NPRs audience picks: 100 best beach reads
- Description
- Books from this list. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106983620 Which have you read, and what order do you think they should be in? (If I missed any books in a series, please feel free to leave a message for me letting me know which book and which list, and I will gladly add them)
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- Explanations
- sturlington: This is an odd list. A lot of these books I would not choose to read on a beach vacation. On the other hand, a great mystery, something light and funny, or something with a lot of action and adventure, preferably set in an exotic locale, is a perfect beach read.
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by Stephen King
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