You might, like me, be affected by a compulsive need to buy books on a daily or weekly basis. If you are like me, you might have piles of books in your home which serve as creative pieces of furniture, nightstands, tables and more. If you are like me, you might not be 100% sure about your current relationship, but you've never had any doubts about your till-death-us-depart love for books. I gotcha, my friend. We are in this together.
Here's a list of 10 books I'm going to take with me to the beach this summer!
1 Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize, Less by Andrew Sean Greer follows Arthur Less, a failed gay novelist around 50 who leaves everything - especially his problems back home - to embark on a trip around the world. An hilarious satire of another American trying to find himself abroad.
2 Meaty by Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby is back with another hilarious essay collection, which tracks her early adulthood daily peak and pit in her unmistakably comic voice.
Who doesn't want to LOL in summer? Pack this!
3 Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls 2 by Francesca Cavallo and Elena Favilli
Who said that bedtime stories are only for children? I disagree, in fact when I bought the first book for my two nieces, I also bought a copy for myself which now sits on my bedside table. I'm looking forward to buy the second volume which contains another 100 extraorinary stories of 100 extraordinary women around the world. How great is that for little and big girls?
4 Feel Free
A collection of essays is essential in your bag when heading to the beach. Especially if Zadie Smith's latest collection talks about culture, politics, and social media. She asks: What is Facebook really about? "It's a cruel portrait of us: 500 million sentient people entrapped in the recent careless thoughts of a Harvard sophomore." Ouch. Precautions: it might change the way you use social media and the ideas you have about politics and politicians.
5 Still me - Jojo Moyes
After the magnificient Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark arrives in New York to work for a rich man and his much-younger second wife. There, Lou meets Josh, someone who reminds her of another important man in her life. What is Louisa going to do this time?
6 Tangerine by Christine Mangan
After a horrible accident, Alice and Lucy haven't seen each other for over a year when they meet again in Morocco. But when Alice's husband goes missing, she starts questioning everything, including her mysterious friend. Perfect if you want a bit of thriller vibes under your beach umbrella.
7 Ordinary People by Diana Evans
As the blurb reads, "You can take a leap, do something off the wall, something reckless. It’s your last chance, and most people miss it."
Ordinary people talks about sex, pain, grief, friendship and parenthood and everything else in between during and after Barack Obama's historic election.
8 The High Tide Club by Mary Kay Andrews
Step back in time and head to 1940s dinner dances, cocktails parties and the Spanish sunshine. Heiress Josephine Bettendorf Warrick summons layer Brooke Trappnell to her 20,000 acre home to protect her island from spoil before discovering old secrets she didn't expect.
9 Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
This book covers everything from good friendships to bad dates as well as getting dumped, getting drunk, and all that's in between. It also covers the main message that you are enough. Perfect read if you are single in your twenties or thirties.
10 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
I had to include at least another Italian author in this list and since Elena Ferrante's quadrilogy is soon to become an HBO TV series and in 2016 she was named one of TIME’s most influential people of the year, I think it's time I get my head down and read what's all the fuss about her world's best-selling books.
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