Colleen Hoover Books in Order

Colleen Hoover (born December 11, 1979) is a #1 New York Times bestselling author. Hoover's novels fall into the New Adult and Young Adult categories.

 

Hoover published her first novel, Slammed, in January 2012. Since then, many of her full-length novels have become New York Times Best Sellers. Colleen Hoover has appeared on ABC News Nightline and CBS This Morning. In 2023, Time Magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. She is best known for her 2016 romance novel It Ends with Us.

 

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Colleen Hoover Books in Order by Date

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

Colleen Hoover was born December 11, 1979 in Sulphur Springs, TX, to Vannoy Fite and Eddie Fennell. She grew up in Saltillo, TX, and graduated from Saltillo High School in 1998. In 2000, she married Heath Hoover, with whom she now has three sons and a pig named Sailor. Hoover graduated from Texas A&M-Commerce with a degree in Social Work. She worked various social work and teaching jobs until she began her writing career.

 

In November 2011, Colleen began writing her first novel, Slammed, with no intentions of getting published. She was inspired by a lyric, "decide what to be and go be it", from an Avett Brothers song, "Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise". Because of this, she incorporated Avett Brothers lyrics throughout the story. After a few months, her novel was reviewed and given 5 stars by major book blogger, Maryse Black. After that, sales rapidly increased, and Slammed and its sequel, Point of Retreat, both made the New York Times Best Seller list.

 

Notable books:

Slammed

Hoover’s self-published her debut novel, Slammed, in January 2012. Slammed first made the New York Times Best Seller list on July 22, 2012 and peaked at #8 in e-book fiction on August 5, 2012. Atria Books picked it up and republished it August 10, 2012.

Point of Retreat

Hoover self-published Point of Retreat, the sequel to Slammed, in February 2012. Point of Retreat first made the New York Times Best Seller list on July 29, 2012 and peaked at #18 on August 5, 2012. Atria Books picked it up along with Slammed and republished it on August 10, 2012.

This Girl

Atria Books published This Girl, the third and final installment in the Slammed series, on April 30, 2013. It made the New York Times Best Seller list on May 19, 2013, where it peaked at #9.

"A Father's Kiss"

"A Father's Kiss" is a short story and a follow-up to the Slammed series. Hoover published "A Father's Kiss" as part of an anthology, called The Kiss: An Anthology of Love and Other Close Encounters, on January 15, 2014.

Hopeless

Hoover self-published Hopeless in December 2012. On January 6, 2013, it debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list at #19. On January 20, 2013, it peaked at #1 and remained there for three weeks. It was the first self-published novel to ever make #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list, the #1 bestselling self-published e-book of 2013, and the #16 bestselling e-book overall of 2013. Hoover sold the paperback rights to Atria Books in January 2013, and the paperback released on May 7, 2013. Hoover still owns her e-book rights today.

Losing Hope

Atria Books published Losing Hope, the POV companion novel to Hopeless, on July 8, 2013. It debuted and peaked at #6 on the New York Times Best Seller list on July 28, 2013.

Finding Cinderella

Finding Cinderella is a free novella that Hoover published as a thank you to her fans for all their continued support. It is a spinoff of Hopeless and Losing Hope and features several of the same characters. Originally, neither Hoover nor Atria Books had any intention of offering Finding Cinderella in paperback form, because the intention was to offer the book for free. However, due to the overwhelming demands from Hoover’s fans, Atria Books agreed to publish the novel in paperback form, complete with several bonus features such as a new epilogue and Hoover’s own “Cinderella story”.

Maybe Someday

Atria Books published Maybe Someday on March 18, 2014. It debuted and peaked at #3 on the New York Times Best Seller list on April 6, 2014[30] and resurfaced on the New York Times Best Seller list on September 14, 2014, at #21.

Maybe Someday is a standalone novel about a young guy and girl who write music together. Hoover joined forces with musician Griffin Peterson to create an original soundtrack to accompany the novel. Readers are able to click links in the e-book or scan a QR code in the paperback, which will take them to a website where they can listen to the music for free.

Ugly Love

Atria Books published Ugly Love on August 5, 2014. The book received a Starred Review from Booklist and was on the New York Times Best Seller list for three weeks, where it debuted and peakedat #4 on August 24, 2014.

Confess

Atria Books published Confess on March 10, 2015.

November Nine

November Nine is expected to be published November 9, 2015.

It Ends With Us

Atria Books published It Ends With Us on August 2, 2016. Hoover described this novel as "by far the hardest book I've ever written." It received a starred review from Kirkus.

Without Merit

Atria Books published Without Merit on October 3, 2017.

 

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