📚 Academic Rivals

Sparks fly in lecture halls and library stacks as intellectual competitors clash — and often discover that the line between rivalry and attraction is razor-thin.

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

by Ann Liang

Her draft emails leak. Her rival reads every word. Forced together, hate blurs into longing.

4.16

83k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💌 Accidental Confession 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💕 Mutual Pining

I Hope This Doesn't Find You

Her draft emails leak. Her rival reads every word. Forced together, hate blurs into longing.

by Ann Liang 2024

4.16

83k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🔒 Forced Proximity 💌 Accidental Confession 🎭 Perfectionist Heroine 💕 Mutual Pining

Anne of Green Gables

by L.M. Montgomery • 1908

They request a farm boy. They get Anne: a fiery, imaginative orphan determined to prove she belongs.

4.33

1.1M+

👧 Orphan Girl 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Imaginative Heroine 👯 Girl Friendship 🌾 Cozy Pastoral

Anne of Green Gables

They request a farm boy. They get Anne: a fiery, imaginative orphan determined to prove she belongs.

by L.M. Montgomery 1908

4.33

1.1M+ ratings

👧 Orphan Girl 🫂 Found Family 🌟 Imaginative Heroine 👯 Girl Friendship 🌾 Cozy Pastoral

Today Tonight Tomorrow

by Rachel Lynn Solomon • 2020

A graduation scavenger hunt forces two academic rivals together and blurs rivalry into romance.

4.02

103k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⏰ One Day Romance 🏃 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter Heavy Romance 🎓 Graduation

Today Tonight Tomorrow

A graduation scavenger hunt forces two academic rivals together and blurs rivalry into romance.

by Rachel Lynn Solomon 2020

4.02

103k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ⏰ One Day Romance 🏃 Forced Proximity 💬 Banter Heavy Romance 🎓 Graduation

An Academic Affair

by Jodi McAlister • 2025

Fifteen years of academic rivalry ignite when scholars become housemates and vie for one dream job.

3.75

48k+

🤝 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Witty Banter

An Academic Affair

Fifteen years of academic rivalry ignite when scholars become housemates and vie for one dream job.

by Jodi McAlister 2025

3.75

48k+ ratings

🤝 Enemies To Lovers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🔥 Slow Burn 🏠 Forced Proximity 😏 Witty Banter

Not in My Book

by Katie Holt • 2024

Two MFA rivals forced to co-write a romance discover their fictional love story is becoming reality.

3.78

25k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Meta Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Fake Dating

Not in My Book

Two MFA rivals forced to co-write a romance discover their fictional love story is becoming reality.

by Katie Holt 2024

3.78

25k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 📝 Meta Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Fake Dating

Woke Up Like This

by Amy Lea • 2023

A list-obsessed senior and her nemesis wake up at thirty, engaged, with thirteen missing years.

4.00

26k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👥 Forced Proximity 🎀 High School Prom Season

Woke Up Like This

A list-obsessed senior and her nemesis wake up at thirty, engaged, with thirteen missing years.

by Amy Lea 2023

4.00

26k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 👥 Forced Proximity 🎀 High School Prom Season

The Book of Autumn

by Molly O'Sullivan • 2025

At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.

3.33

1k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Magical College 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔗 Soul Bond 🔍 Magical Investigation

The Book of Autumn

At her desert alma mater, a Magician faces a murder and the soul-bound ex she fled.

by Molly O'Sullivan 2025

3.33

1k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Magical College 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔗 Soul Bond 🔍 Magical Investigation

Kiss the Sky

by Krista Ritchie • 2014

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

4.19

94k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 📺 Reality Show Romance

Kiss the Sky

Two academic rivals share a reality show house, but their real contest is who surrenders first.

by Krista Ritchie 2014

4.19

94k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity ⛓️ Dominance And Submission 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 📺 Reality Show Romance

On Beauty

by Zadie Smith • 2005

An academic feud turns intimate when two rival professors' families fall into each other's lives.

3.78

92k+

🏛️ Campus Novel 🎭 Academic Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Drama 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌍 Culture Clash

On Beauty

An academic feud turns intimate when two rival professors' families fall into each other's lives.

by Zadie Smith 2005

3.78

92k+ ratings

🏛️ Campus Novel 🎭 Academic Satire 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Drama 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🌍 Culture Clash

Love, Theoretically

by Ali Hazelwood

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

4.08

686k+

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine 💬 Witty Banter

Love, Theoretically

A physicist moonlighting as a fake girlfriend collides with her arch-rival: her client's brother.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023

4.08

686k+ ratings

🔬 STEM Romance 💍 Fake Dating 🩺 Chronic Illness Rep 🫠 People Pleaser Heroine 💬 Witty Banter

Tweet Cute

by Emma Lord • 2020

Corporate heiress and deli heir wage a Twitter war, unaware each is the other's anonymous crush.

3.87

83k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏪 Small Business Vs Chain 📧 You've Got Mail Retelling 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Expectations

Tweet Cute

Corporate heiress and deli heir wage a Twitter war, unaware each is the other's anonymous crush.

by Emma Lord 2020

3.87

83k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💌 Anonymous Pen Pals 🏪 Small Business Vs Chain 📧 You've Got Mail Retelling 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Expectations

Arcadia

by Tom Stoppard • 1993

A Regency prodigy glimpses chaos. Two centuries later, rival scholars in her house chase her truth.

4.13

25k+

📚 Dual Timeline Narrative 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Country House Drama 🍎 Tutor And Prodigy 💬 Intellectual Banter

Arcadia

A Regency prodigy glimpses chaos. Two centuries later, rival scholars in her house chase her truth.

by Tom Stoppard 1993

4.13

25k+ ratings

📚 Dual Timeline Narrative 🎭 Comedy Of Manners 🏛️ Country House Drama 🍎 Tutor And Prodigy 💬 Intellectual Banter

Rule Number Five

by Jessa Wilder • 2023

She swore off hockey players. Then her anonymous hookup became her seatmate for the semester.

3.79

48k+

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💘 Casual To Committed 📚 Forced Proximity 💫 He Falls First 👥 Dual Pov

Rule Number Five

She swore off hockey players. Then her anonymous hookup became her seatmate for the semester.

by Jessa Wilder 2023

3.79

48k+ ratings

🏒 College Hockey Romance 💘 Casual To Committed 📚 Forced Proximity 💫 He Falls First 👥 Dual Pov

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