

Olive expects Adam to recoil at the very idea of her, but instead, he’s the one that suggests fake-dating Olive to benefit both of them.


Unbeknownst to her, the man Olive smooches in a Stanford University hallway is Adam Carlsen, a young, rigorous professor with a reputation of making doctoral students cry due to his harsh criticism. She’s never really been in a serious romantic relationship - which is why she decides to kiss the first man she sees to convince her best friend Anh that it’s totally fine for her to date Olive’s last boyfriend. The romance follows Olive Smith, a knee-socks-wearing and messy-bun-rocking third-year doctoral student. The book became a New York Times bestseller, a Goodreads must-read, a TikTok sensation and was named the best romance book of 2021 by Amazon. “The Love Hypothesis,” which readers suspect began as a Kylo Ren and Rey fanfiction, was released on Sept. And let’s face it, all of us could use a book-induced bender before the business of the semester. Hypothesis: "The Love Hypothesis" by Ali Hazelwood is the perfect escapism for everyone who needs to take a 384-page-long break from reality.
