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Type: Nerdy Men (romance books)
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items Woman in STEM gives you a STEM romance list! For those who love a nerdy love story and the hopeless romantics that are still waiting for their nerdy partner, I hope you find something to enjoy!
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GOOD
So fun and entertaining, kind of a wild ride. Student/postdoc relationship. Friends with benefits. FW: past abuse
How Not To Fall (Belhaven, #1) by Emily Foster
Liked this one, similar work to Ali Hazelwood. Molecular geneticist FMC has one night stand at a conference. MMC becomes her boss. Enemies to lovers.
You Can't Fight Molecular Attraction (CellTheraGene)
A really fun read! Setting is in an infamous cursed Scottish castle. FMC has a supernatural business, hired to break curse. MMC is an archeologist. Enemies to lovers. Keep finding each other in close proximity.
Do Your Worst by Rosie Danan
A short, sweet romance. The cutest meet cute. FMC is a restoration architect. MMC is an anthropologist. Forced proximity.
Dare To Love by C.P. Santi
4/5 ⭐️
GREAT
Loved how wholesome and sweet this one was. Workplace romance at a museum. FMC is an entomology curator and she’s interviewing for a department director position. Grumpy astronomer MMC is on the interview committee. Friends to lovers.
Give Me Butterflies (Oaks Sisters #1)
Suspenseful and action-packed. Remote research station, Antarctica. Enemies to lovers. Cold/shy glaciologist MMC. Happy/sassy station cook FMC.
Whiteout (Survival Instincts #1) by Adriana Anders
Interesting character back stories! FMC fake dates for extra money, runs into a familiar face on the hiring committee of her dream job. Rich, grumpy experimental physicist MMC. Sweet theoretical physicist FMC. Enemies to lovers.
Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Love the drama and suspense in this one! Happy/sassy neuroscientist FMC. Cold/shy/gentle engineer MMC. Work at NASA together. Enemies to lovers.
Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood
Very sweet read. Neurodivergent grumpy/cold soil scientist MMC. Sassy communications professor FMC. FMC helps MMC have a better image. Enemies to lovers. Workplace romance. TW: miscarriage/infertility
Heart Smart: Enemies to Lovers Romance (Book 2)
Interesting book! Sci-fi but not sci-fi (fiction science?). Comedy. With a touch of romance. It has it all. Main characters work at research institute, their work gets mixed up. Forced proximity.
Bellwether by Connie Willis
Hot enemies to lovers. FMC wants a promotion, MMC gets it instead. Workplace romance between Oxford scientists.
The Lab Wars (Terms of Seduction) by Kyra Fox
5/5 ⭐️
THE ONES I CONNECTED BEST WITH
Interesting take on human connection and AI. FMC almost gives up on dating until she matches with MMC. But he's extremely awkward. Friends to lovers.
Dating-ish (Knitting in the City #6) by Penny Reid
CUTE story. MMC is a data nerd who developed a theory he claims will make two people fall in love. FMC a psychology researcher is determined to prove that wrong. Enemies to lovers.
Falling for My Enemy by Claire Kingsley
Love it and I’m glad it’s getting turned into a movie! Fake relationship. Age gap. Grumpy/cold MMC, professor. Cheerful/happy FMC, grad student. Height difference. Demisexual.
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Fun, cute read. FMC is a sci-fi romance writer. MMC is an astronomer who criticized FMC’s work. They both get selected for a mission in Antarctica. Enemies to lovers. Forced proximity
Love Below Zero: Enemies to Lovers STEM Romcom