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The Love Hypothesis (Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,882,755 ratings — published 2021
People We Meet on Vacation (Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.85 — 1,652,295 ratings — published 2021
Book Lovers (Paperback)
by (shelved 182 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,547,203 ratings — published 2022
Beach Read (Paperback)
by (shelved 179 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,629,147 ratings — published 2020
The Unhoneymooners (Unhoneymooners, #1)
by (shelved 157 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,119,668 ratings — published 2019
The Spanish Love Deception (Love Deception, #1)
by (shelved 155 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.79 — 808,826 ratings — published 2021
Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
by (shelved 148 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.26 — 763,097 ratings — published 2021
The Hating Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.86 — 828,472 ratings — published 2016
Happy Place (Hardcover)
by (shelved 119 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,415,634 ratings — published 2023
It Happened One Summer (Bellinger Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 114 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.90 — 711,210 ratings — published 2021
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
by (shelved 110 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.87 — 496,854 ratings — published 2018
Love on the Brain (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 107 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.90 — 633,009 ratings — published 2022
Funny Story (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 105 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,264,989 ratings — published 2024
Love, Theoretically (Paperback)
by (shelved 102 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.08 — 660,621 ratings — published 2023
You Deserve Each Other (You Deserve Each Other, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.87 — 139,759 ratings — published 2020
The Cheat Sheet (The Cheat Sheet, #1)
by (shelved 96 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.71 — 340,948 ratings — published 2021
Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,223,751 ratings — published 2019
The Bodyguard (Hardcover)
by (shelved 85 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.94 — 393,754 ratings — published 2022
The Flatshare (Hardcover)
by (shelved 84 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.98 — 456,871 ratings — published 2019
Icebreaker (UCMH, #1)
by (shelved 77 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,283,485 ratings — published 2022
Part of Your World (Part of Your World, #1)
by (shelved 73 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.25 — 838,924 ratings — published 2022
Mr. Wrong Number (Mr. Wrong Number, #1)
by (shelved 67 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.67 — 160,766 ratings — published 2022
Hook, Line, and Sinker (Bellinger Sisters, #2)
by (shelved 66 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.88 — 444,877 ratings — published 2022
Practice Makes Perfect (When in Rome, #2)
by (shelved 64 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.00 — 221,895 ratings — published 2023
The American Roommate Experiment (Love Deception, #2)
by (shelved 63 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.78 — 267,957 ratings — published 2022
Yours Truly (Part of Your World, #2)
by (shelved 61 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.30 — 819,823 ratings — published 2023
Love and Other Words (Hardcover)
by (shelved 60 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.21 — 807,814 ratings — published 2018
When in Rome (When in Rome, #1)
by (shelved 59 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.87 — 210,968 ratings — published 2022
The Soulmate Equation (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.99 — 299,421 ratings — published 2021
Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
by (shelved 58 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.35 — 1,063,867 ratings — published 2024
The Seven Year Slip (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.16 — 583,078 ratings — published 2023
Check & Mate (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.94 — 356,885 ratings — published 2023
The Ex Talk (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 57 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.67 — 100,811 ratings — published 2021
The Do-Over (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.91 — 187,691 ratings — published 2022
Betting on You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 53 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.13 — 170,709 ratings — published 2023
The Friend Zone (The Friend Zone, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.90 — 431,649 ratings — published 2019
Fix Her Up (Hot & Hammered, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.59 — 184,562 ratings — published 2019
The Happy Ever After Playlist (The Friend Zone, #2)
by (shelved 51 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.17 — 328,646 ratings — published 2020
The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
by (shelved 50 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.47 — 287,121 ratings — published 2021
The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
by (shelved 48 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,033,723 ratings — published 2015
The Dead Romantics (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.91 — 258,463 ratings — published 2022
Get a Life, Chloe Brown (The Brown Sisters, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.79 — 207,075 ratings — published 2019
The Worst Best Man (ebook)
by (shelved 46 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.54 — 76,543 ratings — published 2020
The Love Wager (Mr. Wrong Number, #2)
by (shelved 44 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.86 — 109,864 ratings — published 2023
The Roommate (Shameless #1)
by (shelved 44 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.53 — 135,189 ratings — published 2020
Funny You Should Ask (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.56 — 144,064 ratings — published 2022
Life’s Too Short (The Friend Zone, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.15 — 285,346 ratings — published 2021
Act Your Age, Eve Brown (The Brown Sisters, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as romcoms)
avg rating 4.08 — 100,877 ratings — published 2021
The Summer of Broken Rules (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.88 — 329,680 ratings — published 2021
Under One Roof (The STEMinist Novellas, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as romcoms)
avg rating 3.65 — 209,089 ratings — published 2022
“Ya sabes por qué nos han invitado, Miles. Porque son adictos a que los quiera todo el mundo. Y se les da bien. Tanto como para no darse cuenta de que no se puede esperar amor de las personas a las que has destruido por completo. Ahora mismo se creen que son los buenos de la película. Pero no tienen derecho a verse así. Van a pasarse años viviendo con la certeza de que son los idiotas.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Romance novels, rom-coms, non-tragic love stories—they all run on a blissful sense that we’re moving toward something better. Percentage-wise, the majority of clues writers drop in romance novels don’t give you things to dread. They give you things to look forward to.
This, right here—more than anything else—is why people love them. The banter, the kissing, the tropes, even the spice … that’s all just extra.
It’s the structure—that “predictable” structure—that does it. Anticipating that you’re heading toward a happy ending lets you relax and look forward to better things ahead. And there’s a name for what you’re feeling when you do that.
Hope.
Sometimes I see people grasping for a better word than predictable to describe a romance. They’ll say, ‘It was predictable—but in a good way.’
I see what they’re going for. But I’m not sure it needs pointing out that over the course of a love story … people fell in love. I mean: Of course they did! I don’t think it’s possible to write a love story where the leads getting together at the end is a surprise. And even if it were, why would you want to? The anticipation—the blissful, delicious, oxytocin-laden, yearning-infused, building sense of anticipation—is the point. It’s the cocktail of emotions we all came there to feel.
I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: 'This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.'
Structurally, thematically, psychologically—love stories create hope and then use it as fuel. Two people meet—and then, over the course of three hundred pages, they move from alone to together. From closed to open. From judgy to understanding. From cruel to compassionate. From needy to fulfilled. From ignored to seen. From misunderstood to appreciated. From lost to found. Predictably.
That’s not a mistake. That’s a guarantee of the genre: Things will get better. And you, the reader, get to be there for it.
It’s a gift the love story gives you.”
― Hello Stranger
This, right here—more than anything else—is why people love them. The banter, the kissing, the tropes, even the spice … that’s all just extra.
It’s the structure—that “predictable” structure—that does it. Anticipating that you’re heading toward a happy ending lets you relax and look forward to better things ahead. And there’s a name for what you’re feeling when you do that.
Hope.
Sometimes I see people grasping for a better word than predictable to describe a romance. They’ll say, ‘It was predictable—but in a good way.’
I see what they’re going for. But I’m not sure it needs pointing out that over the course of a love story … people fell in love. I mean: Of course they did! I don’t think it’s possible to write a love story where the leads getting together at the end is a surprise. And even if it were, why would you want to? The anticipation—the blissful, delicious, oxytocin-laden, yearning-infused, building sense of anticipation—is the point. It’s the cocktail of emotions we all came there to feel.
I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: 'This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.'
Structurally, thematically, psychologically—love stories create hope and then use it as fuel. Two people meet—and then, over the course of three hundred pages, they move from alone to together. From closed to open. From judgy to understanding. From cruel to compassionate. From needy to fulfilled. From ignored to seen. From misunderstood to appreciated. From lost to found. Predictably.
That’s not a mistake. That’s a guarantee of the genre: Things will get better. And you, the reader, get to be there for it.
It’s a gift the love story gives you.”
― Hello Stranger
