Books, Beach, & Beyond
Episodes
Season 3 Wrap-Up with Brady Lockerby and Katie Shober
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elin and Tim end Season 3 of Books, Beach, & Beyond with two of their favorite book influencers: Katie Shober of @beachreadsandbubbly and Brady Lo...
Dan Brown
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Please welcome to Books, Beach, & Beyond Dan Brown, the author of nine #1 bestselling novels, including The Da Vinci Code, which has become one of...
John Grisham
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
All rise for the honorable John Grisham on Books, Beach, & Beyond this week. The G.O.A.T of the legal thriller and the author of A Time To Kill, T...
Shelby Cunningham
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is a very special episode for Books, Beach, & Beyond celebrating Elin’s 31st novel written with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham – The Aca...
Lily King
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Next up is Lily King, the New York Times bestselling author of six novels, including Euphoria and Writers & Lovers, and coming in the fall, Heart ...
Elizabeth Strout
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Next up for Books, Beach, & Beyond is the best-selling and award-winning writer Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge, My Name is Lucy Bart...
Catherine Newman
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Next on Books, Beach, & Beyond is Catherine Newman, author of Sandwich, We All Want Impossible Things, and Wreck, (forthcoming from HarperCollins ...
Curtis Sittenfeld
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elin and Tim welcome to the podcast Curtis Sittenfeld, the author of Prep, American Wife, and Show, Don’t Tell. They start with Curtis’s favorite ...
Wally Lamb
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode features the live conversation with your host, Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books, at the Nantucket Book Festival with one of his fav...
Adam Ross
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This bonus episode features the live conversation with your host, Elin Hilderbrand, at the Nantucket Book Festival with Adam Ross, author of Playworld...
Carl Hiaasen
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Books, Beach, & Beyond’s first LIVE podcast recording was June 14th at the Nantucket Book Festival where Elin and Tim were in conversation with ...
Gayle King
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our first official episode of Season 3 is with the force that is GAYLE KING! Gayle is an award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS MORNINGS, also ed...
Introducing… Season 3
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg of Tim Talks Books are back for Season 3 of Books, Beach, & Beyond! This introductory episode is a catch-up on ...
Season 2 Wrap Up
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode to close out Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond, your hosts gab about favorite moments and books of the year, Elin's ne...
Ina Garten
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond ends its regular season with the icon that is Ina Garten and her new memoir Be Ready When The Luck Happens. Ina...
Barbara Kingsolver
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Barbara Kingsolver is the Pulitzer Prize winning, #1 best-selling author of Demon Copperhead, The Bean Trees, and The Poisonwood Bible. Elin, Tim, and...
Liane Moriarty
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our next guest is Liane Moriarty, the author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Big Little Lies, Apples Never Fall, The Husband’s Secret, Truly Ma...
Nicole Kidman
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today in this special bonus episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond is Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and Emmy Award winner Nicole Kidman. ...
Emily Henry
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You asked, we listened! Our guest today is #1 New York best-selling writer Emily Henry, author of Beach Read, Book Lovers, People We Meet on Vacation,...
Kevin Kwan
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Kwan is the author of the international bestsellers Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, Rich People Problems, Sex and Vanity and new this ...
Claire Lombardo
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Lombardo is the best-selling author of The Most Fun We Ever Had (the April 2024 Reese’s Book Club pick) and the recently released Same As It ...
Steven Rowley
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Rowley is the best-selling author of Lily and the Octopus, The Editor, The Guncle (Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor), The Celebra...
Emily Giffin
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Giffin is the #1 bestselling novelist of Something Borrowed, Something Blue, and on shelves yesterday, The Summer Pact. Elin, Tim, and Emily dis...
Emma Straub
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Straub is the New York Times best-selling author of This Time Tomorrow, All Adults Here, The Vacationers, and Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures. ...
Sarah Jessica Parker
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After a fun introductory episode, Season 2 of Books, Beach, & Beyond officially begins with award-winning actor, entrepreneur, producer, and desig...
Introducing… Season 2
04 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back into the studio with your hosts of Books, Beach, & Beyond, Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg, for an incredible introductory episode...
Season 1 Wrap Up
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The final bonus episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond for 2023 features a friendly conversation between your beloved hosts, Elin Hilderbrand and Tim E...
Fredrik Backman
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our second bonus episode for 2023, we stay across the pond and get to chat with the #1 New York Times best-selling author of the Beartown Series, ...
Maggie O'Farrell
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode, Elin and Tim travel virtually across the pond to Scotland to interview one of their favorite writers of the English language, M...
Colleen Hoover
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It Ends with Colleen Hoover. Yes, Season 1 of Books, Beach, & Beyond wraps up with the mega best-selling author of It Ends With Us and Verity, Col...
Jennifer Weiner
10 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Please welcome to the podcast the hilariously entertaining and #1 best-selling author of In Her Shoes, Mrs. Everything, and The Summer Place, Jennifer...
Gilbert Cruz
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Books, Beach, & Beyond, we welcome Gilbert Cruz, Editor of the New York Times Book Review. Cruz discusses his childhood, school...
Jodi Picoult
12 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features one of Elin and Tim’s favorite writers and friends, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Mad Honey, Wish You Were Here, an...
Sunny Hostin
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
September is still summer in our books, and there is still plenty of time to put a couple more "beach reads" in your beach bags. Our latest ...
Jake Tapper
15 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CNN Anchor and chief Washington correspondent Jake Tapper joins Elin Hilderbrand and Tim Ehrenberg to report on his new novel, All the Demons Are Here...
Ann Patchett
01 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 4 brings us the incredible writing talent that is Ann Patchett, an "auto-buy" author for our hosts and the 2023 National Humanities ...
Jenna Bush Hager
18 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 3 brings us the incredible reading icon and passionate bookworm that is Jenna Bush Hager, author and the face of The Today Show’s Read with ...
Kristin Hannah
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Elin and Tim speak with the incomparable Kristin Hannah, author of The Nightingale, Firefly Lane, and The Four Winds. Kristin discuss...
Taylor Jenkins Reid
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Buckle up for an entertaining and profound talk with best-selling sensation Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jo...
Introducing... Books, Beach, & Beyond
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Books, Beach, & Beyond! In this introductory episode, Elin and Tim have a "five-star chat" with Elin’s agent, Michael Carli...
Welcome to Books, Beach, & Beyond
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Elin Hilderbrand, #1 New York Times bestselling author of 30 titles and the “Queen of the Beach Reads,” and Tim Ehrenberg, creator of the pop...