Books by Colleen Hoover
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Colleen Hoover Books in Order

There's a whole Hoover library to discover

Colleen Hoover is enjoying something of an explosion in terms of fame and popularity at the m♔oment, with her books⛄ selling by the millions and movie adaptations proving immensely popular with readers and non-readers alike. 

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Even if you’ve never opened one of her novels, you’re likely💃 to have heard 𝔍of Colleen Hoover at least in passing. She’s blown up on BookTok and Bookstagram, constantly mentioned on Twitter, and even managed to outsell the Bible in 2022 — now that’s an impressive accomplishment for any author. 

In total, Colleen Hoover has published 26 books in the last 13 years, with some of the most popular being It Ends With Us and Verity. There are a few series that should be read in order🐓, but most of her published wo𒐪rks are standalone. 

Colleen Hoover book series’

Most of the four different series of novels wꦯere written toward𒁃s the beginning of Hoover’s writing career, and the books contained within these series should be read in order. There is, however, no real order in which you should read each series. 

Slammed series

Slammed by Colleen Hoover
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The Slammed series was the first published work by Hoover, and it was self-published by the author herself. There are heavy themes involved, including deaꦦth and huge life changes, and the series focuses on 18-year-old Layken, who moves to a new town after her family dies. 

There are three booksꦬ in the series, and ♓they should be read in the following order:

  • Slammed (2012)
  • Point of Retreat (2012)
  • This Girl (2013)

Hopeless series

Hopeless by Colleen Hoover
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The Hopeless series centers around discovering who you are while also having to confront the issues of your past. It’s a love story between Sky and Dean, whoℱ each have their fair share of issues to bring to the table, and their efforts to overcome them. 

This series is written from the po♊int of view of different characters, and features a companion novella that overlaps the entire series:

  • Hopeless (2012)
  • Losing Hope (2013)
  • Finding Cinderella (a novella) (2013)
  • All Your Perfects (2018)
  • Finding Perfect (2019)

Maybe Someday series

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover
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Sydney, recently cheated on by her boyfriend and nurturing a desire to write music to try and deal with the sting of betrayal, finds more than she’s looking for in her musically talented neighbor. That’s the story featured in the Maybe Someday serie𒊎s, and there are many compliꦫcations along the road to happiness. 

Here’s the r🌺eading order fo💙r the Maybe Someday series:

  • Maybe Someday (2014)
  • Maybe Not (2014)
  • Maybe Now (2018)

It Ends With Us series

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
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Less of a series and more of a duo, the It Ends With Us series is the one 🎃that has garnered Hoover the﷽ most attention, with the first of the two books already having been turned into a silver-screen blockbuster of the same name.

The series is a story of love and concerning b🌳ehaviors, childhood trauma, and generational abuse. It all gets a bit dark at times, but there is definitely something captivating about the honest, raw stories that unfold.  

  • It Ends With Us (2016)
  • It Starts With Us (2022)

Colleen Hoover standalone books

Outside of her series, Hoover has also published 11 standalone books that can be read in any order. If you’re not quite willing to dive into an entire series but still want to see if Hoover can capture your attention with her imagination and writing style, here are all of her standalone titles in order of rele꧒ase❀:

  • Ugly Love (2014)
  • November 9 (2015)
  • Confess (2015)
  • Never Never: The Complete Series (2015)
  • Too Late (2016)
  • Without Merit (2017)
  • Verity (2017)
  • Regretting You (2019)
  • Heart Bones (2020)
  • Layla (2020)
  • Reminders of Him (2022)

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