A man rests his head on a soccer ball while reading a book on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photographer: Dado Galdieri/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg Businessweek) -- Even if you’re living the perfect life, in the perfect location, there’s just something about summer that makes you long to experience new things. The best books of beach season all have that in common: a desire to escape place, time, or circumstance. We read the most highly anticipated releases, both fiction and non-, and picked our favorites.