Engaging Summer Reads | Ocean County Library

The Long Beach Island Branch has a delayed opening at 1:00pm on Thursday, 04/04/2024, due to inclement weather.

Submitted by Lauren on Fri, 07/14/2023 - 10:06

Wrong Place Wrong Time

By Gillian McAllister (Fic McAl, Q McAl, PLAY Fic McAl, eBook, eAudiobook)

A mother witnesses her teenage son commit a serious crime, but, when she wakes up the next morning, she has travelled back in time to investigate the crime.
Just Haven't Met You Yet

By Sophie Cousens (Fic Cous, Q Cous, eBook, eAudiobook)

Laura, a journalist who writes about other people’s love stories, researches an article on one of the Channel Islands in the UK. She finds herself attracted to both a stranger that she meets at the airport and her taxi driver.
One of the Girls

By Lucy Clarke (Fic Clar, eBook, eAudiobook)

A bachelorette trip to a sumptuous Greek Island begins with tension between the six women traveling together and ends in murder.
The Guilt Trip

By Sandie Jones (Fic Jone, eBook, eAudiobook)

Feeling stuck in both her relationship and her career as a book conservator, Dawn seeks answers while tracking down the author of an old, queer love letter. Endpapers breaks gender identity norms in this character-driven journey of self.
Meet Me at the Lake

By Carley Fortune (Fic Fort, eBook, eAudiobook)

A random connection sends two strangers on a daylong adventure where they make a promise one keeps and the other breaks, with life-changing effects.
Wahala

By Nikki May (Fic May, Q May, CD Fic May, eBook, eAudiobook)

Ronke, Boo, and Simi became close friends at college. All three women live in London and have a Nigerian background. When an assertive new friend joins the group, everything begins to go awry.
People Person

By Candice Carty-Williams (Fic Cart, CD Fic Cart)

Dimple is young, insecure, and uncertain about her direction in life. During a crisis caused by her criminal boyfriend, Dimple calls upon her four half-siblings for help. Is an absent, Jamaican father the only thing that the siblings have in common, or can they form real relationships with each other?
Everything I Never Told You

By Celeste Ng (Fic Ng, CD Fic Ng, eBook, eAudiobook)

This novel depicts a Chinese American family living in 1970’s Ohio over the course of one summer when their troubled teenaged daughter, Lydia, disappears.
The Guest

By Emma Cline (Fic Clin, CD Fic Clin, Q Clin, eBook, eAudiobook)

Summer is coming to an end, but a misstep at a dinner party leaves Alex no longer welcomed. Dismissed by her date and left at the train station with a ticket back to the city she is propelled by desperation. With a sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next leaving a cipher of destruction in her wake.
The Heights

By Louise Candlish (Fic Cand, Q Cand, eBook, eAudiobook)

Ellen is obsessed with Kieran, who befriended her son in high school and led him down a bad path. Many years later, when she glimpses Kieran from afar, she decides to seek revenge.