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If you’ve ever picked up a book and felt your heart shatter, heal, and fall in love all in the span of a few pages—chances are, you were reading a Colleen Hoover novel.

Colleen Hoover, affectionately known to fans as CoHo, is a New York Times bestselling author whose emotional rollercoasters disguised as books have carved out a unique space in contemporary romance, psychological thrillers, and new adult fiction. With her stories going viral on BookTok and her characters living rent-free in readers’ minds, Colleen isn’t just writing books—she’s redefining what it means to feel everything between two covers.

Born on December 11, 1979, in Sulphur Springs, Texas, Colleen grew up in a small town with big dreams. Armed with a social work degree and an undeniable love for storytelling, she worked various jobs—including teaching and social work—before self-publishing her first novel, Slammed, in 2012. She didn’t set out to become a literary phenomenon. She just wanted to tell a story. What she didn’t know was that her story would launch a wildfire.

And it did—quickly.

Within months, Slammed and its sequel, Point of Retreat, were topping charts, snagging the attention of Atria Books, and winning over readers with their poetic structure and raw emotion. But that was just the beginning.

What really solidified Hoover as a powerhouse author was Hopeless—a self-published novel that hit No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. That moment wasn’t luck. It was lightning in a bottle—pain, love, trauma, and hope wrapped up in words that felt brutally honest and breathtakingly beautiful. From there, the Hooververse only expanded.

Her novels often explore themes of love, loss, mental health, abuse, forgiveness, and resilience, but what sets Hoover apart is her refusal to play it safe. She writes imperfect people. Flawed love stories. Twisted circumstances that feel too real. In It Ends With Us, for example, she tackled the harrowing cycle of domestic abuse with such raw vulnerability that the story resonated far beyond traditional romance fans. It wasn’t just a book. It was a lifeline for readers who saw themselves in Lily’s struggle.

And just when you think you know what to expect from her—a tearjerker romance with a healing arc—she throws you a psychological curveball like Verity, a mind-bending thriller that will have you questioning what’s true, what’s fiction, and what’s hiding in the darkest corners of a manuscript.

But who is Colleen Hoover when she’s not leaving her readers sobbing at 2 a.m.? She’s a mother, a wife, a fierce advocate for mental health awareness, and the founder of The Bookworm Box, a non-profit subscription service and bookstore that supports charities through the power of books. With her signature humility and Southern charm, she’s often the first to laugh at her own success and the last to forget where she came from.

Yet, behind the modesty lies a writer with a superpower: the ability to tap into the human condition so intimately, so achingly, that it almost feels intrusive—but in the best way possible.

Whether she’s pulling you into a deeply traumatic relationship, making you swoon over flawed but lovable characters, or flipping the genre on its head, Colleen Hoover doesn’t write for the faint of heart. She writes for the ones who crave emotional wreckage. The ones who want to cry, hope, rage, and fall in love—all before the last chapter ends.

And just when you think you’ve read her most powerful story?

She’ll drop another novel… and it’ll wreck you all over again.

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Publication Order of Series Books

Publication Order of Hopeless
Title Year Amazon Links
Hopeless 2012 Amazon
Losing Hope 2013 Amazon
Finding Cinderella 2013 Amazon
Finding Perfect 2019 Amazon
Publication Order of It Ends With Us
Title Year Amazon Links
It Ends with Us 2016 Amazon
It Starts with Us 2022 Amazon
Publication Order of Maybe
Title Year Amazon Links
Maybe Someday 2014 Amazon
Maybe Not 2014 Amazon
Maybe Now 2018 Amazon
Publication Order of Never Never
Title Year Amazon Links
Never Never 2015 Amazon
Publication Order of Slammed
Title Year Amazon Links
Slammed 2012 Amazon
Point of Retreat 2012 Amazon
This Girl 2013 Amazon
Publication Order of Standalone
Title Year Amazon Links
Ugly Love 2014 Amazon
Confess 2015 Amazon
November 9 2015 Amazon
Too Late 2016 Amazon
Without Merit 2017 Amazon
All Your Perfects 2018 Amazon
Verity 2018 Amazon
Regretting You 2019 Amazon
Heart Bones 2020 Amazon
Layla 2020 Amazon
Reminders of Him 2022 Amazon

Books by Genre

Publication Order of Mystery / Crime Fiction / Thriller
Title Year Amazon Links
Ugly Love 2014 Amazon
Confess 2015 Amazon
November 9 2015 Amazon
It Ends with Us 2016 Amazon
Too Late 2016 Amazon
Without Merit 2017 Amazon
All Your Perfects 2018 Amazon
Verity 2018 Amazon
Regretting You 2019 Amazon
Heart Bones 2020 Amazon
Layla 2020 Amazon
It Starts with Us 2022 Amazon
Reminders of Him 2022 Amazon
Publication Order of New Adult / Contemporary / Romance
Title Year Amazon Links
Slammed 2012 Amazon
Point of Retreat 2012 Amazon
Hopeless 2012 Amazon
This Girl 2013 Amazon
Losing Hope 2013 Amazon
Finding Cinderella 2013 Amazon
Maybe Someday 2014 Amazon
Maybe Not 2014 Amazon
Maybe Now 2018 Amazon
Finding Perfect 2019 Amazon
Publication Order of Romance / Young Adult / Mystery
Title Year Amazon Links
Never Never 2015 Amazon
Reminders of Him

Can a mothers love be enough to make up for a past mistake?Kenna has just been released from prison after serving five years for a tragic mistake one that cost her everything. All she wants now is a chance to reconnect with her daughter. But her daughters guardians including Ledger, a local bar ow...

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Layla

What if the woman you love isnt the same after the accident?Leeds and Layla have a whirlwind romance that crashes after a violent attack leaves Layla forever changed. Hoping to reconnect, Leeds takes her to a quiet inn. But somethings wrong. Layla isnt herself. And the house theyre staying in might ...

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Heart Bones

When life gives you nothing, how do you learn to want more?Beyah Grims life has been nothing but survival. Shes used to disappointment, to pain, to hiding her heart. But when a sudden tragedy forces her to spend the summer with her estranged father in a wealthy beach town, she meets Samson mysterio...

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Regretting You

What happens when the person you trusted most keeps the biggest secret?Morgan and her daughter Clara couldnt be more different. Morgan is responsible, structured, and determined not to repeat the mistakes of her youth. Clara is fiery, rebellious, and falling for the wrong boy. When tragedy hits thei...

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Verity

What if the person you trusted most had written a confession that could ruin lives?Struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh is hired to finish a bestselling authors book series after an accident leaves the woman, Verity Crawford, in a vegetative state. Lowen moves into Veritys home to go through her notes a...

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All Your Perfects

Can a perfect love survive an imperfect marriage?Quinn and Grahams love story had all the makings of a fairy talepassionate, deep, and seemingly unbreakable. But as years pass, the weight of unmet expectations and the silent struggles of infertility begin to erode the foundation theyve built. The co...

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Without Merit

Families are messy. Especially when no ones telling the truth.Merit Voss lives in a house thats practically a museum of dysfunction a former church where she shares space with her eccentric family, including a twin sister who seems perfect, a mother who never leaves the basement, and a father with ...

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Too Late

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November 9

What if you only met the love of your life once a year?Fallon and Ben meet on the worst day of her life and somehow, it becomes the best. Theres an instant connection, but life pulls them in different directions. So they make a pact to meet every year on the same date November 9 and let their sto...

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Confess

Would you bare your soul to a stranger?Auburn Reed has lost everything that ever mattered to her. All she wants is control over her life again. But when she walks into a Dallas art studio looking for a job, she meets Owen Gentry a charismatic artist who creates paintings based on anonymous confessi...

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Ugly Love

Love isnt always beautiful sometimes its brutal. Sometimes, its ugly.When Tate Collins meets Miles Archer, its clear from the start that this wont be a typical romance. Miles is a pilot with a haunted past and a strict rule no love, no expectations, no future. Tate agrees. Shes not looking for anyt...

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Maybe Now

You thought their story ended with maybe someday but what if now is their time?Maybe Now picks up where Maybe Someday left off. Ridge and Sydney are finally together, but their past choices continue to haunt them. Maggie Ridges ex is still in the picture, and new characters arrive who bring their...

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Maybe Not

Its messy. Its loud. Its hot. And its exactly what fans didnt see coming.Maybe Not is the wild, raunchy, hilarious novella that gives us Warren and Bridgettes story two characters who couldnt be more different or more stubborn. Living in close quarters, their fiery banter becomes the foreplay to a ...

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Maybe Someday

Music brought them together. Silence threatens to tear them apart.Sydney has it all a great boyfriend, a solid college track, and a love for music. But everything crashes down when she finds out her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend. Homeless and heartbroken, she ends up moving in w...

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Never Never

What if you woke up one day and didnt know who you were but the person next to you felt like everything?Charlie and Silas are high school sweethearts or at least, they were. When they both suddenly lose their memories at the exact same time, they must work together to figure out what happened to t...

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It Starts with Us

You knew how it ended. Now find out how it starts.Told in alternating perspectives between Lily and Atlas, It Starts With Us gives fans the longawaited continuation of their story. But its not all sunshine and second chances. Ryle is still in the picture, coparenting brings its own challenges, and A...

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It Ends with Us

Sometimes the person who hurts you is the one you love the most.Lily Bloom has worked hard for the life shes built her own business, her independence, her voice. When she meets Ryle Kincaid, a brilliant but emotionally guarded neurosurgeon, sparks fly instantly. Hes charming, intense, and surprisin...

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Finding Perfect

You thought the story was over but theres one last piece to the puzzle.Finding Perfect serves as the epilogue to both the Hopeless series and Daniel and Sixs journey. Its the closure fans didnt know they needed but will never forget. As Daniel prepares a surprise for Six, secrets start to surface....

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Finding Cinderella

A chance encounter in a dark janitors closet. One hour. No names. No strings. Just chemistry.Thats how Daniel and Cinderella meet. Its an impulsive, surreal, perfectly imperfect connection that leaves both reeling and thinking maybe it was just a dream. Fast forward a year, and Daniel meets Six Sk...

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Losing Hope

You know Skys story now its time to hear Holders.Losing Hope flips the narrative and plunges us into the mind of Dean Holder, a boy burdened by guilt, haunted by loss, and desperate for redemption. His life has been a mess of regret ever since his twin sister Les took her life a moment that destro...

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Hopeless

What if falling in love meant uncovering the one truth youve spent your whole life running from?Seventeenyearold Sky isnt your typical high school girl. Shes been homeschooled her whole life and lives completely off the grid no phone, no internet, no TV. But everything shifts when she meets Dean Ho...

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This Girl

This Girl is the final installment in the Slammed series, and its told from Wills perspective but this isnt just a rehash. Its a retelling filled with new emotions, deeper insights, and raw vulnerability. As Will and Layken reflect on the path that brought them together, every kiss, every fight, ev...

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Point of Retreat

You thought things couldnt get more complicated after Slammed? Think again.In Point of Retreat, the story shifts into Wills perspective and its a whole different kind of heartbreak. After the rollercoaster theyve already endured, Will and Layken are finally finding their rhythm. Theres trust. There...

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Slammed

What would you do if the person who makes you feel alive again is someone you cant have?Eighteenyearold Layken is barely holding it together after her fathers sudden death. Moving to Michigan with her mom and younger brother is supposed to be a fresh start, but grief has a way of clinging to your ri...

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