Arts

This Summer, Girls in Titles and Girls in Peril By ALEXANDRA ALTER In this year's beach reading, girls in the titles join cults, obsess over friendships and, carrying on a proud literary tradition, go missing. 12 New Books We're Reading This Summer (and 6 Not So New) The Times's book critics and others on books that feature a Charles Manson-like cult, a modern-day America in which slavery still exists, the observations of Amy Schumer's head writer and more. CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK 15 TV Shows to Watch This Summer By MIKE HALE The season's slate of programming is particularly weighty this year, even for a period increasingly important for networks and streaming services. For more arts news, go to NYTimes.com/Arts »