10 Heartwarming Books like Beach Read
You’re constantly encouraging yourself to read more and more, but where do you find the time? We made it easy for you with 10 great books like a beach read. Dive into one of these to unwind or dive into a new adventure.
Beach Read is a great book to read on vacation and whenever you need a cute but unique romance book.
In the novel, January and Augustus are writers who don’t always agree, but both are suffering from writer’s block. By chance, they end up staying in beach houses right next to each other during the summer, hoping to get inspiration to finish their respective novels.
They agree to help each other by teaching each other how to write in the other’s genre. While Augustus dislikes romance, he and January may end up writing their own love story.
10 Books like Beach Read
Reading is the best way to escape. This list has books like a beach read with heartwarming stories and characters.
People We Meet on Vacation, by Emily Henry
People We Meet on Vacation, written by the same author, follows a similar vacation theme as Beach Read, as well as a long-awaited love story.
Poppy and Alex had been best friends since they were in college. They started the summer vacation tradition and had been doing it for ten years. Poppy and Alex had a falling out and didn’t speak for two years, but Poppy hated every minute of it, and it turns out Alex did as well.
When Poppy realizes that she was the happiest during the trips with Alex, she finally reaches out, promising herself that she will go to any length to make things right.
The two decide to work on things during one of their summer vacations.
Despite the fact that they are best friends, there could be something much bigger and better between them. But are they willing to risk their friendship by delving into the what-ifs?
Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating, by Christina Lauren
Hazel, who has no filter but is a ray of sunshine, is fed up with men who never want anything serious with her. Josh, a college friend who is more of an acquaintance, is struggling with confidence and dating after his girlfriend cheats on him.
Josh and Hazel decide to help each other with dating in Josh and Hazel’s Guide to Not Dating.
They each set up numerous double dates with people they believe will be great for the other person, but it appears that they enjoy each other’s company more along the way. This type of relationship development can be found in books such as Beach Read.
Josh and Hazel must decide whether to stay platonic or fall in love in the world of dating or not dating.
The Flatshare, by Beth O’Leary
Imagine sharing a flat and a bed with someone you’ve never met. In The Flatshare, after a bad breakup, Tiffy responds to an ad for a flatshare.
It sounds like a perfect situation, while Tiffy works during the day, her flatmate Leon works at night. With their opposing work schedule, they never cross paths and can live in the flat peacefully.
Time passes and although they still haven’t met, they start to get to know each other via little notes around the flat. A friendship quickly forms and as they lean on each other, something more substantial may begin to brew.
After months of notes and text messages, will meeting face-to-face be as magical as they both hope, or will it mess up their living arrangement?
Just Last Night, by Mhairi McFarlane
Just Last Night surrounds four very close long-life friends in their thirties who’ve met every Thursday for pub trivia night for years. Eve, Susie, Justin, and Ed have a friendship that the outside world doesn’t understand but they don’t care.
While it seems like they are all platonic, Eve and Ed have undeniable chemistry and even shared a kiss in college. However, Ed has a long-term girlfriend and while Eve has dated over the years, she can’t get over what she feels for Ed.
The friend group is put to the test when a tragic event happens and they have to decide whether they stick by each other or whether it’s too painful to continue their friendship.
Things You Save in a Fire, by Katherine Center
In Things You Save in a Fire, Cassie is one of the only female firefighters but is known as one of the greatest. After learning about her estranged mother’s illness, and being persuaded by her father, she moves from Texas to Boston to help her out.
Cassie goes from being respected as a fellow firefighter to being treated like a girl who doesn’t belong in her new firehouse. So she does what she knows best to prove herself while also trying very hard not to fall for the new rookie firefighter.
Even when she tries to avoid both her mom and the rookie, she can’t help but let them in. Along the way, Cassie will deal with some life-threatening and life-changing situations, but the scariest part of all might be letting her heart lead the way.
99 Percent Mine, by Sally Thorne
99 Percent Mine follows Darcy, a photographer who doesn’t like to stay in one place for long. When she found her dream man at age eight, she can’t do anything about it because her twin brother claimed him first as his best friend.
After their grandmother passes away, they are left in charge of fixing up and selling her cottage. Since Darcy doesn’t trust her brother with maintaining their grandmother’s magic touch in the house, she decides to stay until the renovations are over.
She is pleasantly surprised when her brother’s best friend and her first love Tom is the one fixing up the house with his new company. For once, Darcy can envision a life where she can settle down in one place and she will do what it takes to get 99 percent of Tom’s heart.
Meet Cute, by Helena Hunting
In Meet Cute, Kailyn literally runs into and falls on top of her celebrity crush Daxton Hughes on her first day of college. It turns out he is also attending school there and they become friends — until he betrays her.
Eight years later, after a traumatic accident, Kailyn and Dax’s paths cross once again. While they are both lawyers, in different sectors, Dax meets with Kailyn to ask for legal advice. This causes them to reconnect but Kailyn still doesn’t trust Dax.
Similar to books like Beach Read, as Kailyn spent more time with Dax and his teenage sister, her mistrust and heart start to melt. But is it enough to make her forgive the betrayal and choose happiness?
Would Like to Meet, by Rachel Winters
Would Like to Meet is filled with many meet-cute moments when Evie, who is an assistant at a screenwriting agency, agrees to help an important client with his script. The client, Ezra, is struggling with writer’s block like January and Augustus in Beach Read.
Her success in helping Ezra can mean a long-overdue promotion for Evie along with saving the future of the agency but if she fails she could lose everything. In order to accomplish her goals, Evie must put aside her disbelief in movie-worthy love stories and open her heart up for love.
Throughout some embarrassing meet-cute fails, Evie meets two special people who help her during the rest of this wild journey. Maybe with the right person and the right meet-cute, Evie can begin believing in love again and save her job.
Normal People, by Sally Rooney
Like books similar to Beach Read, Normal People follows two people who are so different from each other but something keeps bringing them together.
Connell and Marianne attended the same school for years but Connell was popular and Marianne wasn’t at all. Connell’s mother works for Marianne’s family, so they see a lot of one another in and out of school.
When the two became friends and then more, Connell hid their relationship from the rest of the world. Thanks to her family, Marianne never felt that she was good enough and now being kept a secret, her insecurities continue to expand.
When they both start studying in Dublin at Trinity College, the tables are turned because now Marianne is popular and Connell feels out of place. Years go by with them coming and going, together and apart.
Even though they’ve had some good times, they have to decide whether it’s worth it to keep saving each other.
One Day in December, by Josie Silver
Consider yourself on the bus, minding your own business, when you look out the window, make eye contact with a man at the bus stop, and realize he’s “the one.”
This happened to Laurie in One Day in December, and after experiencing the magic for the first time, she spends the entire year searching every face in London for the guy. Sadly, she finally sees him on Christmas, but he’s dating her best friend.
A lot can happen in ten years. Laurie, like other characters in books like Beach Read, must decide whether to follow her heart or put others’ happiness ahead of her own.
For any vacation, a good book is almost as important as a passport. Beach Read-like books will provide the extra warmth you may require on your next beach vacation. The books all have a common theme and a heartfelt love story that will sweep you off your feet.
Do you want to read more books like Beach Read? Do you have any suggestions that didn’t make the cut? Tell us in the comments!
