![A hand reaching out of the water with "Stay-on-the Beach Reads" written above it.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-1024x576.jpg)
These eight books are for when you are absolutely, positively NOT getting in the water!
![Cartoon of a smiling man with a large mustache, short dark hair, wearing a teal jacket and a white turtleneck.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Jon-150x150.png)
![Cover of "The Terror" novel by Dan Simmons featuring icy landscape with mountains and aurora in the sky.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-1.jpg)
Captain Crozier must find a way for his crew to survive the deadly attacks of a mysterious and insatiable sea monster that is stalking the men trapped in the Arctic ice, in a novel loosely based on the mid-nineteenth-century Arctic expedition originally led by Sir John Franklin.
![Book cover of "Shadow Zone" by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen, featuring stormy ocean waves with bold yellow title text.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-2.jpg)
A discovery by submersible designer Hannah Bryson suggests a possible cause of mythical Atlantis’s mysterious demise that has potentially cataclysmic consequences for the modern world.
![Book cover of "Pressure" by Brian Keene depicting a diver underwater with blood spreading around them.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-3.jpg)
A marine biologist and a free diver uncover something horrific when they investigate an ecological disaster deep in the Indian Ocean. By the author of Darkness on the Edge of Town.
![Book cover for "Jaws" by Peter Benchley, depicting a swimmer on the surface and a large shark emerging from below.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-4.jpg)
When three people are killed by a great white shark in three different incidents, the police chief of a Long Island resort town is forced to take action.
![Cover of the book "Kraken" by China Miéville, featuring gold text and tentacles against a dark blue underwater background.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-5.jpg)
A contemporary fantasy set in present-day London finds people flocking to a British Museum exhibit of a giant squid that is stolen by magical criminals, a crime that propels young curator Billy into a supernatural underworld. By the Arthur C. Clarke and Locus-winning author of Perdido Street Station.
![Book cover of "Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror" by Steve Alten, depicting a diver swimming between two underwater cliffs.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-6.jpg)
When he is offered the chance to return to the Mariana Trench, Dr. Jonas Taylor, believing there is a remnant population of Megs, is plunged into a desperate fight for survival when the most vicious predator the world has ever known is freed to once again hunt the surface.
![Cover of "Rolling in the Deep" by Mira Grant, featuring a submerged person with bubbles rising and dark seaweed around.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-7.jpg)
Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant
Hired to film a fake documentary on mermaids, a film crew sets out for the Mariana Trench with a team of mermaid performers but unexpectedly comes face to face with the real-life creatures, who happen to be vicious and deadly.
![Book cover of "The Deep" by Nick Cutter, featuring a sunset over the sea and a Stephen King quote praising the author's work.](https://glensidepld.org/files/Beach-Reads-8.jpg)
When a seemingly miraculous healing agent is discovered in the Pacific in the wake of a devastating plague, a team of brave heroes descends through pitch-black waters to an incommunicado research lab in the ocean deep. By the author of The Troop.