Author

Colleen Hoover

Q: What should I read first by Colleen Hoover?

Start with the It Ends with Us series and read it in publication order.

Colleen Hoover has written 27 books across 1 series. Start with It Ends with Us.

Colleen Hoover is an American author who went from self-publishing her debut novel Slammed in 2012 to becoming one of the bestselling fiction writers of the 2020s, with more than one title regularly occupying the New York Times bestseller list at once. She is best known for It Ends with Us and its sequel It Ends with Us: It Starts with Us, an emotionally intense romance dealing with domestic abuse that became a cultural phenomenon on BookTok years after its original release and was adapted into the 2024 film starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Her other major works include the psychological thriller Verity, and the romances Ugly Love, November 9 and Reminders of Him. New readers are often steered to It Ends with Us for her signature blend of romance and hard-hitting emotional subject matter, or to Verity if they'd prefer to start with her darker, twistier thriller side — the two showcase very different registers within her writing. Hoover's career is a rare modern example of grassroots reader communities, rather than traditional publishing marketing, driving an author to mainstream superstardom. She continues to publish new fiction regularly and remains one of the most-read novelists working today.

Series: 1
Books: 27
First published: 2012
Best known for: It Ends with Us

Series by Colleen Hoover

2books

It Ends with Us

Colleen Hoover

contemporary romance

Standalone books

Read these in any order — each is a complete story.

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Hopeless
Novel2012
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Slammed
Novel2012
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Point of Retreat
Novel2012
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Finding Cinderella
Novel2013
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Losing Hope
Novel2013
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This Girl
Novel2013
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Maybe Not
Novel2014
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Maybe Someday
Novel2014
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Ugly Love
Novel2014
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Confess
Novel2015
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Never Never
Novel2015
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November 9
Novel2015
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It Ends with Us
Novel2016
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Too Late
Novel2016
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Without Merit
Novel2017
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All Your Perfects
Novel2018
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Verity
Novel2018
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Finding Perfect
Novel2019
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Maybe Now
Novel2019
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Regretting You
Novel2019
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Heart Bones
Novel2020
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Layla
Novel2020
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Reminders of Him
Novel2022
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It Starts with Us
Novel2022
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Woman Down
Novel2026
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Frequently asked questions

What should I read first by Colleen Hoover?

Start with the It Ends with Us series (first published 2016) and read it in publication order.