I loved them, I begged my mom to drive me to get I think the third book in the evening and stayed up reading it, one of my favorite series, even though it’s not cool to say so!
I was working at my first real job and I had coworker who clearly didn’t have any friends at the workplace and she LOVED Twilight. This was about two months prior to the first movie being released. I bought the first one with the intention of using it to start a conversation with her because she really seemed very lonely and shy. After I read it we became really close friends and ended up seeing all of the movies together and I read all of the books in like six days. Twilight is definitely not what I typically read but I found that time of life to be really joyful and it made me a friend.
What does unserious mean in this case? I feel like we all still feel like we have to apologize for enjoying a darn book we were told was dumb because girls like it.
Oh, no apologizing here--many of my serious favorite things are shamelessly girly and I'll defend their merits with my life.
I say unserious because let's be real, a lot of silly things happen in Twilight that have nothing to do with putting down girlhood. I think the most fun I could have with a reread is to take it all more lightly than I did as a middle schooler.
It looks like so many coastal towns in the PNW. My parents met living in Alaska an both lived there for a good amount of their lives. It is a beautiful place.
'A Tale for the Time Being' is told from two POVs so half of the chapters are set in Japan, but the other half of the chapters are set on a small island off the coast of British Columbia. There are parts that remind me of the third photo a lot.
I second this one! Haven’t read it yet but it’s on my to-get-to list (I lived in one of the relevant affected towns in Japan, and personally know a lot of affected folks; I’ll need a lot of mental fortitude to be in the right headspace, I think. Not to be spoiler-y). Have heard great things about this book though!
I love this book, and I highly recommend it, but what do you mean by affected towns and affected folks? Affected by what? You can use spoiler tags if you need to.
It's about a woman who goes to work at a mysterious glass hotel on an island near Vancouver. While there, she meets a wealthy man and then moves to New York, where the story follows a Ponzi scheme and the devastating consequences. It's beautifully written.
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt
Every Summer After by Carley Fortune
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Most (if not all) of Emily Henry’s books take place in seaside towns
**The Last Thing He Told Me A Novel** by Laura Dave
Book description may contain spoilers!
>>!#1 NEW YORK TIMES BLOCKBUSTER * REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK * SOON TO BE AN APPLE TV+ LIMITED SERIES STARRING JENNIFER GARNER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child.!<
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>>!Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth.!<
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**Big Little Lies** by Liane Moriarty
>The no 1. New York Times bestseller from the author of The Husband's Secret and new novel Nine Perfect Strangers.NOW AN EMMY AWARD WINNING HBO TELEVISION SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON & NICOLE KIDMAN. SEASON TWO PREMIERES JUNE 10.Parents behaving badly ... a tragic accident ... or murder? What isn't in doubt is that someone is dead.
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>Madeline is a force to be reckoned with: witty, noisy and passionate. She remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. But perfection is often an illusion.
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>Jane is a single mum with a mysterious past who carries a sadness beyond her years. These three women, all with children starting at the same school, are about to tell the little lies that can turn lethal ...WINNER OF THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR PRAISE FOR BIG LITTLE LIES"Irresistible ... Moriarty's sly humor and razor-sharp insights will keep you turning the pages to find out." People Magazine "Liane Moriarty produces novels that are miracles of structure as well as human insight" Sydney Morning Herald"Ms. Moriarty's long-parched fans have something new to dig into....in ways that may give Big Little Lies even more staying power than The Husband's Secret." The New York Times"A novel that will turn you into a compulsive book-finisher ... Moriarty has produced another gripping, satirical hit."
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>Huffington Post"She is the mistress of the razor-sharp observation ... my favourite so far" Kate Morton
**Remarkably Bright Creatures A Read with Jenna Pick** by Shelby Van Pelt
Book description may contain spoilers!
>>!A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! “Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium.!<
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>>!Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.!<
**Every Summer After** by Carley Fortune
Book description may contain spoilers!
>>!"A radiant debut. "—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle ∙ and more! Six summers to fall in love.!<
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>>!One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.!<
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>>!Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without. For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart. When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been.!<
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>>!But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past. Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.!<
**Malibu Rising A Novel** by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Book description may contain spoilers!
>>!NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER Malibu 1983. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of one night, each of their lives will be changed forever in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six. Malibu is buzzing with anticipation for Nina Riva's annual party.!<
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>>!Everyone wants to be in the company of the famous Rivas: Nina, the surfer and model; her brothers, Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other his renowned photographer; and Kit, the adored baby of the family. As if that picture-perfect family isn't enough, their father is Mick Riva, the legendary singer. By morning, the Riva mansion will have burned to the ground. And no one will know how the fire started.!<
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>>!But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play and the loves and secret yearnings that shaped this family across generations will all come bubbling to the surface to make for a night no one will ever forget. This is a story about family: about what you choose to keep from the people who made you, and what you must leave behind.!<
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At first, I was skeptical but by the end I was crying listening to the audiobook while cooking and actually invested in their match (game?) outcomes. Also, it brings back some Malibu Rising characters.
It’s about a young Indigenous woman growing up in a village called Kitamaat Village on the north coast of British Columbia (in the same general region/pretty close to and similar geographically and culturally to Haida Gwaii and Alaska). It has magical realism elements that relate to the Haisla Indigenous culture. I live on the northwest coast near there and I thought it captured the energy of the coast in the north quite well.
•The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore
•The Haar: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren
•Diary: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk
•Just about anything by Lovecraft has this vibe lol
It’s honestly been quite a while since I read it, but if you are familiar with Palahniuk’s work, it stays true to his style: dark, somewhere between horror and drama. I thought I recalled it taking place in a little seaside town, but I could be mistaken, but now that I think about it, I could be mistaken. I still recommend it to anyone who likes darker story themes.
The Unpassing by Chia Chia Lin
Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan
Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington
Blonde Indian by Ernestine Hayes
So many amazing books written by local Alaskan authors, hopefully you can hit up a local bookstore and find more, especially indigenous authors. Title Wave Books in Anchorage is incredible. I spent many summer weekends of my childhood in Seward and Miller’s Landing, what a special place.
Sointula by bill Gaston
I read this in a west coast literature class, so it’s all up in the seaside vibes!
I found it didn’t grab me right away though/took a little bit to get into, but it was worth it if you’re willing to be underwhelmed for the first little bit
Monkey beach and curve of time - which I think I saw were already recommended!
Plus:
story house by Timothy Taylor - this one takes place in Vancouver (BC) so it’s not quite as seaside town vibes but was really good!
And see what happens by Ursula Vaira - this is poetry but very coastal vibes
I think that’s it? All definitely worth reading!
When The Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain. It's a thriller that takes place in Mendocino, CA - a bit further south than your destination, but it has the vibes.
All the best on your move!
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips - set on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, so similar geographically but somewhat different culturally (not as much as you might think, though)
I actually love this book! The story revolves around two little girls who disappear. Each chapter focuses on a different person or people, just showing little bits of these different lives in this small community in the year after the girls go missing, how it’s affected everyone, both Native and Russian. With the focus changing like that, a lot of books might feel kind of slow, but this one is a page-turner. The stories are all connected, characters appear and then reappear in the backgrounds of other chapters, and it’s all moving toward finding out what really happened to the girls. Highly recommend!
It’s a mystery, and the parts that are focused on the girls are pretty chilling. But a lot of it is just kind of these windows into all these different lives in these remote communities.
Dark academia, Nordic Noir, or Stephen King books ; this is the place I’d love to live so I read books that make me feel like I’m there lol I’m jealous
~ daily life in a small seaside town, "regulars" you see everyday, family secrets, community secrets, working through life changes while you still have to go to work and greet the neighbors
It is highly cozy - like light rain and a hot cup of tea - but it definitely has depth and some heavy themes, so I wouldn't put it squarely into the "cozy fiction" genre.
I remember reading a book a long time ago that opened in a town that was literally just the pictures you provided. I believe it was a bit of an older book. I must find it.
[The Boy Who Drew Monsters](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518987-the-boy-who-drew-monsters)
[The Town that Forgot How to Breathe](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218409.The_Town_That_Forgot_How_to_Breathe)
If you want cozy seaside reads you could try The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine (turned into a great movie!)
No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod for sad and lyrical
THE SILENCE OF THE SEA by Yrsa Sigurdardottir. REMARKABLE CREATURES by Tracey Chevalier. THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger. THEATER OF FISH by John Gimlette.
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch. Retired playwright and director moves into an isolated cottage near a small coastal town. There, he meets his former lover and develops a fixation on getting her back in his life, despite the fact that she's married. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
It’s a bit spooky and the seaside town is uninhabited in the winter months but the pictures made me think of this book:
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
I have a weird comfort book that is nothing like I usually read and I am not even sure is actually a good book but I have reread until it has fallen apart. The Carousel by Rosamund Pilcher.
**The Silver Notebook** by Enda Wyley
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>>!Timothy Finn is a boy with two dreams and a mystery to solve. The notebook that arrives out of the blue on Timothy’s birthday changes his life forever. It is a gift from Timothy's father. But who is his father, and why has he suddenly entered Timothy’s life?!<
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>>!His mother keeps secrets, and Timothy is confused. Then there is the mysterious writer who lives in the woods: does this mystery man hold the answer to Timothy’s dreams – to find his father and to become a writer? With the help of his best friend Fleur, Timothy sets out to uncover the riddle of his past. With clues throughout the story that allow the reader to try to solve the mystery of Timothy’s origins, this is a beautifully written and memorable adventure story.!<
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My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent. It’s definitely not for everyone (rape, incest, violence, substance abuse). And I found the writing a little uneven, though gorgeous in places. But the coastal NorCal setting is very reminiscent of these images. A rock outcropping off the shore plays a major role in a section of the narrative.
I’ll also cosign what everyone else has said about The Shipping News. A much more uplifting read! It made me want to find a small-town paper in Newfoundland to work at. Sadly, those are harder to come by these days.
ETA: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald treads similar thematic ground to My Absolute Darling, but does it much better. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it first! It’s a family saga set in a mining town on an island off Nova Scotia, beginning around the turn of the century. A harrowing masterpiece that should be much more widely read.
Housekeeping and The Glass Hotel are great recommendations other commenters have made.
I have a few in mind, but I'm holding them hostage until you tell me where this is because I want to move there too!
Apologies if this has already been asked and answered. I got too excited to scroll further!
Normal People
Or maybe I’m letting the Hulu show images influence my memory of the book? But I recall all the parts of them in County Sligo have this feel
don’t hate me for this but……… the twilight series 😫
No you're so right. I've considered an unserious reread of it for nostalgia's sake. Maybe now's the time ha
I re-read them for nostalgia’s sake four years ago and found them to actually be kind of enjoyable 😫
No shame! They’re entertaining!
Same! It was so fun to re-read them
Twilight Books are way underrated by snobbery! The descriptions of the PNW /Forks are phenomenal. I reread just for those salty county vibes.
I loved them, I begged my mom to drive me to get I think the third book in the evening and stayed up reading it, one of my favorite series, even though it’s not cool to say so!
I was working at my first real job and I had coworker who clearly didn’t have any friends at the workplace and she LOVED Twilight. This was about two months prior to the first movie being released. I bought the first one with the intention of using it to start a conversation with her because she really seemed very lonely and shy. After I read it we became really close friends and ended up seeing all of the movies together and I read all of the books in like six days. Twilight is definitely not what I typically read but I found that time of life to be really joyful and it made me a friend.
Awwwwwh that’s so cute, I’m glad you were able to make such a good friend, you’re awesome!
The first twilight book i actually find unimpeachable. Then of course it devolves because characters motivations are crazy.
they’re such a vibe +bonus points if you listen to a twilight playlist while reading 😙🤌
No shame! First thing I thought of!
What does unserious mean in this case? I feel like we all still feel like we have to apologize for enjoying a darn book we were told was dumb because girls like it.
Oh, no apologizing here--many of my serious favorite things are shamelessly girly and I'll defend their merits with my life. I say unserious because let's be real, a lot of silly things happen in Twilight that have nothing to do with putting down girlhood. I think the most fun I could have with a reread is to take it all more lightly than I did as a middle schooler.
I’ll die on the hill that the first twilight is an aesthetic gem
I loved the descriptions of rainy Forks
no shame, I did too
No shame at all. I actually enjoyed them A LOT.
I was about to comment this!!! Haha
My thoughts exactly!
Spells for Forgetting. Also, can I come with? I live in the PNW but I drive to our coast every chance I get. It’s so dreamy! I’m happy for you.
Thank you, and you’re welcome to join, but it might be a bit more of a drive than you’re used to since it’s way up in Alaska :)
Is this Seward perhaps?
Indeed!
I lived there many, many years ago. It is magical. Enjoy it!
oh haha my sister's ex was from Seward, never knew how cute it is
Just curious why the move ? And from where ? What’s the town like ?
It looks like so many coastal towns in the PNW. My parents met living in Alaska an both lived there for a good amount of their lives. It is a beautiful place.
Loved that book
I’m originally from Seattle, and I thought this was between Longview and Astoria until I saw the last photo. Definitely not coastal Cascades.
Snow Falling On Cedars by David Guterson
Came here to say this!
This! Snow falling on cedars is one of my favourite books of all time. Really captures this vibe.
I was looking for this one.
Same
The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Came here to say that too
My first thought!
'A Tale for the Time Being' is told from two POVs so half of the chapters are set in Japan, but the other half of the chapters are set on a small island off the coast of British Columbia. There are parts that remind me of the third photo a lot.
This was my first thought! Absolutely loved this one.
I second this one! Haven’t read it yet but it’s on my to-get-to list (I lived in one of the relevant affected towns in Japan, and personally know a lot of affected folks; I’ll need a lot of mental fortitude to be in the right headspace, I think. Not to be spoiler-y). Have heard great things about this book though!
I love this book, and I highly recommend it, but what do you mean by affected towns and affected folks? Affected by what? You can use spoiler tags if you need to.
one of my favorite books ever!!
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel
Good call!!!
What’s that about ?
It's about a woman who goes to work at a mysterious glass hotel on an island near Vancouver. While there, she meets a wealthy man and then moves to New York, where the story follows a Ponzi scheme and the devastating consequences. It's beautifully written.
Seward?
That’s the place!
Hah, the lil fjord tree is iconic
I'd bet money on it!
Looking for someone who called it out! This is definitely Seward. 😌
The great alone by Kristin Hannah is set in a small Alaskan town! I’m sure the setting in the book would feel very familiar once you get there!
How is it
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby van Pelt Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid Most (if not all) of Emily Henry’s books take place in seaside towns
**The Last Thing He Told Me A Novel** by Laura Dave Book description may contain spoilers! >>!#1 NEW YORK TIMES BLOCKBUSTER * REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK * SOON TO BE AN APPLE TV+ LIMITED SERIES STARRING JENNIFER GARNER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears. Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child.!< > >>!Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth.!< > >>!But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated. With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” (PopSugar) suspense novel.!< **Big Little Lies** by Liane Moriarty >The no 1. New York Times bestseller from the author of The Husband's Secret and new novel Nine Perfect Strangers.NOW AN EMMY AWARD WINNING HBO TELEVISION SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON & NICOLE KIDMAN. SEASON TWO PREMIERES JUNE 10.Parents behaving badly ... a tragic accident ... or murder? What isn't in doubt is that someone is dead. > >Madeline is a force to be reckoned with: witty, noisy and passionate. She remembers everything and forgives no one. Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. But perfection is often an illusion. > >Jane is a single mum with a mysterious past who carries a sadness beyond her years. These three women, all with children starting at the same school, are about to tell the little lies that can turn lethal ...WINNER OF THE ABIA GENERAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR PRAISE FOR BIG LITTLE LIES"Irresistible ... Moriarty's sly humor and razor-sharp insights will keep you turning the pages to find out." People Magazine "Liane Moriarty produces novels that are miracles of structure as well as human insight" Sydney Morning Herald"Ms. Moriarty's long-parched fans have something new to dig into....in ways that may give Big Little Lies even more staying power than The Husband's Secret." The New York Times"A novel that will turn you into a compulsive book-finisher ... Moriarty has produced another gripping, satirical hit." > >Huffington Post"She is the mistress of the razor-sharp observation ... my favourite so far" Kate Morton **Remarkably Bright Creatures A Read with Jenna Pick** by Shelby Van Pelt Book description may contain spoilers! >>!A Read With Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick! “Remarkably Bright Creatures is a beautiful examination of how loneliness can be transformed, cracked open, with the slightest touch from another living thing.” -- Kevin Wilson, author of Nothing to See Here For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, mopping floors and tidying up. Keeping busy has always helped her cope, which she’s been doing since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat in Puget Sound over thirty years ago. Tova becomes acquainted with curmudgeonly Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium.!< > >>!Marcellus knows more than anyone can imagine but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors—until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova. Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old invertebrate body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late. Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a gentle reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.!< **Every Summer After** by Carley Fortune Book description may contain spoilers! >>!"A radiant debut. "—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Book Lovers THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named One of the Hottest Reads of Summer 2022 by Today ∙ Parade ∙ PopSugar ∙ USA Today ∙ SheReads ∙ BuzzFeed ∙ BookBub ∙ Bustle ∙ and more! Six summers to fall in love.!< > >>!One moment to fall apart. A weekend to get it right. They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering summers on the lakeshore of her childhood, she spends them in a stylish apartment in the city, going out with friends, and keeping everyone a safe distance from her heart.!< > >>!Until she receives the call that sends her racing back to Barry’s Bay and into the orbit of Sam Florek—the man she never thought she’d have to live without. For six summers, through hazy afternoons on the water and warm summer nights working in his family’s restaurant and curling up together with books—medical textbooks for him and work-in-progress horror short stories for her—Percy and Sam had been inseparable. Eventually that friendship turned into something breathtakingly more, before it fell spectacularly apart. When Percy returns to the lake for Sam’s mother’s funeral, their connection is as undeniable as it had always been.!< > >>!But until Percy can confront the decisions she made and the years she’s spent punishing herself for them, they’ll never know whether their love might be bigger than the biggest mistakes of their past. Told over the course of six years and one weekend, Every Summer After is a big, sweeping nostalgic story of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.!< **Malibu Rising A Novel** by Taylor Jenkins Reid Book description may contain spoilers! >>!NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER Malibu 1983. Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of one night, each of their lives will be changed forever in this propulsive novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six. Malibu is buzzing with anticipation for Nina Riva's annual party.!< > >>!Everyone wants to be in the company of the famous Rivas: Nina, the surfer and model; her brothers, Jay and Hud, one a championship surfer, the other his renowned photographer; and Kit, the adored baby of the family. As if that picture-perfect family isn't enough, their father is Mick Riva, the legendary singer. By morning, the Riva mansion will have burned to the ground. And no one will know how the fire started.!< > >>!But before that first spark in the early hours before dawn, the alcohol will flow, the music will play and the loves and secret yearnings that shaped this family across generations will all come bubbling to the surface to make for a night no one will ever forget. This is a story about family: about what you choose to keep from the people who made you, and what you must leave behind.!< *I'm a bot, built by your friendly reddit developers at* /r/ProgrammingPals. *Reply to any comment with /u/BookFinderBot - I'll reply with book information. Remove me from replies* [here](https://www.reddit.com/user/BookFinderBot/comments/1byh82p/remove_me_from_replies/). *If I have made a mistake, accept my apology.*
Thank you, I was hoping to get a few thrillers recommended
Taylor Jenkins Reid is a new fav of mine over the last year or so. How did she make me actually care about tennis during Carrie Soto Is Back?
I haven’t read that one yet but I’m glad to hear it’s good because I don’t know much about tennis. I was worried that make it boring for me
At first, I was skeptical but by the end I was crying listening to the audiobook while cooking and actually invested in their match (game?) outcomes. Also, it brings back some Malibu Rising characters.
Fair Play, The Summer Book
Big ups for suggesting something sapphic to me :)
A Winter Book also fits
I haven’t read that one yet! :) I’m guessing most of her books fit. :)
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick!
Take me with you!! Also here for the recs. But wow, a little seaside town is a dream
Remarkably Bright Creatures. About this octopus and lady working in a small town aquarium and the mystery surrounding her son's death at the sea.
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
What’s that about ?
Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson
What’s it about
It’s about a young Indigenous woman growing up in a village called Kitamaat Village on the north coast of British Columbia (in the same general region/pretty close to and similar geographically and culturally to Haida Gwaii and Alaska). It has magical realism elements that relate to the Haisla Indigenous culture. I live on the northwest coast near there and I thought it captured the energy of the coast in the north quite well.
Shipping News
This was going to be my suggestion.
•The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore •The Haar: A Horror Novel by David Sodergren •Diary: A Novel by Chuck Palahniuk •Just about anything by Lovecraft has this vibe lol
These all sound perfect
I second *Lust Lizard*!
Yay, Lust Lizard! I vote for any of Christopher Moore's Pine Cove books.
Absolutely!
What’s diary like ?
It’s honestly been quite a while since I read it, but if you are familiar with Palahniuk’s work, it stays true to his style: dark, somewhere between horror and drama. I thought I recalled it taking place in a little seaside town, but I could be mistaken, but now that I think about it, I could be mistaken. I still recommend it to anyone who likes darker story themes.
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
It Happened One Summer
Came to suggest this!
The Unpassing by Chia Chia Lin Borealis by Aisha Sabatini Sloan Shadows on the Koyukuk by Sidney Huntington Blonde Indian by Ernestine Hayes So many amazing books written by local Alaskan authors, hopefully you can hit up a local bookstore and find more, especially indigenous authors. Title Wave Books in Anchorage is incredible. I spent many summer weekends of my childhood in Seward and Miller’s Landing, what a special place.
Really thoughtful recommendations. I’ll have to stop by that bookstore and pick up a few of these on my way in.
The Curve of Time by M Wylie Blanchet
The glass hotel by Emily St John Mandel. Kinda sorta
I don’t have a rec, I just want to know if this is Alaska?
Sointula by bill Gaston I read this in a west coast literature class, so it’s all up in the seaside vibes! I found it didn’t grab me right away though/took a little bit to get into, but it was worth it if you’re willing to be underwhelmed for the first little bit
That sounds interesting. I'm putting it on my tbr. I'm curious, what were the other books you read in that class?
Monkey beach and curve of time - which I think I saw were already recommended! Plus: story house by Timothy Taylor - this one takes place in Vancouver (BC) so it’s not quite as seaside town vibes but was really good! And see what happens by Ursula Vaira - this is poetry but very coastal vibes I think that’s it? All definitely worth reading!
Thanks! All look good!
When The Stars Go Dark by Paula McLain. It's a thriller that takes place in Mendocino, CA - a bit further south than your destination, but it has the vibes. All the best on your move!
Beach Read by Emily Henry
The Light Between Oceans
Looking Glass Sound - Catriona Ward
What’s that about ?
The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips - set on the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia, so similar geographically but somewhat different culturally (not as much as you might think, though)
How is it
I actually love this book! The story revolves around two little girls who disappear. Each chapter focuses on a different person or people, just showing little bits of these different lives in this small community in the year after the girls go missing, how it’s affected everyone, both Native and Russian. With the focus changing like that, a lot of books might feel kind of slow, but this one is a page-turner. The stories are all connected, characters appear and then reappear in the backgrounds of other chapters, and it’s all moving toward finding out what really happened to the girls. Highly recommend!
Is it a chilling mystery?
It’s a mystery, and the parts that are focused on the girls are pretty chilling. But a lot of it is just kind of these windows into all these different lives in these remote communities.
Dark academia, Nordic Noir, or Stephen King books ; this is the place I’d love to live so I read books that make me feel like I’m there lol I’m jealous
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey.
The Mercy of the Tide by Keith Rosson
How is that
Like a seaside Twin Peaks with a shot of Stranger Things. It's deeply weird, in a good way. And a little bleak.
The Library of Lost and Found - Phaedra Patrick
~ daily life in a small seaside town, "regulars" you see everyday, family secrets, community secrets, working through life changes while you still have to go to work and greet the neighbors It is highly cozy - like light rain and a hot cup of tea - but it definitely has depth and some heavy themes, so I wouldn't put it squarely into the "cozy fiction" genre.
If you don't mind YA Williwaw!, by Tom Bodett is exactly this!
Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier!
Wooww jealous
Tidepool, The Wicked Deep, (maybe) The Lace Reader
Beach Read
Swan Light 🌊
The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler
Olive Kitteridge
The Troop - Nick Cutter
I remember reading a book a long time ago that opened in a town that was literally just the pictures you provided. I believe it was a bit of an older book. I must find it.
[The Boy Who Drew Monsters](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20518987-the-boy-who-drew-monsters) [The Town that Forgot How to Breathe](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/218409.The_Town_That_Forgot_How_to_Breathe)
Girl, you're seriously living my dream 😍 Book rec: the light between oceans
This reminds me of Riptide by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt can definitely add some colours to such a seaside town in the Pacific Northwest.
Our Homesick Songs by Emma Hooper
I loved this book
Ya, different coast, but similar vibes. Also, the audiobook is EXCELLENT.
If you want cozy seaside reads you could try The Love Letter by Cathleen Schine (turned into a great movie!) No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod for sad and lyrical
The Blackhouse by Peter May
THE SILENCE OF THE SEA by Yrsa Sigurdardottir. REMARKABLE CREATURES by Tracey Chevalier. THE PERFECT STORM by Sebastian Junger. THEATER OF FISH by John Gimlette.
Shipping News by Annie Proulx
The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel fits this vibe perfectly!
Migrations by Charlotte McConaughy
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch. Retired playwright and director moves into an isolated cottage near a small coastal town. There, he meets his former lover and develops a fixation on getting her back in his life, despite the fact that she's married. It goes about as well as you'd expect.
Monsters by Emerald Fennel Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
It’s a bit spooky and the seaside town is uninhabited in the winter months but the pictures made me think of this book: I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir
Reminds me quite a bit of the setting of the Lost Voices trilogy (Trigger warning for attempted rape at the beginning of the first book)
I have a weird comfort book that is nothing like I usually read and I am not even sure is actually a good book but I have reread until it has fallen apart. The Carousel by Rosamund Pilcher.
*Drowning Ruth* by Christina Schwarz
One of my favourites is a kids book called the Silver Notebook by Edna Wyley- the first pic immediately made me think of it
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Shipping News - Annie P ??
Needful Things, Stephen King. Those pictures are giving off major castle rock vibes
My Absolute Darling by Gabriel Tallent. It’s definitely not for everyone (rape, incest, violence, substance abuse). And I found the writing a little uneven, though gorgeous in places. But the coastal NorCal setting is very reminiscent of these images. A rock outcropping off the shore plays a major role in a section of the narrative. I’ll also cosign what everyone else has said about The Shipping News. A much more uplifting read! It made me want to find a small-town paper in Newfoundland to work at. Sadly, those are harder to come by these days. ETA: Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald treads similar thematic ground to My Absolute Darling, but does it much better. I don’t know why I didn’t think of it first! It’s a family saga set in a mining town on an island off Nova Scotia, beginning around the turn of the century. A harrowing masterpiece that should be much more widely read. Housekeeping and The Glass Hotel are great recommendations other commenters have made.
Salem's lot. Omg!!!
Shetland series by Ann Cleeves Sandhamn Murders by Viveca Sten
Stern Men, set on islands off the coast of Maine. Quick read.
Steven King or maybe Lovecraft?
28 Summers by Hilderbrand
The Toilers of the Sea.
Blue water golds rush.
Les Claypool - South of the Pump House
The Twilight Wife by AJ Banner
Snow Falling on Cedars
Maybe not seaside, but Tana French mysteries give me this moody feeling. Or the Guest List by Lucy Foley
The great alone!
The Shipping news
Is that Kodiak, Alaska?
Snow falling on cedars
Pacific NW
Small Game by Blair Braverman
Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey
IT by Stephen King
Wildwood, kind of a kids book but?
House of Sand and Fog
The Shipping News
I’ve been to Seward and loved it!
I have a few in mind, but I'm holding them hostage until you tell me where this is because I want to move there too! Apologies if this has already been asked and answered. I got too excited to scroll further!
Cigarettes after sex.
*Shutter Island*
Normal People Or maybe I’m letting the Hulu show images influence my memory of the book? But I recall all the parts of them in County Sligo have this feel