§Personal Collection
Himbo MMCs
Hot, often muscled heroes who are sweet, a little clueless, and deeply respectful—golden retriever energy with big hearts. These show up repeatedly in ‘himbo hero’ recommendation lists and thinkpieces.
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Icebreaker
Hannah Grace · 2022
Nate is a golden-retriever hockey captain—talented, jacked, emotionally available, and utterly besotted with the prickly figure skater heroine.
Funny Feelings
Tarah Dewitt · 2022
Noah is a tattooed stand-up comic with big himbo energy: soft with the kid, hopelessly in love, slightly chaotic but never cruel.
The Deal
Elle Kennedy · 2015
Garrett is cocky and popular but fundamentally a sweet dumb jock who will do literally anything for the girl he adores.
Mr. Impossible
Loretta Chase · 2005
Rupert Carsington is a classic historical himbo: brawny, reckless, not academically gifted, but fiercely loyal and smitten.
The Ruin of a Rake
Cat Sebastian · 2017
Courtenay is the charming, somewhat disaster-prone rake whose big-hearted devotion fits the ‘historical himbo’ mold.
Open Hearts
Eve Dangerfield · 2017
Dean is explicitly described as a golden-retriever sub hero—sweet, eager to please, and emotionally earnest beneath the muscles.
Muscling Through
J.L. Merrow · 2011
Al is a working-class, physically imposing artist who seems dim to others but is tender, straightforward, and utterly devoted.
The Bodyguard
Katherine Center · 2022
Jack Stapleton is a golden-boy actor—gentle, a bit oblivious, very pretty—paired with a hyper-competent female bodyguard.
Revved to the Maxx
Melanie Moreland · 2020
Stefano is a big-hearted mechanic who steps in to help a struggling single mom and her son—sweet, protective, not particularly suave.
Heat Stroke
Tessa Bailey · 2019
Marcus is frequently shouted out in himbo discussions: a muscled firefighter whose overwhelming trait is heart-eyes and caretaking.
§ About this list
- Books
- 10
- Published
- 2005–2022
- Average rating
- 3.7 / 5 across 1,462 ratings
- Genres
- Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq, Young Adult
Most-rated on Himbo MMCs
- 1Icebreaker · Hannah Grace
Nate is a golden-retriever hockey captain—talented, jacked, emotionally available, and utterly besotted with the prickly figure skater heroine.
- 2The Deal · Elle Kennedy
Garrett is cocky and popular but fundamentally a sweet dumb jock who will do literally anything for the girl he adores.
- 3The Bodyguard · Katherine Center
Jack Stapleton is a golden-boy actor—gentle, a bit oblivious, very pretty—paired with a hyper-competent female bodyguard.
Common questions about Himbo MMCs
- How many books are on Himbo MMCs?
- Himbo MMCs has 10 books, published between 2005 and 2022.
- Which book on Himbo MMCs is the most popular?
- Icebreaker by Hannah Grace is the most-rated book on the list, with 554 ratings and a 3.5 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on Himbo MMCs?
- The Deal by Elle Kennedy has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.0 out of 5.
- Where should I start with Himbo MMCs?
- Start with Icebreaker, The Deal and The Bodyguard: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on Himbo MMCs?
- The books on this list are tagged Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq and Young Adult.
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