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Need the perfect book to take to the beach this summer? We’ve put 12 books into real life-based categories that might correspond with something you’re going through, like a break-up, a need to unplug, or a need to better yourself. Sink your teeth into one of these picks, six new and six old, wherever you so choose. If you aren’t lucky enough to have a multilingual mobile beach library like this one in the Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Aviv, check out one of the library, head to your local bookstore, or load one up on your e-reader for some summer fun.
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- 1. The obligatory summer-based beach novel
- 2. The ‘Get over your ex because he broke up with you right before the summer’ novel
- 3. The ‘This book is definitely better than the movie’ novel
- 4. The ‘I don’t need sleep anyway, bring on the nightmares’ book
- 5. The ‘We read this in high school, but we actually want to read it now’ novel
- 6. The ‘I never knew a dog could narrate a book and bring me to tears’ novel
- 7. The ‘I want to sound smart at parties so I read nonfiction’ book
- 8. The ‘Check yourself before you wreck yourself’ self-help book
- 9. The ‘I need a dose of female empowerment’ summer novel
- 10. The ‘Your life could be worse so buck up, Chuck’ novel
- 11. The ‘I don’t care it was written for teenagers’ guilty pleasure novel
- 12. . The ‘Once upon a time, there was no such thing as cellphones’ historical novel
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