Let’s face it, parenting is hard, but it has more perks than you think! We rounded up these 10 red-hot reads to make mom and dad’s summer less stressful and more successful! From fitness novels to design books about chic living by the water, these books are sure to make their way onto your shelves and into your beach bag this summer!
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It Happens in the Hamptons: A Novel
What happens in the Hamptons, stays in the Hamptons..well sort of. This novel has it all, betrayals, a sexual predator, and a missing person. It was when Katie Doyle met a dazzling investor when her social propriety and importance in this whirlwind society took off. Katie soon finds out what she really wanted was not what she had. $16, amazon.com -
Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water
Your dreams of a beach house only will only get more dreamy when you lay eyes on this book. Marvel at the insanely relaxing lives of the owners who own just about the most tear-jerking backyard view out there. Summer is year-round for these owners so you'll feel like you're there with the pages strewn with photos of waxy surfboards and peaceful ocean waves. We can smell the sunscreen from here. $35, amazon.com -
Fitness Junkie: A Novel
Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza write this deliciously tasteful novel about how Janey Sweet gets scolded for eating a hip fusion muffin so her ultimatum is either to lose her job or lose weight (as demanded by her boss). This novel has dumpster diving, Free the Nipple yoga, and Sri Lankan militants, but best of all, it teaches us a lesson: Do we really need to change ourselves for others? $26, amazon.com -
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
After having a baby and doing all the work at home, author Jancee Dunn has had enough of her husband not pulling his weight. This book guides moms and dads through the trials of having to put in equal work and rebuild a relationship no matter through counseling or FBI hostage negotiators. $27, barnesandnoble.com -
The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir
New York Times claims it's a wonderful book about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention--they weren't wrong. In this deeply moving memoir author Ariel Levy lived her life on a positive note but it all came to an end in the matter of a month. Ariel takes us straight into the reasons why and just how she rules under the notion that women are free to do whatever they want! $27, amazon.com -
Motherhood Is a B#tch: 10 Steps to Regaining Your Sanity, Sexiness, and Inner Diva
From tired and haggard to getting back to your once loved body size of choice, this helpful guide book establishes one major point of post-birth: We have to focus on ourselves too. Learn your self-worth and take back your sanity with this humorous and modern moms bible by DivaMoms founder Lyss Stern. $20, amazon.com Photo source: Amazon -
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: A novel
Take an intimate journey around India's cramped neighborhoods in this novel written by Arundhati Roy. All the characters in this book intertwine their lives at some point much like a rom-com movie fixated on ex-lovers and unforgivable friends. Life lesson: It's really a small world. $29, amazon.com -
Man Repeller: Seeking Love. Finding Overalls.
Author Leandra Medine is a fashion aficionado with the keen eye for the unique. When she looked in the mirror at TopShop she found herself reflecting upon how she came to be single at this age. With the deduction that it might just be her clothes, Leandra tells multiple tales to the reader about how her most personal fashion mishaps have intertwined into her sex life. $26, amazon.com -
Startup: A Novel
Journalism meets entrepreneurship in this salacious novel about a young journalist exposing start-up app dreamers who are keeping more secrets than they want the public to know. When characters lives tie into each other everyday, it's hard not to expose even a snippet of the truth. $26, amazon.com -
My Italian Bulldozer
Ever wanted to go to the Italian countryside and spend your stress-free days writing about your adventures for your future successful novel? Author Alexander McCall Smith pens a character named Paul Stewart who does exactly that but sadly, gets stuck at the airport with no rental car in sight. His only way to sanctuary? Taking the bulldozer. $18, amazon.com
