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These summer reads execute the gamut from historical adventures to hilarious memoirs to dark and dazzling debut novels.

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Here are the best new books to read this summer.

When the socialite starts to move on from their temporary alliance, things go very, very badly.B.K.

The stories meet up to heartbreaking effect.B.K.

Kudos: A Novel (Outline Trilogy)

Expect plenty of song lyrics and cultural references sprinkled throughout.M.K.

Kwon (Riverhead, July 31)One of those slim novels that contains multitudes, R.O.

When a charismatic (arent they all?)

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Recently widowed, Claire believes she sees her husband standing right there in the middle of Havana.

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5. Social Creature, by Tara Isabella Burton (Doubleday)

‘There There,’ by Tommy Orange

The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai

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My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

3. Give Me Your Hand, by Megan Abbott (Little, Brown)

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The Third Hotel, by Laura van den Berg

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