The listing, The Rosie Project - paperback has ended.
I just loved this book. It is technically a "romance" I guess, but is a smart one with great quirky characters and awesome writing. No breathless maidens and heaving bosoms here, just a great story that will make you smile. A bit more than mere brain candy, this would still make a good beach read or just a happy little book to keep you occupied. Read once, so in used but great shape. This is Australian, so some very minor phrasing/spelling differences with American English.
From the cover: Don Tillman, genetics professor, is getting married. Or he will be, when his 16 page, scientifically valid survey yields a candidate (see: the Wife Project). Designed to filter out the drinkers, the smokers, the vegans, the late arrivers, Don's questionnaire is, for this socially challenged academic, the most logical method to find the perfect partner.
Enter Rosie Jarman.
Don quickly disqualifies her as a potential wife but is drawn to Rosie's quest to find her biological father (see: the Father Project). When something like a friendship develops, Don must confront the spontaneous whirlwind that is Rosie and the decidedly unscientific conclusion that sometimes you don't find love, it finds you.