Movies Gallery 10 Books to Read This Summer By Tina Jordan Tina Jordan Tina is an Editor at Large for EW EW's editorial guidelines and Isabella Biedenharn Published on June 1, 2016 10:00PM EDT Trending Videos Close this video player 01 of 11 10 Books to Read This Summer KURT MOSES for EW Pick up these page-turners during the warmer months and you won't be able to put them down. As a part of our Ultimate Summer Preview Issue, here are the summer's 10 biggest reads. 02 of 11 Most Edifying Epic: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (June 7) In her astonishing story, Gyasi follows the descendants of half sisters Effia and Esi, born in 18th-century Ghana, and creates a page-turning 300-year sweep of American and Ghanaian history. 03 of 11 Best '60s Flashback: The Girls by Emma Cline (June 14) This breathtaking novel — about a young woman entangled in a Mansonesque cult — is so accomplished that it's hard to believe it's a debut. Cline's powerful characters linger long after the final page. 04 of 11 Nonfiction Heavyweight: We Are Not Such Things by Justine Van Der Leun (June 28) In investigating the 1993 murder of a Fulbright scholar outside of Cape Town, van der Leun paints a picture of contemporary South Africa while delving into big themes: justice, privilege, forgiveness, and reconciliation. 05 of 11 True-Crime Tingler: The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (July 12) It's as engrossing as a novel, but this is the real-life story of a 13-year-old boy who stabbed his mother to death in 1895 London. 06 of 11 Inside-the-Beltway Winner: The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close (July 19) Ambition, political power, and charisma take center stage in Close's riveting page-turner about two couples who meet in D.C. — and the toll one pair's success takes on the other. 07 of 11 Best Beach Bet: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (July 26) Sex, marriage, deceit, friendship: Moriarty blends her usual ingredients into a fizzy, smart tale of three families whose lives suddenly intertwine. 08 of 11 Creepiest Psychological Thriller: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (July 26) The author of Dare Me and The Fever returns to the subject she always captures so intensely: the private desires of teenage girls. Her latest follows a group of elite gymnasts and their families after a shocking death shakes their tight-knit community. 09 of 11 Best Big-Canvas Family Drama: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (August 23) In this ambitious novel, the stock-market crash and the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 upend the lives of two families — that of a banking executive and that of the Cameroonian immigrant scratching out a living as his chauffeur. 10 of 11 Wildest Debut: The Nix by Nathan Hill (August 30) This sprawling, politically charged, full-of-heart tale tracks an Elfquest-playing professor suddenly reunited with the mother who abandoned him decades ago. 11 of 11 Most Specatacular Sequel: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (August 30) The sequel to An Ember in the Ashes — an acclaimed fantasy inspired by ancient Roman history — follows Elias and Laia as they try to save Laia's brother while being relentlessly hunted by their enemies.