Books, Beach, & Beyond

Elin and Tim end Season 3 of Books, Beach, & Beyond with two of their favorite book influencers: Katie Shober of @beachreadsandbubbly and Brady Lockerby @bradylockerby. Tim and Elin recap all seasons of the podcast by getting to know Katie and Brady as readers with a long list of reading recommendations. Then they dig into how Katie and Brady started as social media influencers, how their day works, what they do when they don’t like a book, their advice for emerging influencers, and their favorite books of the year, favorite Christmas songs and drinks, and the book they all will be gifting this year. It’s like listening to four best friends talk at a book club.
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Reading List:
Conform by Ariel Sullivan
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Most Fun We’ve Ever Had by Claire Lombardo
Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O’ Farrell
After You’d Gone by Maggie O’Farrell
American Fantasy by Emma Straub (April 2026)
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Heart the Lover by Lily King
The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
Every Last One by Anna Quindlen
King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby
Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal
Sarah Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
11/22/63 by Stephen King
Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten
A Court of Thorn and Roses by Sarah J Maas
Shady Hollow Series by Juneau Black
One Day in December by Josie Silver
Lonesome Dove by Larry McCurtry
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
Playworld by Adam Ross
Winter Stroll by Elin Hilderbrand
The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
What to Cook When you Don’t Feel Like Cooking by Caroline Chambers
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Heart the Lover by Lily King
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Please welcome to Books, Beach, & Beyond Dan Brown, the author of nine #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of the bestselling books of all time, as well as Origin, Inferno, The Lost Symbol, and Angels & Demons. His thrillers have captivated readers worldwide and been the subject of intellectual debate and speculation. Your co-hosts and Dan discuss his newest #1 bestselling novel The Secret of Secrets, the mystical city of Prague, his epic international tour, consciousness, the afterlife, religion and science, the character of Robert Langdon, Hollywood, and so much more.
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Dan Brown Reading List:
Deception Point
Digital Fortress
Angels & Demons
The DaVinci Code 
The Lost Symbol
Inferno
Origin
The Secret of Secrets
What else are we reading in this episode? 
Franny and Zoey by JD Salinger
Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin
The Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever
A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner
Playworld by Adam Ross
Chief Inspector Gamache/Three Pines novels by Louise Penny
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
The Lotus Eaters by Stanley G. Weinbaum
The Bourne Identity Series by Robert Ludlum
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint
The Doomsday Conspiracy by Sidney Sheldon
The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand
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All rise for the honorable John Grisham on Books, Beach, & Beyond this week. The G.O.A.T of the legal thriller and the author of A Time To Kill, The Firm, The Confession, and publishing this October 21st  from DoubleDay, The Widow. John tells us about his life as a lawyer, how he got his start writing, his most memorable reading experiences throughout his life, and some of his favorites of his own novels. The three dig in about The Widow, Grisham’s first legal whodunnit, his writing process and routines, The Innocence Project, and his favorite legal thriller of all time.
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John Grisham Reading List:
A Time to Kill
The Firm
Calico Joe
Bleachers
Playing for Pizza
Sooley
A Painted House
Skipping Christmas
The Innocent Man
Camino Island 
The Confession
Framed 
What else are we reading in this episode? 
The Goldfinch by Donna Tart
Culpability by Bruce Holsinger
Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Snow Falling on Cedars by David Gutterson
Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Emil and the Detectives by Erich Kastner
The Chip Hilton Series by Clair Bee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 
Sophie’s Choice by William Styron
The Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carre
Scott Turow, Stephen King, James lee Burke, Amor Towles 
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This is a very special episode for Books, Beach, & Beyond celebrating Elin’s 31st novel written with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham – The Academy, publishing this September 16th. Our guest for this episode is Elin’s daughter Shelby and they dig into the writing of The Academy, Shelby growing up on Nantucket and heading to boarding school at St. George’s Academy in Rhode Island, and how that inspired the writing of the novel and the fictional Tiffin Academy. The three discuss the difference between Gen X, Millennials, and Gen Z, what books they were reading and their individual high school experiences, and so much more! It’s a funny, entertaining look at this mother-daughter duo in anticipation of the book's release.
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Reading List:
The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
Pinkalicious
Fancy Nancy
Olivia the Pig
Perfectly Arugula
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand
The Love Season by Elin Hilderbrand
The Blue Bistro by Elin Hilderbrand
Mrs Dalloway
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Jane Eyre 
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Coleman Hill by Kim Coleman Foote
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Huck Finn by Mark Twain
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Thoroughbreds by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham
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Next up is Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and coming in the fall, Heart the Lover. Pre-order today! The three start talking about the expression “writers’ writer” and who they would describe as a “writer’s writer”, and then they continue with Lily’s writing and reading origin stories. They spend time on Margaret Mead, anthropology, a writer’s process, golf, and love in all its forms. Don’t miss this thoughtful conversation on writing, reading, and everything in between.
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Who else are we reading in this episode?
Lorrie Moore
Maggie O’Farrell
Tim Winton
Gish Jen
Shirley Hazzard
Tessa Hadley
Elizabeth Strout
Ann Patchett
Playworld by Adam Ross
Tobias Wolfe
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Jude Blume
It’s Not The End of the World by Judy Blume
William Faulkner
Virginia Wolff
Andre Dubus
The Cheever Stories by John Cheever
Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger
Franz Kafka
Flannery O’Conner
Toni Morrison
What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
Colm Toibin
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Free Love by Tessa Hadley
Speak Memory by Vladimir Nabokov
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