Beach Quote by Dorothea Benton Frank

My first novel, 'You Lost Me There,' has been described as a beach read. Tough bracket, beach reads. There's not much room for mistakes…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

I did get tired of hearing that criticism years ago. That is not a compliment. Being labeled a "beach read" is a put-down. So,…

— John Grisham

You know if you pick up a beach read, you're excused from the problems in your own life and safe in a world with…

— Nancy Thayer

Anybody who wants to take a quick beach trip out there should sit down with the book.

— James Patterson

'The Beach' novel, in my mind, was, in some respects, subversive.

— Alex Garland

“The thought of people reading in the sun, on a beach, tempts me to recommend dark books, written in the shadow of loneliness, despair,…

— Anatole Broyard

As a reader, I do not like to have everything handed to me. Because after a while it gets formulaic and I'm thinking, "If…

— John Edgar Wideman

As I do with all of my books, I outlined The Beach House from the beginning to end.

— James Patterson

I would love it if my book was considered chick-lit or a beach read. That would be great. People would buy my book.

— Emily Gould

Yet however comforting and peaceful beach-combing is, it ends up like the sea, as disturbing as it is reassuring. In dark moments I believe…

— Tim Winton

Many people, I've noticed by informally polling friends, are prone to distinguishing a beach read by genre. Some people thought all thrillers are beach…

— Michelle Dean

I'm not going to give quotes about inventing the 'beach book,' but I was certainly at the forefront of it.

— Elin Hilderbrand