NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, has selected some of the hottest books for 4th of July break and into the summer. From thrillers to humor to heartwarming stories, Barnes & Noble’s expert book buyers have chosen great beach reads for the whole family.
“July and August is a time for the best new books that you can throw into a beach bag or carry-on,” said Liz Harwell, Senior Director of Merchandise at Barnes & Noble. “The titles we’ve chosen are a mix of nail-biting thrillers, hilarious and quirky novels, and character-driven stories that will be just what you and your family need to truly escape this summer.”
The list below includes some of the biggest new books of the year, bestselling paperbacks that are perfect for the beach, as well as the hottest YA and kids reads. To give customers even more to be excited about, Barnes & Noble is offering 50% off some of the biggest summer hardcovers both in-store and online from this Friday, June 29, through Sunday, July 8.
Barnes & Noble’s Best Beach Reads are:
New Adult Hardcovers (50% off, 6/29-7/8)
The
Fallen, David Baldacci
The
President is Missing, Bill Clinton and James Patterson
Perfect
Couple, Elin Hilderbrand
The
Pharaoh Key, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Calypso,
David Sedaris
The
Death of Mrs. Westaway, Ruth Ware (B&N Exclusive Edition)
New Adult Paperbacks
Manhattan
Beach, Jennifer Eagan
Same
Beach, Next Year, Dorothea Benton Frank
Killers
of the Flower Moon: The Osaga Murders and the Birth of the FBI,
David Grann
Less,
Andrew Sean Greer
Into
the Water, Paula Hawkins
The
Rules of Magic, Alice Hoffman
Eleanor
Oliphant is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
Magpie
Murders, Anthony Horowitz
Crazy
Rich Asians, Kevin Kwan
The
Lying Game, Ruth Ware
YA Bestsellers
War
Storm, Victoria Aveyard (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Children
of Blood and Bone, Tomi Adeyemi
Leah
on the Offbeat, Becky Albertalli
A
Reaper at the Gates, Sabaa Tahir
Love
& Luck, Jenna Evans Welch (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Young Reader Bestsellers
The
Wild Robot Escapes, Peter Brown
Aru
Shah and the End of Time, Roshani Chokshi
PopularMMOs,
Pat + Jen (Signed First Edition)
The
Burning Maze, Rick Riordan (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Waste
of Space, Stuart Gibbs (B&N Exclusive Edition)
Customers can find their perfect summer reading at their local Barnes & Noble, and online at BN.com. They can also follow Barnes & Noble for more ideas on what to read this summer on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Snapchat (bnsnaps), Facebook, and via the hashtag #BNSummerReading.
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