Books Written by Elin Hilderbrand

Hilderbrand has published a new Nantucket-set novel nearly every summer since 2000, earning her the nickname ‘the Queen of the Beach Read’ from New York magazine. Her books follow the same island across decades — its families, its restaurants, its seasonal rhythms — building a body of work that functions almost like a long-running series even when the individual books stand alone.

If you want the book that arguably started the phenomenon of the modern summer novel, Winter Street kicked off her beloved holiday-set series. If you want her at her most purely escapist, The Perfect Couple or 28 Summers are the ones most readers reach for first.

By Lisanne Swart · 5 books · Beach Reads & Women’s Fiction · Updated August 2026