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Friends to lovers

This is the preferred term. Synonyms are included. You can turn off synonyms.

Broader terms: Romance tropes

The Love Hypothesis

by Ali Hazelwood

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary romance, Humor, New adult fiction, Slice of life

Tropes:

Age Difference, Breaking the fourth wall, Coming of age, Crush on teacher, Fake dating, Feelings realization, Fluff, Friends to lovers, Grumpy/sunshine, Kissing to avoid suspicion, Miscommunication, Opposites attract, Pining, Playing the long game, Slice of life, Woman in a man's world

Characters:

Academic, Characters in their 20s, Characters in their 30s, College student, Scientist, Teacher

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

United States, University

The Duke Who Didn’t

Cover art for The Duke Who Didn’t
by Courtney Milan

Series:

The Wedgeford Trials

Genres:

Victorian romance

Tropes:

Childhood friends, Friends to lovers, Secret identity

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, Chinese diasporic main character(s), Entrepreneur, Nobility

Time Periods:

1890-1900

Places:

England

You Could Make a Life

Cover art for You Could Make a Life
by Taylor Fitzpatrick

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary romance, Romance, Sports fiction, Sports romance

Tropes:

Friends to lovers, Men loving men, Sports teams

Characters:

Adult characters, Hockey player, New adult main characters

Time Periods:

2000s, 2010-2020

Places:

Canada, Toronto

Anyone But You

by Jennifer Crusie

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary romance

Tropes:

Age Difference, Bonding over dogs, Dog characters, Friends to lovers, Neighbors, Pining

Characters:

Characters in their 30s, Characters in their 40s, Divorced main character, Doctor, Straight main character(s), White/European diasporic main character(s)

Time Periods:

1990s

Places:

Ohio

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

by Jamie Ford

Series:

Genres:

Coming-of-age fiction, Historical fiction, World War II fiction

Tropes:

Break up, Coming of age, Dysfunctional family, First love, Fish out of water, Forbidden love, Friends to lovers, Growing up, Miscommunication, Rekindled relationship, Secret relationship, Time skip

Characters:

Chinese American main character(s), East Asian diasporic main character(s), East Asian main character(s), Japanese American main character(s)

Time Periods:

Radio Age, World War II

Places:

Idaho, New York City, Seattle, United States, Washington

Fangirl

Cover art for Fangirl
by Rainbow Rowell

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary romance, New adult fiction

Tropes:

Coming of age, Fish out of water, Friends to lovers, Sibling rivalry

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, Early adult characters, Writer

Time Periods:

2010-2020

Places:

College

A Little Life

Cover art for A Little Life
by Hanya Yanagihara

Series:

Genres:

Contemporary fiction

Tropes:

Bury your gays, Everyone is gay, Found family, Friends to lovers, Priests are pedophiles, Straight with an exception, Tragic backstory

Characters:

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

New York City

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Search Tips

  • use “quotation marks around a phrase” to search for an exact phrase
  • use – in front of a word or quoted phrase to exclude it from the search results, e.g. -“enemies to lovers”
  • right now, the checkbox options aren’t narrowed down as you search, but stay tuned! We’re working on it.

This is an academic research project on crowdsourced tagging and building a vocabulary for fiction.

How does this work?

  1. Add books to our database, if the book you want to tag isn’t already there. You can import your books from StoryGraph or Goodreads if you want to save time.
  2. Add tags to the books. Your tag set is your own, and you’ll be able to come back and edit it if you want. Other taggers can’t view your tag set or overwrite your tags.
  3. View the book, and use the tags to see what other books share your favorite tropes and characters!
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