There are a few types of beach readers: There are those who adore fun, pulpy reads about flirty romances, those who live and die by taut thrillers about mysterious disappearances and those who think that just because it’s summer, it doesn’t mean they should dumb down or lighten up their reading load. (Good for you!) Luckily, there are new releases from each of those groups publishing in June. From a romance about rival theoretical physicists to a debut thriller about the complexities of friendship in the wake of a shocking murder to an exploration of how teenage girls have leveraged their unique strengths to lay serious political groundwork throughout history, here are 11 books we can’t wait to read this month.