Best Kindle books for holiday reads in 2020: great sun-soaked stories

Beach bliss without the luggage deadweight

Best Kindle books for holiday reads in 2020: great sun-soaked stories

The traditionalists among us still take a stack of paperback books on holiday. But there’s a growing tendency to buy up the best Kindle books for holiday reads and free up a bunch of extra space in your suitcase for the important things.

You know, like all the souvenirs you plan to bring back for friends and family.

UPDATE: If you're struggling to find something new to read (and this best kindle books list isn't helping you out) then you'll be pleased to know that Amazon always has a range of deals on Kindle books. Prices start at just 99p and you'll find every genre from crime to sci-fi.

You don’t always want the same thing from a holiday read that you need from your regular reading list, so we’ve picked out some of the best options for dipping into while sat out on the beach or during your downtime on a city break.

Being on holiday - whether it be a staycation or something further afield - is the perfect opportunity for some indulgent reading as you escape to far off lands. Thanks to our choices, you'll travel across the globe from New York and Tokyo, to the Scottish towns of Airdrie or Coatbridge.

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Best kindle books for holiday reads

Taylor Jenkins Reid – Daisy Jones & the Six
£11.77 at AmazonIf you want to be sent back to the drug-fuelled 70s through the eyes of a fictional rock & roll band, Daisy Jones & the Six is the book for you.Taylor Jenkins Reid’s book is told through a series of interviews, almost turning it into an imaginary oral history. Oh, and it’s being made into a TV series, so you’ll probably want to get on it now and truthfully say you were on board before it was cool.
David Keenan – This is Memorial Device
£5.03 at AmazonThe focal point of This is Memorial Device may be fictional – a Scottish post-punk band, interviews with whom form the principal structure of Keenan’s book – but the 1980s depicted by the author feels extremely true-to-life.You might not know a lot about the Scottish towns of Airdrie or Coatbridge, but you know about some of the universalities of youth (counter-)culture, and this vividly flows the latter into the former.
Wright Thompson – The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
£5.03 at AmazonThompson is the master of telling athletes’ stories with colour and warmth. His longreads on Tiger Woods and Sachin Tendulkar, among others, are both eloquent and accessible.In The Cost of These Dreams, the American author produces a collection that is more than straight sports writing or reportage, delving into sporting mythologies in a way that will leave you with answers to questions you hadn’t thought to ask, and questions you didn’t think you needed answering.
Taffy Brodesser-Akner – Fleishman is in Trouble
£6.99 at AmazonThe first novel from journalist and best-in-the-business celebrity profiler Brodesser-Akner is a book you’ll want to read right away to steal a march on your friends. The New Yorker’s writing has been compared to the likes of Philip Roth, and Fleishman is in Trouble – which explores the separation of a married couple after nearly 15 years – is wonderfully put together with a fantastic blend of humour and introspection.
Sally Rooney – Normal People
£6.15 at AmazonYou’re almost guaranteed to find another person reading this book over the summer, so why not get yourself a ready-made topic of conversation?Normal People, which follows a relationship between two teenagers, will spark much more than ‘what it is about’ debate. Normality is presented in a way that becomes dramatic, and it’s a proper page-turner. Plenty of new Sally Rooney fans polished the whole thing off in a matter of hours.

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