The Dating Experiment

“What would happen if Harry met Sally in the age of Tinder and Snapchat? . . . A field guide to Millennial dating in New York City” (New York Daily News). When New York–based graphic designers and long-time friends Timothy Goodman and Jessica Walsh found themselves single at the same time, they decided to try an experiment. The old adage says that it takes forty days to change a habit—could the same be said for love? So they agreed to date each other for forty days, record their experiences in questionnaires, photographs, videos, texts, and artworks, and post the material on a website they would create for this purpose. What began as a small experiment between two friends became an Internet sensation, drawing five million unique (and obsessed) visitors from around the globe to their site and their story. 40 Days of Dating: An Experiment is a beautifully designed, expanded look at the experiment and the results, including a great deal of material that never made it onto the site, such as who they were as friends and individuals before the forty days and who they have become since.

1.Get over my best friend's brother.2.Remember that I'm over him.3.Prove I can date other people.It should be easy.It's not.Setting up a dating website with the guy I've been in love with since I was five wasn't my smartest idea.Especially since he's my best friend's brother--thankfully, she's okay with the fact I'm pulling a Sandy and I'm hopelessly devoted to him.Which is why it's time to get over him.So I do something crazy and ask Dominic Austin to find me a date. He does--if I find him one, too.Since we own Stupid Cupid, it should be easy, right? And it is.My date is perfect. His date is perfect. Everything is perfect. Until he kisses me...Three dates.One kiss.And a big-ass mess...

After losing her job, her house, and her long-term boyfriend, Gabby's roommate signs her up to be in a dating experiment. Little does she know, however, that her ex is in the experiment too! In an attempt to escape the chaos of her life, Gabby visits home and accidentally reunites with her childhood friend (and secret crush), Ian O'Connell. As she participates in the study and its hilariously awkward dates, Gabby finds her heart torn between the man she's comfortable with and the man who's had her heart from the beginning.

1.Get over my best friend's brother.2.Remember that I'm over him.3.Prove I can date other people.It should be easy.It's not.Setting up a dating website with the guy I've been in love with since I was five wasn't my smartest idea.Especially since he's my best friend's brother--thankfully, she's okay with the fact I'm pulling a Sandy and I'm hopelessly devoted to him.Which is why it's time to get over him.So I do something crazy and ask Dominic Austin to find me a date. He does--if I find him one, too.Since we own Stupid Cupid, it should be easy, right? And it is.My date is perfect. His date is perfect. Everything is perfect.Until he kisses me...Three dates.One kiss.And a big-ass mess...

Fourteen-year-olds Marci and Summer use a magic ring to turn two rats into cute boys so that they can have dates for the Spring Fling.

“Danan is becoming a go-to author.”—New York Times Book Review Naomi and Ethan will test the boundaries of love in this provocative romance from the author of the ground-breaking debut, The Roommate. Naomi Grant has built her life around going against the grain. After the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, she wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing. Unfortunately, despite her long list of qualifications, higher ed won't hire her. Ethan Cohen has recently received two honors: LA Mag nominated him as one of the city's hottest bachelors and he became rabbi of his own synagogue. Low on both funds and congregants, the executive board of Ethan's new shul hired him with the hopes that his nontraditional background will attract more millennials to the faith. They've given him three months to turn things around or else they'll close the doors of his synagogue for good. Naomi and Ethan join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimacy, the perfect solution to their problems--until they discover a new one--their growing attraction to each other. They've built the syllabus for love's latest experiment, but neither of them expected they'd be the ones putting it to the test.

Read Rachel Machacek's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. One year of dating. One year of looking for love. One uproarious and touching memoir. After years of dating without a connection, Rachel Machacek vowed to try a more dedicated, less slipshod, more scientific way of finding love. So, she committed a year of her life to trying every mainstream (and not-so-mainstream) method of meeting the right guy. In The Science of Single, Rachel welcomes readers into the findings from her roller- coaster year, and although she set out looking for the right chemistry, what she discovers in the process is hilarious, unexpected, and infinitely more exciting. Watch a Video