About.com: Top 6 Books to Read at the Beach

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A good beach book is engaging and a quick enough read that you can finish most of it on the beach before your sunscreen wears off. A beach book isn't necessarily literature, but a beach book will entertain. With this list of top beach books, all you need to remember is your towel and sunscreen.

1. Beach Road by James Patterson
   
   
   (literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers)
   
   "Beach Road by James Patterson is a typical Patterson thriller--short chapters, fast plot, a little sex, a little violence, lots of suspense. What could be better to read on the beach than a mystery that takes place at the beach? Beach Road will entertain without making you think too hard."
   
   


2. Blue Dahlia by Nora Roberts
   
   
   (romance, fantasy)
   
   "Nora Roberts paperbacks are great beach books. If you like romance, then you will love Nora Roberts' In the Garden trilogy. Start with Blue Dahlia, and be sure to throw Red Lily and Black Rose in your bag as well. Once you finish Blue Dahlia you will not want to wait to start books two and three in the series."
   
   


3. Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks
   
   
   (literature and fiction, romance)
   
   "Message in a Bottle is the story of a single mother journalist who finds a message of love to a lost companion in a bottle on the beach and decides to search for the writer. Nicholas Sparks will make you cry, sigh and believe in love. The beach setting of Message in a Bottle makes this book and even better beach read."
   
   


4. The Broker by John Grisham
   
   
   (mystery and thrillers)
   
   "John Grisham takes readers to Italy in The Broker. As always, you will not be disappointed if you take Grisham to the beach with you. Grisham is the master of exciting legal thrillers, and his latest bestseller, The Broker, is no exception. Looking for other Grisham reads to throw in the beach bag with The Broker? Check out this list of top Grisham books. "
   
   


5. Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark
   
   
   (literature and fiction, mystery and thrillers)
   
   "Two Little Girls in Blue by Mary Higgins Clark is reminiscent of Clark's earlier works, such as Where are the Children and All Around the Town. Two Little Girls in Blueis a psychological suspense novel that will terrify parents; however, it is also a page turner that you won't want to put down."
   
   


6. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
   
   
   (literature and fiction, teens)
   
   "Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot is a lighthearted story about Lizzie Nichols, who moves to England to live with a boy she knew for one day at college. Not surprisingly, he doesn’t turn out to be quite who she remembered, and she treks across Europe in search of other friends."
   



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