“The Sunburn Also Rises” and Other #SummerBooks to Read at the Beach

The best groaner puns from literary twitter

It’s hot. You are stuck inside at the office while outside children eat ice cream and teens tan in the park. All you want to be doing is reading a book at the beach. Well, we can’t help you there, but literary Twitter did compile some pretty good summer book puns today after Barnes & Noble’s account started up the hashtag. Here were our favorites:

Use #SummerBooks to share yrs! 4 out of 5 fake scientists agree: jokes about reading are the best way to beat heat!https://twitter.com/BNBuzz/status/768840386492174336 …

— @BNBuzz

The Sunburn Also Rises #SummerBooks

— @benasam

The Tan in the High Castle #SummerBooks

— @bnscifi

To Grill a Mockingbird #summerbooks #BBQ

— @thelincoln

Never Let Me Go (Back to School) #SummerBooks

— @manateesintrees

The Southern Beach Trilogy #SummerBooks

— @electriclit

The Red Parts of My Back: Autobiography of a Sunburn #SummerBooks

— @mariskreizman

As I Lay Frying. #SummerBooks

— @gclib

A Song of Ice cream and Fireworks #SummerBooks

— @randomhouse

A Thousand Splendid Suntans #SummerBooks

— @bnscottsdale

The Man in the Sand Castle #SummerBooks

— @byobrooks

Consider the Lobster Roll #SummerBooks

— @workmanpub

David Coppertone #SummerBooks

— @feministpress

The Master and the Margaritas #SummerBooks

— @michaelbeeman