Beach Read by Emily Henry

Romance Trope: Enemies to Lovers

Description: An acclaimed but blocked literary master and a best-selling novelist who has stopped believing in true love agree to a summer-long writing project that challenges them to write well in each others’ styles.

Everyone on This Train is a Suspect by Benjamin Stevenson

Crime Trope: Looked Room/Close Quarters

Description: On a famous Australian train between Darwin and Adelaide for the Mystery Writers’ Society one of the attendees is murdered for real in the new mystery from the author of Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone.

Dune by Frank Herbert

Science Fiction/Fantasy Trope: Chosen One

Description: Follows the adventures of Paul Atreides, the son of a betrayed duke given up for dead on a treacherous desert planet and adopted by its fierce, nomadic people, who help him unravel his most unexpected destiny.

Real Americans by Rachel Khong

Fiction Trope: Family Saga/Drama

Description: In this intricately woven tapestry of class and striving, race and visibility, and family and inheritance, 15-year-old Nick Chen, who cannot shake the feeling his mother is hiding something, sets out to find his biological father–a journey that raises more questions than provides answers.

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

Genre: Fiction

Description: Aloysious and Lillian Binewski, proprietors of a traveling carnival, attempt to reduce overhead by breeding their own freak show, with tragic results.

8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go by Jay Shetty

Genre: Nonfiction

Description: Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before.

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover

Genre: Romance

Description: When Tate Collins meets airline pilot Miles Archer, she doesn’t think it’s love at first sight. They wouldn’t even go so far as to consider themselves friends. The only thing Tate and Miles have in common is an undeniable mutual attraction. Once their desires are out in the open, they realize they have the perfect set-up. He doesn’t want love, she doesn’t have time for love, so that just leaves the sex. Their arrangement could be surprisingly seamless, as long as Tate can stick to the only two rules Miles has for her. Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. They think they can handle it, but realize almost immediately they can’t handle it at all. Hearts get infiltrated. Promises get broken. Rules get shattered. Love gets ugly.

Mending with Love: Creative Repairs for Your Favorite Things by Noriko Misumi

Genre: Nonfiction

Description: Extend the life of well-worn, beloved pieces using these creative techniques. Mending With Love shows you how to apply embroidery, patching, darning, felting, stamping and a little crochet to worn pieces of clothing or household items. Instead of stowing or throwing away damaged pieces that hold happy memories, you can employ these beautiful and sustainable ideas to give them a new life.