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Books like The Love Hypothesis

The best books like The Love Hypothesis are The Hating Game, Me Before You, and Normal People. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is about fake dating, academia and ambition, stem women and imposter syndrome. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The Hating Game
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    The Hating Game

    Sally Thorne · Romance

    Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman are co-assistants to the joint CEOs of a publishing company formed by a merger, sharing a tiny office, facing each other across identical desks, and conducting an elaborate cold war of small competitions and veiled hostilities.

    A kindred romance read.

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  2. Me Before You
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    Me Before You

    Jojo Moyes · Romance

    Louisa Clark is twenty-six, cheerfully aimless, and loses her job at the local café on the same day.

    A kindred romance read.

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  3. Normal People
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    Normal People

    Sally Rooney · Literary fiction

    Normal People follows Connell and Marianne from their small-town Irish secondary school through their years at Trinity College Dublin.

    A kindred romance read.

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  4. Conversations with Friends
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    Conversations with Friends

    Sally Rooney · Literary fiction

    Conversations with Friends is told by Frances, a twenty-one-year-old Dublin student who performs spoken-word poetry with her best friend and ex-girlfriend Bobbi.

    A kindred romance read.

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  5. Happy Place
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    Happy Place

    Emily Henry · Romance

    Harriet and Wyn were the couple everyone else wanted to be.

    A kindred romance read.

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  6. Hook, Line, and Sinker
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    Hook, Line, and Sinker

    Tessa Bailey · Romance

    Hannah Bellinger has always been the dependable one — her sister Piper's anchor, the practical twin who keeps things running.

    A kindred romance read.

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  7. It Happened One Summer
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    It Happened One Summer

    Tessa Bailey · Romance

    Piper Bellinger is LA royalty — or at least she was until a very public, very filmed party incident lands her in her stepfather's office facing consequences.

    A kindred romance read.

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  8. One Day in December
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    One Day in December

    Josie Silver · Romance

    Laurie spots a man through the window of a London bus in December and feels an immediate, overwhelming certainty that she knows him — that he is, in some uncomplicated way, meant for her.

    A kindred romance read.

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  9. Part of Your World
    Part of Your World

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    Part of Your World

    Abby Jimenez · Romance

    Part of Your World opens with Dr.

    A kindred romance read.

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  10. The Bride Test
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    The Bride Test

    Helen Hoang · Romance

    The Bride Test is the second novel in Helen Hoang's Kiss Quotient series.

    A kindred romance read.

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  11. The Bromance Book Club
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    The Bromance Book Club

    Lyssa Kay Adams · Romance

    The Bromance Book Club centers on Gavin Scott, a professional baseball player whose wife Thea has just told him their marriage is over.

    A kindred romance read.

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  12. The Kiss Quotient
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    The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · Romance

    Stella Lane is a thirty-year-old econometrician with autism who is very good at her job, slightly alarmed by her mother's escalating desire for grandchildren, and reasonably certain she's bad at relationships.

    A kindred romance read.

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Books like The Love Hypothesis: quick answers

What are the best books like The Love Hypothesis?

The best books like The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood are The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Normal People by Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, Happy Place by Emily Henry, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Love Hypothesis, such as fake dating, academia and ambition, stem women and imposter syndrome.

What should I read after The Love Hypothesis?

A natural next read after The Love Hypothesis is The Hating Game by Sally Thorne. A kindred romance read. Other strong choices are Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Normal People by Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney.

What books are similar to The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood?

The Love Hypothesis centers on fake dating, academia and ambition, stem women and imposter syndrome. Books with a similar feel include The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, Normal People by Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney, Happy Place by Emily Henry, Hook, Line, and Sinker by Tessa Bailey — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.

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