15 books you want to take on vacation
But if you, like us, are staying home (this is why working is the new going on vacation), they also do excellently on the balcony, rooftop terrace, in the park, at the beach, and in the garden. The fifteen books you want to devour, can't put down for a moment, and for which you dodge your colleagues during lunch break.
1. The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
After ‘The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared’, ‘Gangster Anders’ and ‘The Peculiar Adventures of the Genius Bomb Girl’, Jonas Jonasson brings the 100-year-old Allan Karlsson back for a new adventure. Something with a hot air balloon ride, plenty of champagne, Kim Jong-un, and Trump. I’m already looking forward to it.
2. Mazel Tov, Margot Vanderstraeten
The book that I read in one go Margot ends up in a Jewish family that is bursting with customs and traditions.
3. President Missing, Bill Clinton & James Patterson
I mean: Bill Clinton writing a book with James Patterson about a missing president, how truthful do you want your book to be on that beach chair?
4. Live and Let Live, Hendrik Groen
Book one was laughing and crying out loud, book two was even louder laughing and ugly crying, and finally here is book three. I’m on page four and have already laughed out loud, not yet cried. I’ll let you know at which page I’m ugly crying.
5. The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris
Sometimes you have those titles and covers that make you want to read a book immediately, and I have that with this one. The true story of prisoners 32407 and 34902.
6. Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng
A perfect village with perfect people, where everything changes with the arrival of an artist and her daughter. In short: the perfect page-turner for your beach chair.
7. The Girl in the Ice, Robert Bryndza
Seems to be the book if you also love Karin Slaughter. And I, I can appreciate a good Karin Slaughter.
8. Sex Diary, Heleen van Royen
Ideal companion for that hot day, where you get just a bit warmer from it. Heleen van Royen kept a diary for 365 days about her sex life. Why you should read it? Heleen van Royen: ‘Discussing your sex life is a taboo. You don’t talk about it. And that’s why this book needs to be written. Someone has to do it. Let that be me.’
9. The Outdoor Boy, Paolo Cognetti
A novel about a man who goes to the mountains to be alone, until he suddenly sees a figure looming after weeks. The outdoor boy is philosophical and you should actually read his first book ‘The Eight Mountains’ first as well.
10. Super Deluxe, Suzanne Vermeer
For when you go to the French Riviera. Nothing nicer than reading a book about the location you are in. The books by Suzanne Vermeer are the best to breeze through at the beach.
11. Split, Karin Slaughter
Everything by Karin Slaughter is too extreme to come up with yourself, thankfully. I even heard someone say about her previous book ‘Pretty Girls’ that it was too bizarre to finish. Can’t wait to open this one.
12. Stromboli, Saskia Noort
The book that got Kiki reading again. On the train, under golden hour in the garden, those minutes before going to sleep. And it’s done. Good news for me, because now I can read it. ‘Stromboli‘ is about Sandra who goes on a retreat to Italy, where she ends up with a special group.
13. I Don’t Know If I Love You, Christina Lauren
Seems to be the tip for when you love Jojo Moyes and I happen to love Jojo Moyes. In the category: you-have-it-read-before-you-know-it-on-the-plane. About a love that can’t be or maybe can.
14. 999 Questions for Your Partner
Ha, that’s fun when you’re sitting on the beach with your significant other on a long, lazy day. You’ll learn things, think about things, and maybe get to know each other a bit better.
15. Pinning in Mongolia, Liesbeth Rasker.
The best book for when you’re away alone. Or together. Or staying home and still want to go away. Tackle all your travel inconveniences, because you’re going to encounter them.
