Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who you are.
Most books being read are not on the current bestseller or
summer lists. Out of 55 people surveyed only 4 were on Kindles, everyone else, still
an old fashioned actual book! Two repeats in the whole bunch with Mary Higgins
Clark in French and 3 books in German, one a top seller in Germany and not
available in the US for another year. And most interesting, participants were
extremely nervous when approached and I am not that scary in a bikini! Readers
were more embarrassed than secretive. If what they were reading seemed
frivolous or too “fun” they felt the need to explain, as if this is not the “real”
book I’m reading, that’s in the room, this one here with the heartthrob on the
cover is just to pass the time. Oh, the vampires? Someone left that at my
house. A little easier for e-readers, they hide behind their Kindle rather than
showing the world their true covers.
Reading is very personal. Even though I share with the world
on a regular basis my current read (though I did somewhat hesitate with Fifty
Shades), most people became very nervous, men and women alike. And, I must say
to the joy of my heart, there were equal parts men reading, which I adore, as I
keep prodding my husband that reading is sexy!
So here it is, my list of 55 books people were actually
physically reading on a beach, during summer. For some, vacation may be the
only time they read a book all year and others, like myself, just the start to
a huge reading list summer! Perhaps I need to further my research. Yes, I must
go back right away. There are so many questions unanswered.
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
Agatha Raisin by M.C. Beaton
The Science of Fear by Daniel Gardner
The Book of Secrets by Tom Harper
The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
One Thing by Gary Keller
Now You See Her by James Patterson *Kindle
The One and Only by Emily Giffin
Paper Towns by John Green
The Fixed Trilogy by Laurelin Paige *Kindle
Capital Crimes by Stuart Woods *Kindle
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding (2)
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Born of Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander M.D. (2)
The Pilgrimage by Paul Coelho
Just Take My Heart by Mary Higgins Clark (French)
Voll Speed by Moritz Matthies (German)
1491 by Charles Mann
A Walk on the Beach by Joan Anderson
Delikatesa by David Foenkinos (Albanian)
The Kingmakers Daughter by Phillipa Gregory
Revelations by Elaine Pagels
Die Trying by Lee Child
He’s Back by Timur Vermes (German) *Kindle
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart
Inferno by Dan Brown
A Feast for Crows by George Martin
11/22/63: A Novel by Stephen King
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
Power by Joyce Meyer
The Dance by Oriah
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
Follow Me by David Platt
The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe
Love You More by Lisa Gardner
Hawaiian Escape by Debbie Flint
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby
Shut Up, You’re Welcome by Annie Choi
Drinking and Dating by Brandi Glanville
The Strain by Guillermo DelToro & Chuck Hogan
Shadow Secret by Nora Roberts
The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru
The Birthing House by Christopher Ransom
Fly Away by Kristin Hannah
The Cutting Room by Louise Welsh
Das Falsche In Mir by Christa Bernuth (German)
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff
Lucky Us by Amy Bloom
Summer House with Swimming Pool by Herman Koch
What fun! I always check to see what people are reading on the beach, but only by checking their covers. I don't have the nerve to actually question everybody...
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