The Rosie Project

Graeme Simsion

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 02/01/2014 ISBN: 9781405912792 Category:
Paperback / Softback

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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

The Rosie Project has sold over 1 million copies globally, The Bookseller, November 2018

Publisher Review

Funny, endearing, and pure, wonderful escapism * Independent * A sweet, funny rom-com . . . You'll be willing Don and Rosie on every step of the way * Marie Claire * Original, charming and very funny * Woman & Home * Touching and laugh-out-loud funny -- think The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time meets Silver Linings Playbook * Stylist * A hilarious, unlikely romance with heartbreaking twists * Easy Living * Don Tillman is one of the most endearing, charming and fascinating literary characters I have met in a long time * The Times * Genuinely funny; you'll laugh out loud * Essentials * I absolutely loved The Rosie Project -- original and clever, and perfectly written.The world is going to fall in love with Don and Rosie * Jill Mansell * A poignant, funny novel about how you don't find love; it finds you * Glamour * Don Tillman will exasperate, delight and immerse you in a world so original, in a story so compelling, I defy you not to read through the night. Glorious * Adriana Trigiani, author of The Shoemaker's Wife * A very funny and touching love story * Sunday Express * Adorable . . . Really funny and heart-warming, a gem of a book * Marian Keyes * If you like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time you'll love The Rosie Project * Look * Written in a superbly pitch-perfect voice, The Rosie Project had me cheering for Don on every page. I'm madly in love with this book! Trust me, you will be, too * Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice and left Neglected * The best, most honestly told love story I've read in a long time * Kristin Hannah * Marvellous. Don Tillman is as awkward and confusing a narrator as he is lovable and charming * John Boyne, author of The Boy In the Striped Pyjamas * Prime deck-chair material * The Times, Our Favourite Comic Novels *

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