Top Ten Dynamic Duos In Literature

Posted February 21, 2022 by Jana in Top Ten Tuesday / 43 Comments

Welcome to another Top Ten Tuesday! What do you think of my new blog design? Inspiration struck last week, and I spent a night redesigning everything and I just love it. I hope you do too! Feel free to use my new TTT logo above or keep using the old one!

This week’s topic was submitted by Elley the Book Otter and is Top Ten Dynamic Duos! These can be romantic couples, friends, partners, siblings, etc. If there’s a fun character/animal duo, those count too! I love great relationships in books, platonic and romantic, so I’ll be sharing some of both!

1. Ryland and Rocky from Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
A human and an alien become allies to save the lives of everyone living on their home planets! What better dynamic duo than that?? They teach each other their own languages and come up with something in between that they can both understand, they save one another’s lives multiple times, and they pool their own knowledge and assets to strengthen their efforts. The trust and friendship they build is touching, and I loved these two so much.

2. Lucien and Feyre from A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
These two have a really sweet friendship, and I loved how Lucien was always there for Feyre. He’s so loyal and caring!

3. Bree and Nathan from The Cheat Sheet by Sarah Adams
Bree and Nathan are best friends, who are secretly in love with each other. Their friendship is one of the purest and most adorable relationships I’ve read about. She loves to buy him trinkets that remind her of him, they have a standing running every week that wouldn’t even be canceled if a hurricane came through, he loves to secretly pay her bills, etc. They decide to enter a fake relationship to help his career and make her some money, and things become very not-fake very quickly.

4. Aiden and Maddie from Date Me Like You Mean It by R.S. Grey
I clearly love best friends fake dating and catching feelings. Aiden and Maddie met at a wedding when their siblings married each other, and formed an instant friendship. They ended up becoming roommates, and Maddie had to suffer silently as she fell in love with him while an endless stream of women poured in and out of their apartment over the years. A situation arises where Maddie accidentally says Aiden is her boyfriend, and he’s a good sport and plays along until… is anyone even playing anymore? Their friendship is so sweet, and their relationship becomes swoony pretty quickly.

5. Ulysses and Graham from The Tourist Attraction by Sarah Morgenthaler
Ulysses is the moose Graham befriends (and feeds yummy baked goods to) and loves so much.

6. Graham and Easton from Enjoy the View by Sarah Morgenthaler
This is my favorite bromance! I love the friendship these two share. I won’t spoil anything from the others books in this series, but I will say that Easton does something for Graham that made me cry a couple times.

7. Avery and Daisy from Roman Crazy by Alice Clayton and Nina Bocci
It would be seriously so nice to have a best friend like Daisy, who is always there and will support you no matter what.

8. Cinder and Thorne from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
I can’t even find the words for this friendship, but it might be one of my very favorite ones in any book I’ve ever read.

9. Cinder and Iko from The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer
A girl and her devoted android.

10. Charlie Brown and Snoopy from Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
Because I had to!

Who are some of your favorite dynamic duos in literature?

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43 responses to “Top Ten Dynamic Duos In Literature”

    • Jana

      I felt the same way about Lucien and Feyre! Forget Tamlin, Feyre, go for Lucien! Their bickering and banter did make me fall for them as friends, though, like you said. :)

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  7. Marianne @ Let's Read

    That was an interesting topic today. I was a tad confused at first but when I started, I could find lots of books to fit that topic.

    Love that you put The Peanuts on your list. Why didn’t I think of them? My favourite cartoon.

    And I absolutely love your new design. My colours!

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    • Jana

      Thank you! So glad you love the new design!

      I’m glad you ended up being able to think of books that fit the topic. Sometimes the topics are trickier than others and I struggle to come up with books, too!

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      • Marianne @ Let's Read

        I guess we are all in the same boat there. You must have even more problems with repeated subjects than I do because you’ve been doing it even longer than I did. Some topics (like spring reading etc.) can come up more than once but with others, I don’t like to repeat the same list I already did. Luckily, I usually find a twist. But this is the challenge I’ve been doing the longest and still enjoy. So, well done.

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  8. Jessica @ a GREAT read

    OOh nice picks! Oddly, this one was a little challenging for me. My brain kept bringing up couples mostly! To be fair most of those were ones who started as something other than romantic roles. So there was that! Though as I kept looking through my books I could remember other duos who were the best of friends!

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    • Jana

      There are some wonderful dynamic duo couples in literature as well as friends, so either one fit the topic in my mind. :) I find it fun to do a more challenging topic every once in a while, but I know that deters people from participating sometimes. I’m glad you were able to think of some duos for this topic!

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  12. Cindy Davis

    I love the new design!!! I am wanting to redo mine but I am not artsy/creative. Plus, I haven’t had much time to really think about it or do it…hopefully soon. I also enjoyed your list, especially Charlie Brown and Snoopy, classic!

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    • Jana

      Thank you! I’ve been wanting to do something new few at least a year now, but never could come up with anything I liked. Once I decided on watercolor flowers everything just fell into place. :)

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  13. Cheryl Malandrinos

    Awesome new look, Jana. The second the page loaded, I thought there was something different. Totally love it. Charlie Brown and Snoopy are wonderful pals. It has been a while since I spent time with Cinder and Thorne. Need to get back to it.

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