About this book
Check & Mate (2023, 368 pages) is Hazelwood's move into young adult, set in the world of competitive chess -- her one YA title, and notably tamer than her adult novels.
Key facts about Check & Mate
Check & Mate is a book by Ali Hazelwood. Readers have had it since 7 November 2023. It runs to 368 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Check & Mate. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781408727614 to find the main one.
Ali Hazelwood has 17 books in our catalogue. Since none belong to a series we track, all 17 stand alone. All 17 are out now. Other books by Ali Hazelwood on file include Mate (2025), Hot for Slayer (2025), Deep End (2025) and Problematic Summer Romance (2025).
Before this one, Love on the Brain came out in 2022. After it came Cruel Winter with You in 2024. It is one of 3 Ali Hazelwood books dated 2023.
Since then, our list has added 9 more books by Ali Hazelwood. Meanwhile, Bound and Unbound is the latest published Ali Hazelwood book on file, from 6 October 2026.
About Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood is the pen name of an Italian-American neuroscientist and academic who became one of the breakout romance authors of the 2020s by fusing STEM workplace settings with classic romantic comedy tropes. She first gained a following writing STEM-themed fanfiction before publishing The Love Hypothesis in 2021, a novel about a PhD student who fake-dates a professor, which became a massive bestseller and launched her career in traditional publishing. See every Ali Hazelwood book in order.
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593619919
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780593698440
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781408727614