# Beach reading please, fiction, no sci-fi or bodice rippers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beach-reading-please-fiction-no-sci-fi-or-bodice-rippers/790448>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beach-reading-please-fiction-no-sci-fi-or-bodice-rippers/790448 "2017-07-03T17:02:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![DummyGladHands](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beach-reading-please-fiction-no-sci-fi-or-bodice-rippers/790448/1 "2017-07-03T17:02:19Z")

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I would love some suggestions, about to buy my beach books!!!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beach-reading-please-fiction-no-sci-fi-or-bodice-rippers/790448/2 "2017-07-03T19:38:04Z")

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Could you tell us, say, five novels you love, so we know something about your tastes?

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**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beach-reading-please-fiction-no-sci-fi-or-bodice-rippers/790448/3 "2017-07-03T20:45:06Z")

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John Fowles - _The Magus_  
Robertson Davies - _Fifth Business_  
Josephine Tey - _The Daughter of Time_  
Anthony Burgess - _The Doctor is Sick_