Finished Not in Love? Meet your next match.
You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact dark romance adjacent feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.
So Not in Love wrecked you. Welcome to the club. Whether it was the dark romance adjacent vibes, the enemies to lovers, or Ali Hazelwood's ability to make you forget you have a life outside these pages — we've been there. These aren't random "if you liked X" picks. Every book on this page was matched element by element against what made Not in Love hit different. Same energy, new stories.
12 Books Matched to Not in Love
More enemies energy
Your romance matches
More angst energy
Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you
Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.
Bully by Penelope Douglas — 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 3/5 spice, 352 pages
Meet your match →Explore by Mood
Explore by Trope
Quick answers before your next match
Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to Not in Love include Bully, Punk 57, From Lukov with Love. Each matches on specific elements like dark romance adjacent and intense that made Not in Love resonate with readers.
We recommend starting with Bully by Penelope Douglas — it shares Not in Love's core Dark Romance Adjacent energy while bringing something fresh to the table.
Not in Love is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.
Not in Love has a spice level of 4/5. 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 Dark Romance Adjacent energy. Look for the ❄️ or 🌶️ (1/5) tags.
Loved these matches? Get a fresh one every Friday.
One handpicked book every week — matched to your mood, spice level, and reading style. Zero spoilers.
Join 5,000+ readers who get better recs · spoiler-free · every Friday
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.