Known as “the queen of beach reads,” Elin Hilderbrand commands almost every summer reading list and is now a Nantucket household name. Following the 2024 success of Netflix’s adaptation of Hilderbrand’s The Perfect Couple, another of her sparkling East Coast narratives lands on the small screen. Helmed by Jennifer Garner, The Five Star Weekend follows the food influencer Hollis Shaw, who has taken refuge on the Massachusetts island after the sudden death of her husband. Instead of enduring the loss alone, she brings along four friends from different stages of her life: Tatum from childhood (Chloe Sevigny), Dru-Ann from college (Regina Hall) fellow mom Brooke (D’Arcy Carden), and internet friend Gigi (Gemma Chan). Like all Hilderbrand novels, it’s a vivacious story about the resiliency of female friendship. —Maggie Turner