Literary Cats vacation in places of fact and fiction.
Books You'll Enjoy Reading on Vacations
A vacation changes your surroundings.
Reading changes your experience.
The best books for vacation reading make the experience more enjoyable.
Beyond Beaches helps you choose reading for whatever kind of vacation you plan to take—no matter where you’re going, how you want to feel, or what you want reading to add to your time away.
Vacations differ. Readers differ. Books most certainly differ.
Beyond Beaches does not hand every reader the same beach book to read or present a long list of popular bestsellers to add to your confusion.
Choosing a book to read on vacation requires a triangle of considerations—
- your vacation,
- you the reader,
- and the choice of book.
A well-balanced mix of thoughts benefits most vacation experiences.
If you grab just any book, you might wish you had a different story to read.
We use curiosity to sort through book stacks and library shelves, filtering titles and authors with vacations in mind…vacation places, companions, moods, activities, travel schedules, and such.
We know you're planning a vacation where reading has a place and purpose…you're not just looking for a book to read.
Beyond Beaches helps you find books that are right for you…on your vacation.
How Do We Help?
Every vacation experience consists of a mix of varying elements. And no one book can be enjoyed in every vacation situation.
So we use a Literary Cats way of plotting pathways to just the right books for reading on the right vacations.
- We start with curiosity about your vacation, you, and books within reach.
- We imagine possible vacation situations.
- We squeeze in as many books as will fit into our curious minds.
- We mix and match vacation possibilities with each story's setting, mood, purpose, type, or whatever interest-grabbing aspects we happen to notice.
And then finally, we have a page to hand over to you—a page of specially selected book choices matched with specific types of vacations.
See for yourself how we found books for Southern vacation reading.
Beyond Beaches won't tell you which book to read, but we will tell you which books might make your vacation more enjoyable.
There is no wrong way to travel with the right book
(but a wrong book may let you down)
Hi, I'm Susan.
I believe reading can improve just about everything…even vacations, when we choose books to read with our vacation in mind.
Read about Beyond Beaches, Susan, and Literary Cats.
We help you discover books for those vacations.