The Rosie Project
The joyously heartwarming international million-copy bestseller
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4.5 • 467 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Discover the delightfully heartwarming and life-affirming bestseller about one man's unlikely journey through love, perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
THE INTERNATIONAL MILLION COPY BESTSELLER
'I couldn't put this book down. It's one of the most quirky and endearing romances I've ever read. I laughed the whole way through' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'Brilliant, important, good-hearted' GUARDIAN
'Original, clever and perfectly written' JILL MANSELL
'Superb. Endearing, charming and fascinating' THE TIMES
'Funny, charming and heart-warming. A gem of a novel' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Adorable' MARIAN KEYES
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Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman.
A thirty-nine-year-old geneticist, Don's never had a second date. So he devises the Wife Project, a scientific test to find the perfect partner.
Enter Rosie - 'the world's most incompatible woman' - throwing Don's safe, ordered life into chaos.
But what is this unsettling, alien emotion he's feeling? . . .
If you loved The Rosie Project, find out what happens next in The Rosie Effect and The Rosie Result!
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'All three of the Rosie novels made me laugh out loud. Ultimately the story is about getting inside the mind and heart of someone a lot of people see as odd, and discovering that he isn't really that different from anybody else' BILL GATES
'Exuberantly life-affirming' SUNDAY TIMES
'A completely charming story that is as engaging as it is funny' INDEPENDENT
'Compulsively readable. A poignant universal story' OBSERVER
'Such a joy to read - I honestly can't think of many books that I've enjoyed more. The definition of a comfort book. It made me laugh out loud more than any book before' MARIE CLARE
'Full of quirky humour and touching tenderness. Imagine the love child of Eleanor Oliphant ad Bridget Jones and you have this book' CULTUREFLY
'Marvellous' JOHN BOYNE
'Charming and hilarious' LUXE
'Hilarious, unlikely and heartbreaking' EASY LIVING
Join the thousands of readers who have fallen in love with Don and Rosie . . .
'Touching and funny. There was not a page I turned where I was not rooting for the characters or smiling' 5* Reader Review
'Warm, wonderful and laugh out loud funny. Stays with you long after you have finished' 5* Reader Review
'Wonderful, touching, funny, very romantic. Glorious' 5* Reader Review
'Funny, poignant and original. The best romantic comedy I've read since Bridget Jones' 5* Reader Review
'Utterly, utterly brilliant! Captured my heart' 5* Reader Review
'A truly wonderful, warm-hearted story. Read it, you won't regret it!' 5* Reader Review
'If I could have given this book 6 stars, I would. Brilliant' 5* Reader Review
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
This irresistible love story revolves around Don Tillman, an Australian genetics professor whose rigid daily schedule, painful fashion choices, and inability to make small talk or sugarcoat the truth explain his lack of a romantic partner. But Don’s a brilliant scientist, and he devises a questionnaire designed to find his ideal partner: a nonsmoking, punctual, and fit women who never makes a fuss about selecting the right ice cream flavor and likes to drink in moderation. Unlike his unapologetically strange protagonist, author Graeme Simsion—a former IT consultant—exhibits a great deal of emotional intelligence. The Rosie Project is an exceptionally fun read, full of complicated, delightfully lovable characters, sparkling dialogue, and touching scenes that capture the awkwardness of courtship and the free-fall thrill of finding love where you least expect it.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Read-out-loud laughter begins by page two in Simsion's debut novel about a 39-year-old genetics professor with Asperger's but utterly unaware of it looking to solve his Wife Problem. Don Tillman cannot find love; episodes like the Apricot Ice Cream Disaster prevent so much as a second date with a woman. His devised solution is the Wife Project: dating only those who "match" his idiosyncratic standards as determined by an exacting questionnaire. His plans take a backseat when he meets Rosie, a bartender who wants him to help her determine her birth father's identity. His rigidity and myopic worldview prevents him from seeing her as a possible love interest, but he nonetheless agrees to help, even though it involves subterfuge and might jeopardize his position at the university. What follows are his utterly clueless, but more often thoroughly charming exploits in exploring his capacity for romance. Helping Tillman are his only two friends, an older, shamelessly philandering professor, and the professor's long-suffering wife, who may soon draw the line in the sand. With Asperger's growing visibility in pop culture in recent years, as on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, this novel is perfectly timed.
Customer Reviews
I wanted to keep Don forever 😍
✨✨BOOK REVIEW✨✨
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion 🦞
This book was recommended to me so many times and after reading I can completely understand why.
The story follows 39 year old Don Tillman as he tries to find love.
“Love isn't an exact science - but no one told Don Tillman.”
It’s very rare that you come across a literary character that you want to pluck from the pages and be friends with in real life. Don is so quirky, pure and painfully honest that I just couldn’t help but love him! I adored reading about his unique thought processes and experiencing the world through Don’s perspective.
The book ticked a lot of boxes for me. There were some genuine laugh out loud moments and the romantic plot was a pleasure to unfold. I do admit that I also loved reading about Dons mishaps and social awkward moments. He’s a man with no filter and no malice. I’d dread him calculating my age and BMI though 🙈
I loved this book, it was a real joy to read ☺️
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Non rom com
An interesting / alternative rom com. I have a neurodivergent child though and I just couldn’t help feel this was quite idealistic. However I did enjoy it.
Brilliant, so funny
Loved reading this book , laughed out loud a few times and smiled the whole way through. love the characters. The Big Bang Theory with a twist. was really rooting for the main two characters throughout .