Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover Books

19 books·~190 min total read

Colleen Hoover is an American author born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 1979. She is known for her bestselling romance and contemporary fiction novels, including It Ends with Us, Verity, and Ugly Love.

Known for: It Ends with Us, Verity, Ugly Love, November 9, Finding Cinderella, All Your Perfects, Confess, Heart Bones, Hopeless, It Starts With Us, Losing Hope, Maybe Now, Maybe Someday, Point Of Retreat: A Novel, Regretting You, Reminders of Him, Slammed, This Girl: A Novel, Without Merit

Books by Colleen Hoover

It Ends with Us

It Ends with Us

romance · 10 min

What makes someone stay in a relationship that is clearly causing pain? That question sits at the heart of It Ends with Us, one of Colleen Hoover’s most widely discussed contemporary romance novels. O...

Verity

Verity

romance · 10 min

What makes *Verity* so unforgettable is that it refuses to stay in one lane. It begins like a career rescue story, slips into a darkly charged romance, and then tightens into psychological suspense th...

Ugly Love

Ugly Love

romance · 10 min

Some love stories are sweet, uplifting, and easy to root for from the very first page. *Ugly Love* is not that kind of romance — and that is exactly why it hits so hard. Colleen Hoover’s novel dives i...

November 9

November 9

romance · 10 min

A poignant contemporary romance novel that follows Fallon and Ben, two young people whose lives intersect on the same date each year. As they navigate love, heartbreak, and self-discovery, their story...

Finding Cinderella

Finding Cinderella

· 10 min

Finding Cinderella by Colleen Hoover is a sharp, witty, and emotionally charged novella that revisits the world of the Hopeless series through the unexpected romance of Daniel Wesley and Six. What beg...

All Your Perfects

All Your Perfects

romantic_relationships · 10 min

A poignant novel about a marriage on the brink of collapse, exploring themes of love, loss, infertility, and the struggle to hold on to what once was perfect. Quinn and Graham’s story alternates betwe...

Confess

Confess

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Auburn Reed has her entire life mapped out. Her goals are in sight and there’s no room for mistakes. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio in search of a job, she doesn’t expect to meet Owen Gen...

Heart Bones

Heart Bones

romantic_relationships · 10 min

After a troubled childhood, Beyah Grim finally has a chance to start over. When her mother dies unexpectedly, she is forced to spend the summer with her estranged father on a Texas peninsula. There, s...

Hopeless

Hopeless

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Hopeless es una novela romántica contemporánea que narra la historia de Sky, una joven que ha vivido una vida protegida y sin acceso a la tecnología moderna. Cuando conoce a Dean Holder, un chico con ...

It Starts With Us

It Starts With Us

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Before It Ends with Us, it started with Atlas. Colleen Hoover returns with the long-anticipated sequel to her bestselling novel, continuing the story of Lily Bloom and Atlas Corrigan as they navigate ...

Losing Hope

Losing Hope

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Losing Hope is a companion novel to Hopeless, retelling the story from Dean Holder’s perspective. It explores his grief, guilt, and search for redemption after the loss of his sister and the reappeara...

Maybe Now

Maybe Now

romantic_relationships · 10 min

In this sequel to 'Maybe Someday', Colleen Hoover continues the emotional journey of Sydney, Ridge, and Maggie as they navigate love, friendship, and the complexities of moving forward after heartbrea...

Maybe Someday

Maybe Someday

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Sydney finds her life turned upside down when she discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend. She moves in with Ridge, a musician who helps her find her voice through songwriting,...

Point Of Retreat: A Novel

Point Of Retreat: A Novel

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Point of Retreat es una novela romántica contemporánea que continúa la historia de Layken y Will, los protagonistas de Slammed. Después de superar las pruebas que pusieron a prueba su relación, ambos ...

Regretting You

Regretting You

bestsellers · 10 min

Morgan Grant and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Clara, seem to have nothing in common. Morgan is determined to prevent her daughter from making the same mistakes she did, while Clara wants nothing mor...

Reminders of Him

Reminders of Him

romantic_relationships · 10 min

A troubled young mother seeks redemption and a chance to rebuild her life after serving time in prison. As she returns to her hometown, she struggles to reconnect with her daughter and faces the pain ...

Slammed

Slammed

romantic_relationships · 10 min

Slammed is a contemporary romance novel that follows Layken Cohen, an eighteen-year-old who moves to Michigan with her family after her father’s death. There she meets Will Cooper, her charming neighb...

This Girl: A Novel

This Girl: A Novel

romantic_relationships · 10 min

In this final installment of the Slammed series, Will Cooper recounts his and Layken’s love story from his own perspective, revisiting the moments that defined their relationship and exploring how the...

Without Merit

Without Merit

bestsellers · 10 min

Without Merit es una novela contemporánea que explora las complejidades de la familia Voss, centrada en Merit, una joven que colecciona trofeos y secretos. A través de su historia, Colleen Hoover abor...

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The Roots Beneath the Bloom: Lily’s Beginnings and the Shadow of Abuse

Lily Bloom’s story begins long before Boston, the flower shop, or her relationship with Ryle. It begins in a home where violence quietly reshaped what love looked like. Her father’s abuse of her mother leaves Lily carrying a painful contradiction: she understands that what happened was wrong, yet sh...

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Ryle Kincaid and the Allure of Control

Ryle Kincaid is compelling because he is not written as an obvious villain from the start. He is intelligent, successful, charismatic, and emotionally intense. His first rooftop conversation with Lily is memorable precisely because it feels raw and electric. He is honest about his reluctance toward ...

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The Ghost in the Journal: Atlas Corrigan and the Memory of Compassion

Atlas Corrigan represents more than Lily’s first love; he represents a memory of what kindness feels like when it asks for nothing in return. Through Lily’s journal entries addressed to Ellen DeGeneres, readers are taken back to her teenage years, where Atlas appears at a moment when she is lonely, ...

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Cracks in Perfection: The Unfolding of Violence

One of the most unsettling strengths of It Ends with Us is how carefully it depicts the escalation of abuse. Violence does not arrive all at once; it emerges through denial, rationalization, apologies, and the desperate hope that an incident is an exception rather than a pattern. Lily wants to belie...

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Breaking the Cycle: Courage and Resilience

The emotional climax of It Ends with Us lies in Lily’s decision to break a pattern that has shaped generations before her. This is not a dramatic act of revenge or triumph in the traditional romantic sense. It is quieter, harder, and more realistic: she chooses to protect herself and her child, even...

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Lowen’s Arrival and the Offer That Changes Everything

The opening of *Verity* works because Lowen Ashleigh is vulnerable before she ever steps into the Crawford house. She is not entering the story from a place of stability or confidence. She is grieving, financially strained, and professionally stuck, which makes Jeremy Crawford’s offer feel less like...

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About Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover is an American author born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 1979. She is known for her bestselling romance and contemporary fiction novels, including It Ends with Us, Verity, and Ugly Love. Her emotionally intense storytelling has earned her a massive global readership, and she has been ...

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Colleen Hoover is an American author born in Sulphur Springs, Texas, in 1979. She is known for her bestselling romance and contemporary fiction novels, including It Ends with Us, Verity, and Ugly Love. Her emotionally intense storytelling has earned her a massive global readership, and she has been named one of the most influential authors in modern popular fiction.

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