Pack your SPF, bikini, iPod and one of these books and you’ll be all set for a stress-free day in the sun.
Beach Reads
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Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
Kelly Oxford, $16.18
One of the most entertaining collections of essays to come out in a long while, this book will have you laughing from start to finish.
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The Bling Ring
Nancy Jo Sales, $11.98
Written by a Vanity Fair writer, this book follows a group of teenagers who were caught breaking into celebrity homes and stealing millions of dollars worth of valuables...sound familiar? That's because it's a true story and was just published alongside the 2013 film of the same name, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson.
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All the Summer Girls
Meg Donohue, $12.15
Donohue's sophomore novel follows three friends, who couldn't be leading more different lives, as they revisit their childhood beach town in the hopes of turning their unfulfilling lives around.
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Grace: A Memoir
Grace Coddington, $19.66
Worth buying for the visuals alone, this book traces the history of the extraordinarily talented Vogue creative director.
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The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls
Anton DiSclafani, $16.30
Set in the 1930s during the Great Depression, this is an engaging story of a girl learning about herself and the realities of life after being sent to an equestrienne boarding school for Southern debutantes.
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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
Michael Moss, $16.41
Written by a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter for The New York Times, this fascinating book explores how our taste buds and minds have been manipulated by the processed food industry.
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It's All Good: Delicious, Easy, Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great
Gywneth Paltrow, $17.39
Sure, it's meant to be read in the kitchen, but with lines like this, it's way better suited for the beach.
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The 4-Hour Chef
Timothy Ferriss, $20.48
The latest from the author behind The 4-Hour Workweek and The 4-Hour Body, Ferriss' new book uses cooking as a basis for teaching readers strategic methods of accelerated learning (i.e. how you can master a skill in the least amount of time).
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The Cool Impossible
Eric Orton, $18.43
Take your running to the next level with this book written by the coach in Born to Run. Who knew working out your feet was a key to injury prevention?
