Beach Read

by Emily Henry

In Emily Henry’s slightly meta 2020 debut, we meet January, a writer of romance novels, as she moves in next door to Augustus, a literary darling hard at work on his next great masterpiece. Both feel stuck in a rut, creatively and in life. They strike up a deal: swap writing philosophies for a summer and see who wins out. A fun rivals-to-lovers love story and a paean to the power of happily-ever-after.

A film adaptation starring Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor and The White Lotus’s Patrick Schwarzenegger is due to be released in May 2027.

You may also be interested to hear that there is an ‘extended epilogue’ available on Emily Henry’s author website as bonus content.