The Love Hypothesis

About “The Love Hypothesis”

A 2021 novel by Ali Hazelwood follows Olive Smith, a third-year PhD candidate who does not believe in lasting romantic relationships. To convince her friend Anh that she is in a relationship, Olive panics and kisses the first man she sees—Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor. Adam agrees to be her fake boyfriend, and their arrangement turns complicated when a science conference puts Olive's career at risk. Adam supports her, and their fake relationship begins to feel real. Olive learns that the complexities of love are more difficult to understand than scientific theories. The novel was a New York Times bestseller and a BuzzFeed summer read.