The Rosie Project
A brilliant but socially awkward genetics professor designs a scientific questionnaire to find the perfect wife, but the most unsuitable woman of all turns his life upside down.
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Don Tillman is a Melbourne genetics professor who decides he wants a wife and builds a sixteen-page questionnaire to find one. When Rosie Jarman walks into his office to ask for help finding her biological father, Don is sure she is a poor match, and ends up running her DNA tests anyway.
Graeme Simsion's Rosie series has three books: The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and The Rosie Result. The series is complete.
Yes. A film adaptation has been in development for years, with various stars attached at different points. As of 2025, the project remains in development.
The Rosie Project was written by Graeme Simsion, published in 2014 by NiL.
The Rosie Project is 326 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Rosie Project takes most readers 5 to 7 hours to finish.
The Rosie Project is a standalone novel by Graeme Simsion, not part of a series.
The Rosie Project is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.