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Ah, summer's here. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, the weather is gorgeous, and the planes flying overhead look mighty tempting. What's nicer than lying on the beach with a book, soaking up the sun and losing yourself in a good book. Kerry's picked her favourite holiday reads for men. Women can check out the [[Top Ten Beach Reads For Girls]]. (Of course, there's nothing stopping women enjoying these choices and vice versa!) Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourites?
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{{topten
|title=The Book of Idle Pleasures
|author=Tom Hodgkinson
|rating=4.5
|summary=A liberating reminder of the pleasure to be found in simple, free, natural acts - from morning sex to skimming stones.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091923328</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Rabbit Factory
|author=Marshall Karp
|rating=4
|summary=A theme park that's a lot like Disneyland has a nightmare when one of its key animal mascots is murdered off duty. But it's just the beginning, and it's up to a pair of hardened cops to get fluffy and solve the escalating crimes that threaten the whole entertainment corporation. A bright and engaging comedy thriller that comes recommended by the Bookbag.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749081635</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Crime
|author=Irvine Welsh
|rating=4.5
|summary=A slick, foul-mouthed, violent crime thriller which charges headlong into paedophilia and some dodgy psychology, but still somehow succeeds on several levels.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224080539</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=On Chesil Beach
|author=Ian McEwan
|rating=4.5
|summary=In a short novella, McEwan manages to fit a record of changing sexual and social mores, an extremely convincing depiction of individuals' inner worlds and a psychological (if not to say physiological) insight so piercing that it gets, almost literally, visceral.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224081187</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Deceived
|author=Brett Battles
|rating=4
|summary=A reasonably fast and involved crime thriller moving from the corridors of power in Washington to the backstreet markets of Singapore. Good escapist entertainment.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848090285</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Lost Art
|author=Simon Morden
|rating=4.5
|summary=A roller coaster of a future action-adventure story, with well constructed, fast-paced plot, judicious use made of a host of science fiction devices and larger-than-life characters which may even inspire thought about more serious issues of the use that's made of knowledge and technology, role of religion and colonialism. Highly recommended summer read.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385609647</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Breath
|author=Tim Winton
|rating=4.5
|summary=A young boy takes to the surf, faces his fears and slowly enters an adult world he is totally unprepared for. An elegant, powerful narrative takes a deep unexpectedly dark dive into murkier waters.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330455710</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Armed Madhouse
|author=Greg Palast
|rating=4
|summary=Suiting a man who straddles the Atlantic, Greg Palast occupies a style ground somewhere between Michael Moore (fewer jokes) and John Pilger (more jokes) in this lucid, readable and convincing denouncement of a great deal that's wrong with the world, and in particular with George W Bush and the other movers and shakers among the world's super rich.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141018275</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Death Wore White
|author=Jim Kelly
|rating=4.5
|summary=A surprisingly literary crime thriller. Well plotted, with strong characters, but let down by too many seemingly coincidental links between them which make it a touch less realistic than it could have been.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141027517</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Reapers
|author=John Connolly
|rating=4.5
|summary=Connolly's basic idea may be nothing especially new, but ''The Reapers'' is a gripping read and has enough fresh features to elevate it above the mundane.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340936657</amazonuk>
}}
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[[Category:Lists|Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Crime|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:General Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Trivia|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Literary Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Reviewed by Kerry King]]
Ah, summer's here. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, the weather is gorgeous, and the planes flying overhead look mighty tempting. What's nicer than lying on the beach with a book, soaking up the sun and losing yourself in a good book. Kerry's picked her favourite holiday reads for men. Women can check out the [[Top Ten Beach Reads For Girls]]. (Of course, there's nothing stopping women enjoying these choices and vice versa!) Why not [mailto:sue@thebookbag.co.uk tell us] about your favourites?
__NOTOC__
{{topten
|title=The Book of Idle Pleasures
|author=Tom Hodgkinson
|rating=4.5
|summary=A liberating reminder of the pleasure to be found in simple, free, natural acts - from morning sex to skimming stones.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091923328</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Rabbit Factory
|author=Marshall Karp
|rating=4
|summary=A theme park that's a lot like Disneyland has a nightmare when one of its key animal mascots is murdered off duty. But it's just the beginning, and it's up to a pair of hardened cops to get fluffy and solve the escalating crimes that threaten the whole entertainment corporation. A bright and engaging comedy thriller that comes recommended by the Bookbag.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0749081635</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Crime
|author=Irvine Welsh
|rating=4.5
|summary=A slick, foul-mouthed, violent crime thriller which charges headlong into paedophilia and some dodgy psychology, but still somehow succeeds on several levels.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224080539</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=On Chesil Beach
|author=Ian McEwan
|rating=4.5
|summary=In a short novella, McEwan manages to fit a record of changing sexual and social mores, an extremely convincing depiction of individuals' inner worlds and a psychological (if not to say physiological) insight so piercing that it gets, almost literally, visceral.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0224081187</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Deceived
|author=Brett Battles
|rating=4
|summary=A reasonably fast and involved crime thriller moving from the corridors of power in Washington to the backstreet markets of Singapore. Good escapist entertainment.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848090285</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Lost Art
|author=Simon Morden
|rating=4.5
|summary=A roller coaster of a future action-adventure story, with well constructed, fast-paced plot, judicious use made of a host of science fiction devices and larger-than-life characters which may even inspire thought about more serious issues of the use that's made of knowledge and technology, role of religion and colonialism. Highly recommended summer read.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0385609647</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Breath
|author=Tim Winton
|rating=4.5
|summary=A young boy takes to the surf, faces his fears and slowly enters an adult world he is totally unprepared for. An elegant, powerful narrative takes a deep unexpectedly dark dive into murkier waters.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0330455710</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Armed Madhouse
|author=Greg Palast
|rating=4
|summary=Suiting a man who straddles the Atlantic, Greg Palast occupies a style ground somewhere between Michael Moore (fewer jokes) and John Pilger (more jokes) in this lucid, readable and convincing denouncement of a great deal that's wrong with the world, and in particular with George W Bush and the other movers and shakers among the world's super rich.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141018275</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=Death Wore White
|author=Jim Kelly
|rating=4.5
|summary=A surprisingly literary crime thriller. Well plotted, with strong characters, but let down by too many seemingly coincidental links between them which make it a touch less realistic than it could have been.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0141027517</amazonuk>
}}
{{topten
|title=The Reapers
|author=John Connolly
|rating=4.5
|summary=Connolly's basic idea may be nothing especially new, but ''The Reapers'' is a gripping read and has enough fresh features to elevate it above the mundane.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0340936657</amazonuk>
}}
{{commentfeature}}
[[Category:Lists|Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Crime|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:General Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Trivia|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Literary Fiction|*Top Ten Beach Reads For Boys]]
[[Category:Reviewed by Kerry King]]