What to Read Next Based on Your Vacation Destination

No matter what you have planned for your summer vacation, the number one most important vacation accessory is a book! (Or multiple books.) But which book(s) should you bring with you on your trip? Not to worry, we’ve got you covered with our handy vacation and book pairings! Read on to learn which book you should read based on your summer vacation destination.

Going Nowhere Fast

Even if you have no upcoming vacation plans, you can always throw a party! Draw inspiration from the stories in House Party edited by justin a. reynolds. In it, ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver interconnected stories that follow a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party. This could be your best staycation ever!

House Party

House Party

Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party!

The biggest event of the year is happening, and you’re invited! Join us for Florence Hills High School seniors’ last ...

A Beach Vacay

There’s no more perfect pairing for a trip to the beach than Picture-Perfect Boyfriend by Becky Dean. With two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies, this funny beach romance is just the light-hearted beach read you need.

Picture-Perfect Boyfriend

Picture-Perfect Boyfriend

Two strangers, one tropical island, and lots of lies in this funny beach romance from the author of Love & Other Great Expectations!

Aspiring nature photographer Kenzie Reed just can’t get her straitlaced family of optometrists to take her art seriously. She’s resigned to putting aside her dreams and accepting t...

A Swanky Resort

Got a fancy resort or hotel vacation planned for this summer? Then be sure to bring a copy of Never Coming Home by Kate Williams with you. This thriller novel, which features elite influencers at a brand-new, invite-only resort, is full of secrets, lies, and revenge.

Never Coming Home

Never Coming Home

The escapist read you have been dying for! When ten of America’s hottest teenage influencers are invited to an exclusive island resort, things are sure to get wild. But murder isn't what anyone expected. Will anyone survive?

Everyone knows Unknown Island—it’s the world’s most exclusive destinat...

A Remote Retreat

Be it the lake or the mountains, if you’re going on a remote vacation and want to give yourself the chills, check out Stranger Danger by Maren Stoffels. The story is about three teens who find themselves in the middle of nowhere, with no internet and a killer hunting them down. It’ll definitely help set the scene (and creep you out of your wits!) if you’re looking for horror.

Stranger Danger

Stranger Danger

From horror powerhouse author Maren Stoffels comes the next pulse-quickening read! There's nowhere to hide when three teens find themselves in the middle of nowhere, with no internet and a killer hunting them down.

Don't think you can get rid of me so fast. . . .


No phones. No internet. No social media at all. That's wh...

Summer Camp

If you’re heading to summer camp looking for love, then make sure you bring along The Matchbreaker Summer by Annie Rains. It’s a summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to help break up a romance and unexpectedly start one of their own. Even if love isn’t in the cards for you this summer, you can live vicariously through these characters!

The Matchbreaker Summer

The Matchbreaker Summer

A pitch-perfect summer camp rom-com about two teens with nothing in common who come together to help break up a romance and unexpectedly start one of their own...

Sixteen-year-old Paisley Manning has been attending Camp Starling since she was a little girl, when her parents ran it together. For the last few years, since her fathe...

A Road Trip

If you’ve got a family road trip planned for summer vacation and want to keep everyone in a good mood, be sure to bring Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West to take turns reading aloud as your car cruises along the highway. It’s a sweet and swoony contemporary young adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her childhood best friend on an unexpected road to romance!

Places We've Never Been

Places We've Never Been

A sweet and swoony contemporary young adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her childhood best friend on an unexpected road to romance!

Norah hasn’t seen her childhood best friend, Skyler, in years. When he first moved away, they talked all the time, but lately their relationship has been redu...

Grab Your Passport (and Book)!

Heading abroad for an international vacation? Don’t forget your passport, fanny pack, and a copy of Love & Other Great Expectations by Becky Dean, where an American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, meets a bookish British boy who might make the trip take some unexpected turns.

Love & Other Great Expectations

Love & Other Great Expectations

An American girl embarks on a competitive scavenger hunt in England—and along the way, she meets up with a bookish British boy who can’t help her with the clues . . . but might make the trip take some unexpected turns.

Britt Hanson has always preferred scoring goals on the soccer field to analyzing dusty old books. But whe...

Visiting Family

Visiting family might not sound like the most exciting vacation, but there are worse things than a boring family trip . . . like the family drama that takes place in E. Lockhart’s Family of Liars. Bring this book with you on your family trip for an entertaining read and to remind you during low moments that maybe your family isn’t so bad after all.

Family of Liars

Family of Liars

The thrilling prequel to the TikTok phenomenon We Were Liars takes readers back to the summer that the Sinclair family’s lives changed forever.
 
A windswept private island off the coast of Massachusetts.
A hungry ocean, churning with secrets and sorrow.
A fiery, addicted heiress. An irresistible, unpredictabl...

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