Beach Read

By Emily Henry

Book Overview

FROM THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FUNNY STORY

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

As featured in The New York Times Book Review ∙ Entertainment Weekly ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ Betches ∙ Shondaland ∙ Good Morning America ∙ The New York Post ∙ Good Housekeeping ∙ CNN ∙ and more

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They're polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they're living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer's block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She'll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he'll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no one will fall in love. Really.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1984806734
• ISBN13: 9781984806734
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Berkley Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Comfy Beach Read

This was the first book I brought with me to Miami when I started my no-phone beach ritual time. It felt like a fitting start. Emily Henry's world was an easy and comforting one to sink into day after day.

Loved it

Went right through this book, I really enjoyed it. Easy beach reading.

Family drama and emotional dynamics.

Quick, enjoyable read. Not much depth to the characters and pretty predictable but is a feel good, happy ending fluff piece.

Makes you wanna write a book yourself

I’ve always love reading and writing and this book fires up both sides of my book brain. It shows the challenges of being a writer, but also has a love story that makes you never wanna put down the book. Beautifully written!

This book is so funny!

It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed out loud at a book but Beach Read is great for laughs!

Good read anywhere... beach not required.

This is my first Emily Henry book but it will not be my last. I loved Gus and his view of the world even if I'm more of a January. Also, the friendship between January and Shadi is so absolutely perfect. Everyone needs a friend like these two. Their shorthand is what makes for long friendships even tho they weren't even "together" for much of the book. All in all, these relationships make January a VERY lucky girl!

Finished in one day!

I absolutely could not put this book down.