Surf Novels: Fiction With Surfing for Surfers Who Read
Good surf fiction is harder to find than good surf. Here is a short list of novels and one memoir with real salt in them, starting with a quick spy thriller you can read between sessions.
Surf Waves of Betrayalabout 2 hr
Espionage thriller · about 118 pages · by Mark Oliver
Every wave carries a secret. Every betrayal has a price.
A standalone espionage thriller that includes surfing. Covert operatives Jack Lawson, Emily Parker, Turner and Sarah face coordinated attacks, a conspiracy among the powerful, and betrayal inside their own ranks. About 118 pages, in Kindle Unlimited.
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More surf books worth packing
- Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn: the 1984 Huntington Beach surf noir that many surfers call the classic.
- The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow: a San Diego surfer and private investigator, Pacific Beach crime fiction.
- Breath by Tim Winton: two boys, big waves and risk on the coast of Western Australia.
- Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid: a famous surfing family and one unforgettable party in 1983 Malibu.
- Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan: the Pulitzer Prize-winning surf memoir (nonfiction).
Making a beach bag? See the short thrillers you can finish in one sitting.
Other authors, books and shows are named only for comparison. Mark Oliver Books has no affiliation with or endorsement from them.
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