Ali Hazelwood Books in Order

Where to Start Reading Ali Hazelwood

For readers new to Ali Hazelwood, the absolute best starting point is her blockbuster debut, The Love Hypothesis (2021). Originally written as a Star Wars fanfiction project under the Reylo ship, this book established Hazelwood's signature style: a hyper-intellectual yet incredibly clumsy heroine in a STEM field, a tall, brooding, grumpy male lead, plenty of academic politics, and the classic fake-dating trope. Starting here gives you the perfect introduction to her tone, humor, and romance dynamics.

However, if contemporary academic rom-coms aren't your preference, Hazelwood has branched out into other genres, offering alternative entry points:

• For Fantasy & Paranormal Fans: Start with Bride (2024), a paranormal romance featuring a marriage of convenience between a Vampyre and a Werewolf alpha.
• For Young Adult Readers: Start with Check & Mate (2023), a slow-burn YA romance set in the competitive world of chess.
• For Sports Romance Lovers: Start with Deep End (2025), which follows a Stanford diver and a world-champion swimmer under intense pressure.

Ali Hazelwood Books in Publication Order

Because most of Ali Hazelwood's books stand on their own or exist as loose companions sharing minor character cameos, reading them in order of release is the most rewarding way to experience her growth as an author. Here is the chronological list of her releases:

1. The Love Hypothesis (September 2021)
2. Under One Roof (STEMinist Novella 1 - February 2022)
3. Stuck with You (STEMinist Novella 2 - March 2022)
4. Below Zero (STEMinist Novella 3 - April 2022)
5. Love on the Brain (August 2022)
6. Loathe to Love You (Novella Collection - January 2023)
7. Love, Theoretically (June 2023)
8. Check & Mate (November 2023)
9. Bride (February 2024)
10. Not in Love (June 2024)
11. Two Can Play (Audiobook release October 2024; Print/Ebook release February 2026)
12. Deep End (February 2025)
13. Problematic Summer Romance (May 2025)
14. Mate (October 2025)

Breaking Down Ali Hazelwood's Series & Universes

While you can read Hazelwood's novels in any order you choose, grouping them by sub-genre or series can help you navigate her growing bibliography. Here is how they break down by universe and theme.

1. The STEMinist Contemporary Rom-Coms

These are the books that put Hazelwood on the map. They feature female scientists navigating their careers, fighting academic sexism, and falling in love with seemingly cold but secretly devoted men. Though they are standalones, they take place in the same universe and include subtle crossovers.

• The Love Hypothesis (2021): Follows biology PhD candidate Olive Smith and the notoriously harsh Professor Adam Carlsen as they enter a fake relationship.
• Love on the Brain (2022): Follows neuroengineer Bee Königswasser as she is forced to co-lead a NASA project with her grad school nemesis, Levi Ward.
• Love, Theoretically (2023): Follows theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway, who lives a double life as an adjunct professor and a fake girlfriend-for-hire, only to be challenged by the physicist who ruined her mentor's career.

2. The STEMinist Novellas (Loathe to Love You)

This series of three interconnected novellas follows a close-knit group of best friends who are all women in STEM. Each novella can be read individually, but they are best enjoyed in order. They were compiled into the physical anthology Loathe to Love You in early 2023.

• Under One Roof (2022): An environmental scientist is forced to share a house with a grumpy big-oil lawyer.
• Stuck with You (2022): An engineer gets stuck in an elevator with a rival engineer who she previously had a disastrous one-night stand with.
• Below Zero (2022): An aerospace engineer gets stuck in an Arctic research station and has to be rescued by the rival who once destroyed her career goals.

3. The Not in Love Series

Unlike her academic rom-coms, this series leans into contemporary romance with a slightly more serious, high-stakes emotional tone and heavier themes.

• Not in Love (2024): Follows Rue Siebert, a biotech food science researcher who becomes entangled in a high-intensity, forbidden affair with Eli Killgore, a man part of a hostile takeover bid targeting her company.
• Problematic Summer Romance (2025): A companion novel focusing on Eli's younger sister, Maya Killgore, a graduate student who faces off with biotech entrepreneur Conor Harkness during a destination wedding in Sicily.

4. The Paranormal Romance Universe

Hazelwood made a highly popular leap into paranormal romance with these interconnected stories involving a complex political alliance between Vampyres and Wreaking (Werewolf) packs.

• Bride (2024): Misery Lark, the daughter of a powerful Vampyre councilman, agrees to a political marriage of convenience with Lowe Moreland, the Werewolf Alpha, in order to maintain a fragile peace.
• Mate (2025): The second installment in the paranormal series, functioning as a companion novel set in the same supernatural universe.

5. Sports Romance & Audio Originals

These books showcase Hazelwood stepping outside of traditional academic settings while retaining her signature emotional depth and banter.

• Deep End (2025): A collegiate sports romance following Stanford platform diver Scarlett Vandermeer and swim team captain Lukas Blomqvist as they navigate physical attraction, trauma, and Olympic pressure.
• Two Can Play (Audio 2024 / Print 2026): A rivals-to-lovers novella centering on competitive game designers.

6. Young Adult Fiction

• Check & Mate (2023): Hazelwood's first YA novel. It follows Mallory Greenleaf, a former chess prodigy who reluctantly enters a charity tournament and accidentally defeats the current world champion, Nolan Sawyer, triggering a fierce rivalry.

What to Know Before You Start

Ali Hazelwood's books are highly trope-driven. If you love tropes like enemies-to-lovers, fake dating, rivals-to-lovers, grumpy-meets-sunshine, and height-difference-based physical descriptions, you will feel right at home. The 'STEMinist' books and novellas focus on the realities of working in academia, often highlighting issues like systemic sexism, the grind of funding applications, and unequal power dynamics. While her contemporary books feature high levels of explicit romance ('spice'), her young adult debut Check & Mate is a sweet, slow-burn romance suitable for younger audiences.