10 Most Popular Professions for Romance Novel Heroes
by Jason Boog on May 2, 2011 12:03 PM
“In the upcoming book A Billion Wicked Thoughts, neuroscientists Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam studied thousands of romance novels looking for clues about social expectations.
After analyzing 15,000 Harlequin books, they came up with the most popular professions for heroes in romance novels. The complete list follows below–what do you think?
Follow this link to read an excerpt from the book. They also write about these topics in a Psychology Today blog by the same name.
1. Doctor
2. Cowboy
3. Boss
4. Prince
5. Rancher
6. Knight
7. Surgeon
8. King
9. Bodyguard
10. Sheriff”
No librarians!! A sternly worded letter is in process to Harlequin. This slight must be righted.
Stephen
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I’m surprised “Secret Agent” isn’t on the list. It seems like every other one has something along those lines.
I agree with Marleah- I’m surprised secret agent isn’t up there, too! It’s such a mysterious and powerful role to give a leading man.
Although… in my favorite romance novel (The Soul’s First Kiss by Gregory Isaacson: http://www.gregorywisaacson.com), the main squeeze is a lawyer. I’m NOT surprised ‘lawyer’ didn’t make the list! That’s definitely not as thrilling as a cowboy 😉