As a part of our Ultimate Summer Preview Issue, here are the summer’s 10 biggest reads.

Cline’s powerful characters linger long after the final page.

Her latest follows a group of elite gymnasts and their families after a shocking death shakes their tight-knit community.

10 Books to Read This Summer

KURT MOSES for EW

Most Edifying Epic: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi (June 7)

Best ’60s Flashback: The Girls by Emma Cline (June 14)

Nonfiction Heavyweight: We Are Not Such Things by Justine Van Der Leun (June 28)

True-Crime Tingler: The Wicked Boy by Kate Summerscale (July 12)

Inside-the-Beltway Winner: The Hopefuls by Jennifer Close (July 19)

Best Beach Bet: Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (July 26)

Creepiest Psychological Thriller: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (July 26)

Best Big-Canvas Family Drama: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue (August 23)

Wildest Debut: The Nix by Nathan Hill (August 30)

Most Specatacular Sequel: A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir (August 30)