As summer gets going full swing (it’s hard to believe the first day of summer was June 20th, just over a week ago!) people are planning their summer vacations.
What? You don’t have a beach trip, a mountain getaway, or European vacation planned this year? Good news! We have some books that will allow you to get away this summer without leaving the comfort of your favorite reading chair.
If you have been dreaming of jet setting to Paris, a road trip across the United States, or even visiting Graceland one of these books could be just what you are looking for! You might even find yourself ready to pack a bag and head off somewhere.
So, check out some of our travel fiction and get read for an adventure!
One Golden Summer
Author: Carly Fortune
Destination: Barry’s Bay, Ontario, Canada
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Alice’s grandmother always told her that good things happen at the lake. It’s where she took that photo, the one of three teenagers and a yellow speedboat.
Alice now takes pictures for a living. When her grandmother needs her, she heads back to the lake and decides they will have a summer they won’t forget at the lake, on Barry’s Bay. Until that yellow speedboat shows up. But it’s not the speedboat that is the problem, it is the man driving it, Charlie Florek.
Alice sees a lot from behind her camera, but most people don’t see her, the problem is Charlie seems to see her back.
One by One
Author: Ruth Ware
Destination: Ski Chalet in the French Alps
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong when an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?
We Were Never Here
Author: Andrea Bartz
Destination: Chile and Cambodia
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Emily and Kristen are on their annual best friend trip, this year it is in Chile. Everything is going great until the last night when Emily comes back to their room to find blood and the cute backpacker that Kristen met dead. Kristen says it was self-defense.
Even worse is that this is almost exactly what happened on last year’s trip. Emily is trying to work out what really happened and why Kristen suddenly wants to keep her close.
Can Emily outrun the secrets she shares with Kristen, or will they destroy her relationship, her freedom—even her life?
A Thousand Miles to Graceland
Author: Kristen Mei Chase
Destination: Road Trip-Graceland, Memphis, TN
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
When Grace Johnson’s husband asks for a divorce, she decides to join her mother on a birthday trip to Graceland. Grace’s mom Loralynn is obsessed with Elvis and for her 70th birthday she rents a purple convertible and asks her daughter to drive her to Graceland.
The trip from El Paso to Memphis, includes fun, (think sequins, wigs, and false eyelashes) and a possible new romance. Grace’s relationship with her mom hasn’t always been great. Along the way, they learn a lot about themselves and each other.
The Alice Network
Author: Kate Quinn
Genre: Historical Fiction
World War II has recently ended. Charlie St. Clair is pregnant, unmarried, and trying to find her cousin Rose. The last known location was German occupied France, during the war.
During World War I, Eve Gardiner is excited to serve her country. She is recruited to be a spy. Eve is trained by Lili, code name Alice.
Thirty years later, haunted by the betrayal that ultimately tore apart the Alice Network, Eve spends her days drunk and secluded in her crumbling London house. Until a young American barges in uttering a name Eve hasn’t heard in decades and launches them both on a mission to find the truth…no matter where it leads.
Big Summer
Author: Jennifer Winer
Destination: Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Genre: Literary Fiction
Daphne hasn’t talked to her ex-best friend since their fight six years ago. So, she is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh asks her to be her maid-of-honor at her massive society wedding of the summer.
Daphne has changed a lot since she and Drue were friends. In fact, she is currently building a career as a plus-size social media influencer. At first Daphne isn’t interested in going, but Drue entices with cute single guys. Besides, what could go wrong?
Crazy Rich Asians
Author: Andrea Bartz
Destination: Singapore
Genre: Contemporary Romance
When Rachel Chu, a college professor, heads to Singapore with her boyfriend Nicholas Young, she has no idea how rich his family is or how disapproving they will be of her. Rachel is also surprised to find that her boyfriend is one of Asia’s most eligible bachelors. Will their relationship survive?
This book is a fun look at the elite world of Singapore, full of top fashions, private planes, and old money vs new money.
One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot
Author: Marianne Cronin
Destination: Scotland
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Lenni Pettersson is seventeen years old. Margot Macrae is 83. They meet while they are both at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital (Lenni is in the Terminal Ward and Margot for heart surgery.)
Margot is in the octogenarian’s art group and Lenni decides to join. From there the two become friends, deciding to create a painting for every year of their combined age (17 + 83 = 100!) These paintings showcase the stories of the century they have lived, stories of love and loss, of courage and kindness, of unexpected tenderness and pure joy.
How to Kill Men and Get Away With It
Author: Katy Brent
Destination: Chelsea, London, UK
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Kitty Collins is known as a popular IT girl influencer, but she has a little secret. She doesn’t put up with men abusing women. See, when she sees it happening, she just takes care of the situation.
Now it seems she has a stalker of her own, and Kitty is going to have to do something about it.
The Light Between Oceans
Author: M.L. Stedman
Destination: Australia
Genre: Historical Fiction
Tom served for four years on the Western Front. When he was done, he returned to Australia to take a job as the lightkeeper at Janus Rock. He marries Isabel. The couple suffers two miscarriages and one still birth and begin to believe that they will not have a family.
One day a boat washes up carrying a dead man and a baby. Isabel believes it is a sign that they should keep the child. Later when they return to civilization, they are faced with the consequences of their actions.
