Colleen Hoover

Colleen Hoover writes romance and contemporary fiction that people tend to read in one sitting and then immediately recommend to everyone they know. Her books are fast, emotional, and surprisingly hard to put down once you're in them.

She's best known for It Ends with Us, which became a cultural moment of its own, and Verity, which will genuinely make you question what you just read. She has a long backlist worth exploring, including Ugly Love, Reminders of Him, and November 9.

Hoover built much of her following through word of mouth and a deeply loyal reader community before the rest of the world caught up. There's a reason BookTok latched onto her the way it did. Her stories deal with real things, grief, trauma, complicated relationships, and she doesn't shy away from any of it.

If you're new to her, It Ends with Us is where most people start. If you want something that leans more thriller than romance, go straight to Verity.