Ali Hazelwood Books in Order (2026): Every Novel and Novella
Ali Hazelwood books in order can get confusing fast: standalone STEM rom-coms, a vampyre-and-werewolf series, novellas that debuted as audiobooks, a YA novel and now a sequel to the book that started it all. Here’s every Hazelwood novel and novella with its year, plus where each adaptation stands and where to start depending on your mood. Most of her romances are standalones, so you can jump in anywhere; the few that connect are flagged below.
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Ali Hazelwood Books in Order: The Quick List
- The Love Hypothesis (2021)
- Love on the Brain (2022)
- Love, Theoretically (2023)
- Bride (2024), Bride series book 1
- Not in Love (2024)
- Deep End (2025)
- Problematic Summer Romance (2025), connected to Not in Love
- Mate (2025), Bride series book 2
- The Two-Body Problem (announced for February 2, 2027), the sequel to The Love Hypothesis
- Novellas: Under One Roof, Stuck with You and Below Zero (2022; collected as Loathe to Love You in 2023), Two Can Play (2024), Bound and Unbound (paranormal duology; Bound debuted in 2025)
- Young adult: Check & Mate (2023)
Ali Hazelwood’s Novels in Publication Order
1. The Love Hypothesis (2021)
The book that turned “STEMinist” into a shelf. Olive, a third-year PhD student, kisses the nearest man to convince her best friend she has moved on, and the nearest man turns out to be Adam Carlsen, the department’s most intimidating young professor. To keep the lie alive, they agree to fake-date. If it’s your comfort read, we have two lists for you, Books Like The Love Hypothesis: STEM, Academia & Fake Dating and Books Like The Love Hypothesis: STEMinist Romance, plus a guide to STEMinist heroes like Adam Carlsen.
See The Love Hypothesis on Amazon →
2. Love on the Brain (2022)
Neuroscientist Bee lands a dream project at NASA, then learns she’ll be co-leading it with Levi, her nemesis from grad school. Workplace rivals, a high-stakes research project and Hazelwood’s trademark nerdy banter.
See Love on the Brain on Amazon →
3. Love, Theoretically (2023)
Elsie is an underpaid theoretical physicist who covers the bills as a fake girlfriend for hire. Then the brother of one of her clients turns out to be the experimental physicist who could decide whether she lands her dream job. Fake dating meets an old academic feud between theorists and experimentalists.
See Love, Theoretically on Amazon →
4. Bride (2024), Bride Series Book 1
Hazelwood’s paranormal turn. Misery Lark, a vampyre, is married off to Lowe Moreland, a Were Alpha, to keep a fragile peace between their peoples. It’s a political marriage of convenience with a slow, careful burn. More like it: Books Like Bride.
5. Not in Love (2024)
Rue, a food scientist at a biotech startup, and Eli, whose firm is trying to take over her company, agree to a no-feelings arrangement that refuses to stay that simple. It’s Hazelwood at her most openly steamy up to that point, and the first of a connected pair.
6. Deep End (2025)
Scarlett, a Stanford diver rebuilding after an injury, and Lukas, a champion swimmer known for his control, start a private, carefully negotiated arrangement that quickly becomes more. The pool deck replaces the lab, and it runs the hottest of her novels. Keep going with Books Like Deep End.
7. Problematic Summer Romance (2025)
A summer-set follow-up that shares its world with Not in Love. Read Not in Love first if you can, so the connections land.
See Problematic Summer Romance on Amazon →
8. Mate (2025), Bride Series Book 2
Hazelwood returns to the vampyre and Were politics of Bride for the second book in the series. Read Bride first; the world-building and the alliances carry over.
Coming February 2, 2027: The Two-Body Problem
Olive and Adam are back. Hazelwood’s sequel to The Love Hypothesis is set for February 2, 2027, and it’s already headed for the screen, with MRC developing a film based on it for Amazon MGM Studios.
See The Two-Body Problem on Amazon →
Ali Hazelwood’s Novellas
Under One Roof, Stuck with You and Below Zero (2022)
Three linked STEM novellas, first released individually in 2022 and collected in print as Loathe to Love You in 2023. The titles tell you the tropes: roommates, a stuck-together situation and a sub-zero rescue mission. Short, sharp and perfect between novels.
See Loathe to Love You on Amazon →
Two Can Play (2024)
An audio-first novella set in the world of video games, with a lovers-to-enemies hook. It debuted as an audiobook and has since come out in print and ebook too.
Bound and Unbound
A paranormal novella duology. Bound debuted as a Spotify audiobook in 2025, and the two novellas are now collected in print as Bound and Unbound.
See Bound and Unbound on Amazon →
Ali Hazelwood’s YA Novel
Check & Mate (2023)
Her YA debut: a former chess prodigy is pulled back into the competitive game, and into a rivalry with the sport’s reigning star. All the brainy-heroine energy, at a lower heat level.
Ali Hazelwood Adaptations: What’s Streaming and What’s Coming
- The Love Hypothesis: streaming now. The film premiered on Prime Video on September 23, 2026, starring Lili Reinhart as Olive and Tom Bateman as Adam.
- The Two-Body Problem: in development. MRC is developing a film based on the 2027 sequel for Amazon MGM Studios.
- Deep End: in development at Netflix. Netflix is adapting it as a feature film, with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and Alex Cooper’s Unwell Productions producing.
- Everything else: We haven’t seen other official adaptation announcements yet.
Where to Start With Ali Hazelwood (By Mood)
- Fake dating and a grumpy professor: The Love Hypothesis, then STEMinist heroes like Adam Carlsen.
- Rivals in the lab: Love on the Brain or Love, Theoretically, then our best STEMinist romance books.
- Paranormal and arranged marriage: Bride, then Mate.
- Sports and the most heat: Deep End.
- A no-feelings deal that fails spectacularly: Not in Love.
- Lower heat, or a reader who loves YA: Check & Mate.
- Something short for your commute: Two Can Play or the STEM novellas.
STEM, Academia and Sports Romance With the Door Open
Hazelwood writes brilliant women, competence that reads as chemistry and arrangements that refuse to stay professional. If you want that energy with the heat turned all the way up, start with these four Fractal Enigma books. Every book page has a free first chapter.
The Roommate Hypothesis — Milo Hart
The title alone earns it a spot here. Evan Marsh arrives at college with an eight-year plan, a purity ring in a drawer and total confidence that he’s straight; he just needs to stop noticing his new roommate. Mason Reyes is a biology major who treats life like data, including whatever is happening between them. Two roommates, six rules and one experiment that was never supposed to become everything. It’s an MM bi-awakening with the same smart-people-being-idiots-about-feelings energy as The Love Hypothesis. Available on Amazon.
Tropes: Roommates to Lovers, Bi Awakening, First Times, Experimental Pact, Secret Relationship, Forced Proximity · Heat: Inferno 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Start reading The Roommate Hypothesis →
She Wore the White Coat — Aurora North
For readers who loved the mentor tension and career pressure of Hazelwood’s lab books. Third-year med student Nora Bennett has spent her whole life earning her place, and she does not crack under pressure. She also absolutely does not develop a crush on the attending surgeon running her rotation. Dr. Eliana Voss is brilliant, ruthless and devastating in scrubs, and she corrects Nora’s technique hands-on. A forbidden mentor/mentee romance where competence is the whole attraction. Choose from the retailers on the book page.
Tropes: Forbidden Romance, Mentor/Mentee, Surgeon Romance, Forced Proximity, Touch Starved · Heat: Inferno 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Start reading She Wore the White Coat →
Full-Court Crush — Aurora North
Deep End proved Hazelwood can make sports romance smart; this one makes tutoring dangerous. Rae Delgado-Torres is the campus golden girl, a starting point guard who is allergic to statistics. Mia Okafor color-codes her flashcards and has never once been anybody’s anything. Then Rae proposes a game: right answers earn rewards, starting with a kiss. It doesn’t stay a game, especially once the whole campus starts keeping score. Free with Kindle Unlimited.
Tropes: Tutor/Athlete, Nerd/Jock, Bi Awakening, Secret Relationship, Forbidden Romance, She Falls First · Heat: Steamy 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Start reading Full-Court Crush →
Extra Credit — Blair Lennox
The academia pick. Dr. Elise Rowan has spent fifteen years building a reputation as the professor who never crosses a line. Then Harper Quinn, a twenty-two-year-old honors student writing her thesis on forbidden desire, takes a seat in her front row and makes every boundary feel negotiable. An age-gap professor/student romance with a bisexual awakening and a secret that could cost them both. See the purchase options on the book page.
Tropes: Professor/Student, Age Gap, Bisexual Awakening, Forbidden Romance, Secret Relationship · Heat: Inferno 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Ali Hazelwood FAQ
Do you need to read Ali Hazelwood’s books in order?
Mostly no; her romances are largely standalones. Read Bride before Mate, Not in Love before Problematic Summer Romance, and The Love Hypothesis before The Two-Body Problem when it arrives on February 2, 2027.
Is The Love Hypothesis movie out?
Yes. It premiered on Prime Video on September 23, 2026, with Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman in the lead roles.
What is Ali Hazelwood’s next book?
The Two-Body Problem, the sequel to The Love Hypothesis, is announced for February 2, 2027.
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