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10 Not-Trashy (But Totally Entertaining) Beach Reads

You asked, we answered! If you're getting a sugar crash from trashy-reading but still want to spend the remaining summer months with a completely absorbing book, you're in luck: We've assembled 10 of our all-time favorite respectable page-turners!

There are dozens — hundreds! — of wonderful books that could fit under the heading of "great and greatly entertaining." These are just a few desert-island picks that you can show with pride - but will devour like a tween guilty pleasure.

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