The Best Books To Read In The Bath

But do you ever struggle to find a new read to take into the bath with you, for some much needed you time? Well, look no further as we have an analysed over 100 books released between 2020-2021 to find out which are the best reads for the bath.

We’ve looked at the number of ratings, the number of reviews, the number of pages as well as if the books are predominantly an eBook, hardback or paperback-- as there’s nothing worse than getting a new book wet! We have also calculated the number of baths needed to finish each book based on reading 10 pages per 20-minute bath. Discover our top 50 list below and find the perfect book for your next bath.

2. The Push by Ashley Audrain

The Push by Ashley Audrain comes in second place with an overall score of 69.24 out of 100. This thriller novel follows a mother who is concerned that her preschool daughter may be a phyco-killer. Coming in at just over 300 pages, this book is slightly shorter than the first book and would take a total of 31 baths to be able to complete the book, based on reading 10 pages in a 20-minute bath. The thriller is also a hardback, so scores at the mid-point for water resistance. The average rating is 4.13 across all 15,830 reviews.

3. The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

The next book in our analysis is a New York Times bestseller which is also featured in Reader’s Digest top 50 fictions books. Set-in eighteenth-century London, this book follows the lives of a secret network of women seeking legacy and revenge. This is another hard cover book, which means there is some water resistance for your next bathtub read-- but what helps score this book so highly is the length being slightly shorter at just 301 pages, taking 30 baths to complete the whole thing. There have been 14,905 reviews and the average rating is 3.79 out of 5.

8. I Know What You've Done by Dorothy Koomson

Named an ‘addictive new thriller’ this book by Dorothy Koomson tells the story of a murder, where a neighbour finds a secret diary on their doorstep and uses it to uncover the truth behind the mysterious murder. Released in July of this year, this book has seen just 65 reviews so far, with a high average rating of 4.16 out of 5. The kindle eBook is 299 pages long, taking 30 20-minute baths in total to finish the whole book.

9. Of Women and Salt by Gabriela Garcia

This fictional novel looks back through history following a Cuban family that has been subject to brutal events. Told from a mother’s perspective and released in July 2021, the novel has received 2,300 reviews to date averaging a rating of 3.72 out of 5. The hard back has a total of 207 pages, taking 27 20-minute baths to complete.

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Methodology and sources:

We've analysed over 100 books from seed lists of books released between 2020-2021 and used a series of metrics to create a weighted rank to find which are the best books to read in the bath. Metrics included the rating, the number of pages, the number of reviews and whether the book was predominantly a hardback, paperback, or an eBook. eBooks were scored the highest, hard back scored the mid-range and paper back scored the lowest due to books getting ruined once wet/waterproofness of the book format. The score for each book format was split in thirds paperbacks scoring one third, hardbacks two thirds and eBooks the full amount. We also worked out the number of baths it would take to finish each book looking at reading 10 pages per bath based on 2 minutes per page average read speed and an average bath time of 20 minutes. The least number of baths to finish the book were scored the highest. Data pulled October 2021.

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