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Fake Dating & Fauxmances
Romances where characters agree to pretend to date—then inevitably catch real feelings. These titles feature heavily on fake-dating trope lists from BuzzFeed, Paste, EpicReads, and Goodreads shelves.
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The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood · 2021
Olive impulsively kisses a grumpy professor and ends up in a full fake relationship to convince her best friend she’s moved on.
The Spanish Love Deception
Elena Armas · 2021
A heroine in need of a wedding date drags her infuriating coworker to Spain as her pretend boyfriend; very tropey, very extra.
Fake It Till You Bake It
Jamie Wesley · 2022
A reality TV villainess and a cupcake-shop-owning football player enter a fake relationship for PR and business reasons.
Written in the Stars
Alexandria Bellefleur · 2020
An astrologer and an uptight actuary fake a relationship to get their meddling families off their backs—queer, cozy, and swoony.
Take a Hint, Dani Brown
Talia Hibbert · 2020
A viral rescue video leads to a fake relationship between a romance-skeptical academic and a cinnamon-roll ex-rugby security guard.
The Kiss Quotient
Helen Hoang · 2018
Stella hires Michael as a ‘practice boyfriend’ in a businesslike arrangement that becomes very real, very fast.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Jenny Han · 2014
Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky draft formal rules for their pretend relationship—a YA gold standard for the trope.
The Ex Talk
Rachel Lynn Solomon · 2021
Co-hosts fake being exes for a radio show concept, blurring lines between performance and reality.
How to Find a Princess
Alyssa Cole · 2021
An investigator and a reluctant possible princess fake a royal romance as they hunt down proof of a missing heir.
The Bodyguard
Katherine Center · 2022
A female bodyguard has to pose as the down-to-earth movie star’s girlfriend during a trip home to his family.
§ About this list
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2014–2022
- Average rating
- 3.9 / 5 across 3,294 ratings
- Genres
- Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Lgbtq
Most-rated on Fake Dating & Fauxmances
- 1The Love Hypothesis · Ali Hazelwood
Olive impulsively kisses a grumpy professor and ends up in a full fake relationship to convince her best friend she’s moved on.
- 2The Kiss Quotient · Helen Hoang
Stella hires Michael as a ‘practice boyfriend’ in a businesslike arrangement that becomes very real, very fast.
- 3To All the Boys I've Loved Before · Jenny Han
Lara Jean and Peter Kavinsky draft formal rules for their pretend relationship—a YA gold standard for the trope.
Common questions about Fake Dating & Fauxmances
- How many books are on Fake Dating & Fauxmances?
- Fake Dating & Fauxmances has 10 books, published between 2014 and 2022.
- Which book on Fake Dating & Fauxmances is the most popular?
- The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is the most-rated book on the list, with 1,242 ratings and a 3.9 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Fake Dating & Fauxmances?
- Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.1 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Fake Dating & Fauxmances?
- Start with The Love Hypothesis, The Kiss Quotient and To All the Boys I've Loved Before: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Fake Dating & Fauxmances?
- The books on this list are tagged Fiction, Romance, Young Adult and Lgbtq.
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