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14 Intelligent Romantic Comedy Novels

Romantic comedy novels ('rom-coms') are too often overlooked by smart women that consider themselves 'serious' readers. Much of the blame for that can be assigned to the publishing terms chick-lit and women's fiction, and the many flimsy and dare I say it, cheap, romance novels marketed under those banners over the years. As Anne Browning Walker explains in "Why Smart Women Read Romance Novels", ... most romances today feature strong, smart, savvy women. And smart romance characters attract smart romance readers.
Here are Booklover Book Reviews' favourite intelligent romantic comedy books, a rom-com reading list featuring bestselling smart women's fiction and lesser-known quirky gems.
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Bellwether (Connie Willis)
Bellwether
1
Connie Willis
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts (Toni Jordan)
Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
2
Toni Jordan
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman)
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
3
Gail Honeyman
The Helpline (Katherine Collette)
The Helpline
4
Katherine Collette
Jonathan Unleashed (Meg Rosoff)
Jonathan Unleashed
5
Meg Rosoff
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
6
Graeme Simsion
Resistance Is Futile (Jenny T Colgan)
Resistance Is Futile
7
Jenny T Colgan
The Trivia Man (Deborah O'Brien)
The Trivia Man
8
Deborah O'Brien
The Travel Auction (Mark Green)
The Travel Auction
9
Mark Green
Addition (Toni Jordan)
Addition
10
Toni Jordan
The Portable Veblen (Elizabeth McKenzie)
The Portable Veblen
11
Elizabeth McKenzie
One Day, David Nicholls
One Day, David Nicholls
12
If Kisses Cured Cancer (T S Hawken)
If Kisses Cured Cancer
13
T S Hawken
The Flatshare (Beth O'leary)
The Flatshare
14
Beth O'leary
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