THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A Reese''s Book Club Pick 2023

''A hilarious, sweet, smart read that you''re going to love!'' REESE WITHERSPOON
''A rollercoaster of modern love and dating'' STYLIST

A TV script writer thinks she''s over romance, until an unlikely love interest upends all her assumptions: a humorous, sharp and tender novel from the bestselling author of Eligible, American Wife and Prep.
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Life is (not)* a Romantic Comedy...

With a series of heartbreaks under her belt, Sally Milz - successful script writer for a legendary late-night TV comedy show - has long abandoned the search for love.

But when her friend and fellow writer begins to date a glamorous actress, he joins the growing club of interesting but average-looking men who get romantically involved with accomplished, beautiful women.

Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch, poking fun at this ''social rule''. The reverse never happens for a woman.

Then Sally meets Noah, a pop idol with a reputation for dating models. But this isn''t a romantic comedy - it''s real life.

Would someone like him ever date someone like her?

Skewering all our certainties about why we fall in love, ROMANTIC COMEDY is a witty and probing tale of how the heart will follow itself, no matter what anyone says. It is Curtis Sittenfeld at her most sharp, daring and compassionate best.
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''One of my all-time favourite authors. A brilliantly written, funny page-turner, I want to read it all again'' PANDORA SYKES

''I am obsessed. A warm, wise, magnanimous and extremely funny novel. ROMANTIC COMEDY should be prescribed to anyone needing their mood lifted'' ELIZABETH DAY

''Curtis Sittenfeld is in a league of her own'' GUARDIAN

''Anyone who reads Sittenfeld will read anything she ever writes'' THE TIMES