "The Snowman" By Jo Nesbo
• "Folly Beach" By Dorothea Benton Frank
• "The Devil Colony" By James Rollins
• "Caleb's Crossing" By Geraldine Brooks
• "Carte Blanche" By Jeffrey Deaver
• "Conquistadora" By Esmeralda Santiago
• "Iron House" By John Hart
• "The Jefferson Key" By Steve Berry
• "Fallen" By Karin Slaughter
• "Whiplash" By Catherine Coulter
• "Buried Prey" By John Sandford
• "Undead and Undermined" By MaryJanice Davidson
• "Buried Secrets" By Joseph Finder
• "Witches of East End" By Melissa de la Cruz
• "The Secret Mistress" By Mary Balogh
• "Breaking Silence" By Linda Castillo
• "Star Wars Fate of the Jedi #7" By Aaron Allston
• "Robopocalypse" By Daniel H. Wilson
• "The Final Storm" By Jeff Shaara
• "I'll Walk Alone" By Mary Higgins Clark
• "Sex on the Moon" By Ben Mezrich
• "Heat Wave" By Nancy Thayer
• "South of Superior" By Ellen Airgood
• "Good Stuff" By Jennifer Grant
• "Long Gone" By Alafair Burke
• "Crave" By J. R. Ward
• "The Dog Who Came in from the Cold" By Alexander McCall Smith
• "Vision Impossible" by Victoria Laurie
• "Sixkill" By Robert B. Parker
• "All That Is Bitter and Sweet" by Ashley Judd
• "Swamplandia" By Karen Russell
• "The Troubled Man" By Henning Mankell
• "Mobbed" By Carol Higgins Clark
• "2030" By Albert Brooks
• "All My Life" By Susan Lucci
• "Trader of Secrets" By Steve Martini
• "Lady Blue Eyes" By Barbara Sinatra
• "Bloodmoney" By David Ignatius
• "Naamah's Blessing" By Jacqueline Carey
• "Jeannie Out of the Bottle" By Barbara Eden
• "Murder on Sister's Row" By Victoria Thompson
• "A Drop of the Hard Stuff" By Lawrence Block
• "Kiss of Snow" By Nalini Singh
• "Tabloid City" By Pete Hamill
• "Those in Peril" By Wilbur Smith
• "Dandelion Summer" By Lisa Wingate
• "Unraveled" By Maggie Sefton
• "The Big Fight" By Sugar Ray Leonard
• "A Time for Patriots" By Dale Brown
• "The Devil's Light" By Richard North Patterson
• "Robert Redford" By Michael Feeney Callan
• "Watch Me Die" By Erica Spindler
• "How to Moon a Cat" By Rebecca M. Hale
• "Thunder of Heaven" By Tim LaHaye
• "Ten Thousand Saints" By Eleanor Henderson
• "Shut You Eyes Tight" By John Verdon
• "Outrage" By Robert K. Tanenbaum
• "The Girl Who Disappeared Twice" By Andrea Kane
• "Blood Trust" By Eric Van Lustbader
• "Pride Mates" by Jennifer Ashley
• "Abyss" By David Hagberg
• "Disturbance" By Jan Burke
• "Keys to the Kingdom" By Bob B. Graham
• "The Girl in the Garden" By Kamala Nair
• "We All Fall Down" By Michael Harvey
• "Found" By Tatum O'Neal
• "Furious Love" By Sam Kashner
• "The Profession" By Steven Pressfield
• "The Left Hand of God" By Paul Hoffman
• "Prophecy" By S. J. Parris
• "Heaven's Shadow" By David S. Goyer
• "My Dear I Wanted to Tell You" By Louisa Young
