On the East Hampton Indoor-Outdoor Tennis Club’s 30th anniversary, Scott Rubenstein, its progenitor and managing partner, took stock of his 52 years in the business.

The cooler is stocked with Topo Chico and watermelon slices. The umbrella is staked deep into the sand, and you've settled into your sling chair. Now all you need's a good read. Here's our suggestion of a dozen set right here on the South Fork.

From fishing equipment to cassette-tape converters — karaoke machines to clown-shaped cake pans — East End libraries are lending more than just books.