Absolutely fun beach reads: A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness. The first is out in paperback now, and the sequel is coming soon.

Glen Duncan came to my notice with The Last Werewolf, which brought enormous doses of earthy humor to the standard vampires vs. werewolves vs. human occultists narrative. The phrase “Reader, I ate him” pretty much won my heart. Spoiler: The narrator of book 1 isn’t exactly the last werewolf. Enter the sequel, Tallula Rising, which continues the murderous fun. Don’t let anyone read this over your shoulder on the subway.