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Finished Maybe Not? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact funny feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Colleen Hoover

Contemporary RomanceNovella 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 FunnySteamySweet

Finished Maybe Not and immediately needed more? Same. The funny pull of this book doesn't come around every day, but we've spent hours finding reads that capture exactly what made Colleen Hoover's writing hit so hard. Not surface-level genre matches — we're talking mood, trope, and vibe alignment. The kind of books that actually fill the void.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to Maybe Not

Grouped by the elements that made Maybe Not unforgettable.

Your contemporary romance matches

97%
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The Love Wager
by Lynn Painter
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance
Same funny energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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94%
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Mr. Wrong Number
by Lynn Painter
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 336p · Contemporary Romance
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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91%
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The Ex Talk
by Rachel Lynn Solomon
🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance
If Maybe Not was your type, The Ex Talk is its hot friend.
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Your contemporary romance matches

89%
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The Charm Offensive
by Alison Cochrun
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 352p · Contemporary Romance, LGBTQ+
Same funny energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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86%
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Second First Impressions
by Sally Thorne
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 368p · Contemporary Romance, Comedy
If you one-clicked Maybe Not, your thumb is about to do it again.
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84%
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My Roommate Is a Vampire
by Jenna Levine
🌶️🌶️ 2/5 · 384p · Paranormal Romance, Comedy
You'll finish this and immediately text someone "READ THIS." We guarantee it.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

The Love Wager by Lynn Painter — 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 spice, 352 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Maybe Not include The Love Wager, Mr. Wrong Number, The Ex Talk. Each matches on specific elements like funny and steamy that made Maybe Not resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with The Love Wager by Lynn Painter — it shares Maybe Not's core Funny energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

Maybe Not is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

Maybe Not has a spice level of 3/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

Yes — several recommendations on this page have lower spice levels while keeping the same Funny energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.

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Every Sort By Cravings profile is written after a full read-through — not scraped from publisher blurbs. We cross-reference BookTok discussions, Goodreads reviews, and 500+ reader reactions before publishing any mood tag, spice rating, or compatibility note. Read our editorial standards.