Ali Hazelwood is known for her STEM heroines who go searching for, or sometimes unexpectedly fall into, love. Her novel, Love on the Brain is one of her numerous clever works that is a hilarious and swoon-worthy rom-com.
We follow Bee Königswasser whose life takes an upwards turn when she books her dream job as the lead neuroengineer on a NASA project. But when she arrives on her first day, she finds out her co-leader on the job is Levi Ward: her grad-school archnemesis.
Despite the setback, she perseveres even when her colleagues mock and ignore her and her equipment goes missing. In a surprising turn of events, Levi becomes the only person at work she can rely on. As they get closer, Bee begins to wonder why they ever hated each other in the first place…
Books like Love on the Brain satisfy that very particular part of all of us who love a good romance story. If you’ve already picked this book up, you might be looking for something similar to read next.
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10 Books Similar to Love on the Brain
Wildfire, by Hannah Grace
Wildfire is a summer camp, passionate contemporary romance by Hannah Grace that will have readers whizzing through the pages.
Russ and Aurora first met at a Maple Hills end-of-year party where they have an alcohol-fuelled one-night stand. Aurora slips away in the morning before Russ can even ask her full name.
The two cross paths again when they arrive at the summer camp where they are working for the summer as counsellors. Both looking to get away from their home lives and the complications that come with it, they’ve escaped to the peaceful summer camp of their childhood dreams.
The spark between them still flickers but the ‘no staff fraternizing’ rule has them faltering. Will the pair get together or will they head home alone?
Practice Makes Perfect, by Sarah Adams
For a book to read once you’ve finished Love on the Brain, try picking up Practice Make Perfect for a fuzzy, slow-burn romance.
Running a flower shop is Annie Walker’s dream but there’s something missing: a person to live and love life with. After a date gone wrong where the guy calls her ‘unbelievably boring’, Annie knows she must change things up if she is going to get a guy’s attention.
She forces herself to become flirtier and more fun and enlists Will Griffin’s help to do so. Will is a bodyguard who’s just returned to town and when Annie begs for his help, despite knowing he shouldn’t, he can’t help but agree.
To keep people from gossiping about their pretend dates, they fake-date as they try to re-make Annie Walker. But soon the pretend dates seem a little too real and they discover a spark that can’t be squashed.
The Worst Best Man, by Mia Sosa
Carolina is an expert at planning weddings but after being left at the altar by her own husband-to-be, she fears she may never get to truly exchange vows with the love of her life.
Carolina is given the job opportunity of a lifetime after she impresses a big client but the joy is short-lived when she realises it means working with her ex-fiancé’s brother, Max.
Carolina hates Max for convincing his brother to run from the alter but the more they work together, Carolina realises Max may have had his own reasons for his persuasions and that they might not hate each other as much as they think.
The Worst Best Man is perfect for rom-com fans who love an enemies to lovers with high tension!
The Long Game, by Elena Armas
Pick up The Long Game for another smokey rom-com to enjoy after you’re done with Love on the Brain.
Adalyn Reyes is a soccer executive who is disgraced when a video of her dispute with the Miami Flames FC’s mascot goes viral. Her father (and boss) sends her away to a town in the middle of nowhere to help redeem herself and the local struggling soccer team.
Adalyn, who’s relieved she still has a job, is surprised to find retired goalie star, Cameron Caldani in town. She hopes to enlist his help but after a bad first impression, she isn’t hopeful for his aid.
Either way, she’ll fix up this team of child soccer players in no time! And perhaps find love while she’s at it?
The Fake Mate, by Lana Ferguson
The Fake Mate by Lana Ferguson is a smutty, hot romance with a paranormal twist! So, if you loved Love on the Brain and all things shifters, buy this book asap!
Mackenzie is being driven mad by her grandmother’s obsession with finding her mate so to shut her up, she lies about meeting someone. In a panic, she blurts out the name Noah Taylor who also happens to be the last guy she’d ever date.
Noah is an unmated alpha and unless he finds his mate soon, he’ll have to come clean to the board and risk his career as an interventional cardiologist.
So, when Mackenzie comes along and begs him to be her fake boyfriend on the exact same day he’s called in by the board, it seems everything begins to come together.
Fangirl Down, by Tessa Bailey
Tessa Bailey is a number one New York Times bestselling author so if you want something like Love on the Brain to gobble up, then Fangirl Down is absolutely the right call.
Wells Whitaker was golf’s most handsome rising star but everything begins to fall apart and his career is left in shambles. But at the sidelines, he could always find the smiling, beautiful redhead.
So, when he quits after a game gone wrong, his red-headed solo supporter disappears. Regretting his decision, Wells enlists Josephine to help him up his game and split the prize money.
Considering her own life is in shambles, Josephine accepts his deal and the two head on the road together.
Funny Story, by Emily Henry
If you love Love on the Brain, then anything by Emily Henry will do the trick – including Funny Story!
When her fiancé, Peter, realises he is in love with his childhood best friend, Petra, Daphne finds herself stuck in Waning Bay without her fiancé, her friends or family. But hey – at least, she has her dream job as a children’s librarian!
Her only option is to room with Petra’s ex, Miles, the only person who can understand her predicament.
Living together, the pair get to know one another a bit better and the future suddenly doesn’t seem so bleak.
The Unhoneymooners, by Christina Lauren
Your honeymoon is supposed to be the trip of a lifetime but for Olive’s sister in The Unhoneymooners, it is simply not going to happen.
Olive knew the seafood buffet at her twin sister’s wedding was a bad idea and she is proven right when the entire party gets food poisoning bar her and the best man (also archnemesis), Ethan.
The pair get the chance to fly to Hawaii for an all-expenses paid non-refundable honeymoon under the guise of the bride and groom. The pair put their differences aside for this free holiday and plan to go their separate ways once arriving.
But soon, Olive and Ethan have to pretend they’re newlyweds when Olive’s new boss turns up at their resort.
Things get even more complicated when Ethan’s ex-girlfriend pops up too. This is a great slow-burn, entertaining read that is perfect for readers looking for something similar to Love on the Brain.
Have you already read this novel? Check out our list of books like The Unhoneymooners!
99 Percent Mine, by Sally Thorne
Sally Thorne’s 99 Percent Mine is an unforgettable rom-com that lovers of Love on the Brain and all other hot and witty contemporary romances will adore!
Darcy’s dream man is the one and only Tom Valeska who she met as a young eight-year-old. Unfortunately, he is one hundred per cent off limits as her twin brother, Jamie, claimed him as his best friend first.
Living at the crumbling cottage they inherited from their grandmother, Darcy has three months to get her life together before Jamie sells the place. Then one night, Tom arrives to give the cottage a makeover that Jamie is sure will raise the price and result in bags of money for the twins.
Living together in the tiny cottage, it’s the first time in years they’ve had time to connect and maybe, just maybe, eight-year-old Darcy’s dreams might come true.
Love, Theoretically, by Ali Hazelwood
If you are a reader desperate for more of Ali Hazelwood’s words and another loveable STEM woman heroine then you might try picking up one of her other novels? The perfect book is Hazelwood’s Love, Theoretically.
Elsie Hannaway is an intelligent theoretical physicist whose day job as a professor doesn’t quite make ends meet. So, to make up the money, she offers her services as a girlfriend for hire in the dark hours. But this double life may come to an end with a job at MIT on the line.
Unfortunately for Elsie, she finds out Jack Smith is on the hiring team at MIT. Elsie hates Jack whose words undermined theoretical physicists everywhere and, in the process, destroyed her mentor’s career.
But the more time she spends with Jack, she realises he might also have another side to him she’d not considered before.
Ali Hazelwood’s witty, smart and beautiful characters and swoon-worthy love interests are to die for but fans of Love on the Brain will definitely find their next best rom-com read on this list.
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