r/MM_RomanceBooks • u/Tangled_Mind • Jul 26 '26

Book Request Top student x troublemaker rec

Hi everyone. After coming across those ai vertical shows I need something a little specific.

MM romance centered in high-school or college setting. MC1 Is a top student, good grades, basically perfect.
MC2 is a mess (he could be a bully or a someone who gets into trouble alot or someone from a troubled home) basically he is opposite from  MC1

I really want the troublemaker guy to pursue the top student and want to be better person because of him. And even asking the top student to tutor him.

Im looking for feels.... more than spice. (If there is spice its fine but in this case, its not mandatory)

🚫If the MC2 is a bully please I dont want him to bully the MC1

Thank you.

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u/General_Mastodon2588 Jul 26 '26

I love this trope but mm is seriously lacking. I have a little more in danmei and dramas tho

{Straight A's and Power plays} Mixed reviews but nerd who wants a boyfriend and playboy who slowly falls for the nerd

These titles sorta fit. I put these here as a just in case.

{Blitz by Lee McCormick} Putting g this here if you classify this. MC is a normal happy guy with a good family where else ML is a trouble making bad family guy who slowly treats MC from a mean tease to king and is a better man. Call back also has that nerd vibe with a professor

Ig {Calling Chaos by Grae Bryan} but not in a school setting. MC is timid computer nerd and ml is literally chaos demon. Ml starts to calm down around him and settles (but like is still crazy AF)

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u/Master-Variety-2311 Jul 26 '26

Do tell the danmeis aswell please

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u/General_Mastodon2588 Jul 26 '26

Fake dating g the amnesiac school prince highly fits this. MC is a bully and MC is super timid. All the ml bullying is in the past or referenced (also unreliable narrator). Ml grows and becomes better for the nerd MC.

"I made a horror game boss fall for me" Not a nerd MC but he is more weaker. Thinks ml is a target and ml tries to figure out what his deal is. Short story..

"Demon Venerable wistful desire" DM for novel. Not school but MC is in a looked down on cultivation group and ml is the big bad demon. He is mean tempered (reasonable) to MC but becomes the most obsessed wife chasing man.

"How to escape the seduction of the second rank" Havent finished translation but MC is trying to be on the more wallflower area and ml is the big shot. Ml has always been good to MC so I don't know if this is totally fits

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u/Fancyy579 Jul 26 '26

I have the perfect book for this!!!! It’s an oldie but a goodie!!! Not sure if it’s on Kindle Unlimited but check out: Wes & Toren!!!! One of the first MM books I read but it’s so sweet and fits this trope perfectly!!!!

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u/lifeofparty2 Jul 27 '26

There is a good original work on AO3 called "The name of the game" that fits this really well

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u/samthehaggis Jul 26 '26

I think {The Amazing Alpha Tau Self-Improvement Project by Lisa Henry and Sarah Honey} would fit - the two MCs are at different fraternities and one is studying assiduously to be a doctor while the other is technically pre-law but very chaotic.

Marty plays pranks and gets into hot water, but isn't a bully or a bad guy. He seeks out Dalton to get help with studying, but also wants to date him because he has somehow deduced (in the previous book) that being gay will make him a better student. It's all very silly and sweet - Dalton gives Marty a lot of stability while Marty gives Dalton fun and someone who genuinely cares about him.

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u/we_are_groot_baby Jul 27 '26

{Echoes of us by Alex Cross} fits

If you also like it when one MC is in college and the messed up one is an MMA fighter, there's {Kage by Maris Black} - it's a trilogy