MATHEMATICAL FICTION:

a list compiled by Alex Kasman (College of Charleston)

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Hot in the City (2025)
Samantha Hunter
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Della Clark is a Columbia University math professor who thinks she has met "mister right" on an airplane, and knows exactly how unlikely that is:

(quoted from Hot in the City )

Fellow mathematicians had posited that the chances of finding a perfect partner, depending on the variables and location, were about one in two-hundred and eighty-five thousand.

However, the handsome man in the seat next to hers is not quite what he seems. He is actually a government agent who has been sent to investigate her. Seeing as this is a romance novel in the Harlequin Blaze series (book 853, to be precise), I'm guessing that he does more than just investigate (if you know what I mean), but I haven't read the book.

If you have read this book and can tell me more about it -- especially about the role and representation of mathematics -- please write to let me know.

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Works Similar to Hot in the City
According to my `secret formula', the following works of mathematical fiction are similar to this one:
  1. The Number of Love (The Codebreakers) by Roseanna M. White
  2. The Givenchy Code by Julie Kenner
  3. Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire
  4. Principles of Emotion by Sara Read
  5. Love Letters for Other People by Shaylin Gandhi
  6. A Perfect Equation (The Secret Scientists of London) by Elizabeth Everett
  7. Dr. No: A Novel by Percival Everett
  8. A Season of Flirtation by Julia Justiss
  9. Wish I Were Here by Melissa Wiesner
  10. Never Gamble Your Heart by Lindsay Lovise
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Categories:
GenreAdventure/Espionage, Romance,
MotifFemale Mathematicians,
Topic
MediumNovels,

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Where are the new works of mathematical fiction?: As you can see from this chronological listing, this database includes many works of mathematical fiction for each year from 1990 to 2025. Strangely, only two are listed for 2026, so far. Either less mathematical fiction is being published than in previous years or I'm just having more trouble finding it. If you know of any works of fiction that should be added to this list, especially recently published ones, please let me know. (Keep in mind that I do not include self-published works or children's fiction that just covers elementary mathematical concepts.) Thanks!

(Maintained by Alex Kasman, College of Charleston)