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Do the current stay-at-home measures have you craving a summer getaway? Bookreporter has a way for you to virtually travel with our list of books set in vacation locales. Escape to idyllic spots like Cape Cod, Nantucket, Montauk, Charleston and Pasadena --- along with many others --- with our Virtual Vacation Reads feature. Pick your book(s) to embark on the summer vacation you've been dreaming of. You’ll only have to figure out how to send postcards!

Please note: For your convenience, we have organized these books both by location and alphabetically by title. We also have included links to indie bookstores that are at or near each of these locations, so you can pay them a virtual visit as well! May we suggest that you buy these books from them?

 

California

 

Half Moon Bay

SUNRISE ON HALF MOON BAY by Robyn Carr

Local Booksellers
Coastside Books
Inkspell Books
 

Pasadena

THE SUMMER OF SUNSHINE AND MARGOT by Susan Mallery

Local Bookseller
Vroman’s Bookstore

 

California/Nevada

 

Incline Village, Nevada
ONE PERFECT SUMMER
by Brenda Novak

Local Booksellers:
Sundance Books and Music (Reno, Nevada)
Word After Word Books (Truckee, California)

 

Florida

 

Sunset Beach
SUNSET BEACH
by Mary Kay Andrews

Local Booksellers
Sundog Books
Tombolo Books
 

West Coast of Florida
HELLO, SUMMER
by Mary Kay Andrews

Local Booksellers
Bodacious Bookstore & Cafe
Bookstore1Sarasota
Sundog Books
Sunshine Booksellers

 

Massachusetts

 

The Berkshires
THE SUMMER SET
by Aimee Agresti

Local Booksellers
The Bookloft
The Bookstore
 

Cape Cod
BIG SUMMER by Jennifer Weiner
THE LAST BOOK PARTY by Karen Dukess
THE SECOND HOME by Christina Clancy

Local Booksellers
Provincetown Bookshop
Titcomb's Bookshop
Where the Sidewalk Ends
 

Martha’s Vineyard
SUMMER DARLINGS by Brooke Lea Foster

Local Booksellers
Bunch of Grapes Bookstore
Edgartown Books
 

Nantucket
28 SUMMERS
by Elin Hilderbrand
GIRLS OF SUMMER by Nancy Thayer
SUMMER OF ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand
SURFSIDE SISTERS by Nancy Thayer

Local Booksellers
Mitchell's Book Corner
Nantucket Bookworks
 

Newburyport
TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE
by Meg Mitchell Moore

Local Bookseller
Jabberwocky Bookshop and Cafe

 

Michigan

 

Grand Haven
THE HEIRLOOM GARDEN by Viola Shipman

Local Booksellers
The Bookman
Forever Books

 

New Jersey

 

Atlantic City
FLORENCE ADLER SWIMS FOREVER by Rachel Beanland

Local Booksellers
Booktrader of Hamilton
Sun Rose Words & Music

 

New York

 

Montauk
EAST COAST GIRLS by Kerry Kletter
MONTAUK by Nicola Harrison

Local Booksellers
BookHampton
Sag Harbor Books
 

Rockaway Beach
ROCKAWAY: Surfing Headlong into a New Life by Diane Cardwell

Local Bookseller
Avoid the Day Bookstore and Cafe

 

North Carolina

 

Tryon
THE SUMMER GUESTS by Mary Alice Monroe

Local Bookseller
Tryon Bookstore

 

Rhode Island

 

Block Island
THE ISLANDERS by Meg Mitchell Moore

Local Bookseller
Island Bound Bookstore

 

South Carolina

 

Charleston
ON OCEAN BOULEVARD by Mary Alice Monroe

Local Booksellers
Blue Bicycle Books
Buxton Books & Tours
 

Fripp Island
THE HOUSE ON FRIPP ISLAND by Rebecca Kauffman

Local Bookseller
NeverMore Books (Beaufort, SC)
 

Sullivan’s Island
QUEEN BEE by Dorothea Benton Frank

Local Bookseller
Itinerant Literate Books (Charleston, SC)

 

Washington

 

Oceanside
A WALK ALONG THE BEACH by Debbie Macomber

Local Bookseller
Time Enough Books
 

Oysterville
THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE by Susan Wiggs

Local Booksellers
Time Enough Books
Vault Books and Brew (Castle Rock, WA)

 


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  • Publication Date: December 31, 1969
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