With more than 20 novels under her belt, for the past few years Colleen Hoover has been dominating bestseller lists with books such as Verity.
Having found fame through word of mouth promotion on sites such as TikTok – or BookTok as the community is known – in 2022 Hoover had sold more than 20 million books. In 2024 alone, Hoover has sold more than 1.8 million books and that’s without any new releases this year.
And with the release of the film adaptation of It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively on August 9, that figure could be set to explode even further.
But with so many popular novels, which are her best? Based on Goodreads reviews, here are the 17 best Colleen Hoover books.
9. November 9
Another of Hoover’s more popular works, November 9 has earned an average rating of 4.13 across more than 1.1 million reviews. It follows the love story between Ben and Fallon – a writer and his unexpected muse – as they meet on the same date every year. However as time goes on, Fallon becomes suspicious of Ben’s honesty and begins to question if he has been fabricating a false reality for the sake of a huge plot twist. | Simon & Schuster
10. Regretting You
Finishing off the top ten is Colleen Hoover’s 2019 novel Regretting You, which has an average rating of 4.13 stars from more than 630,000 readers. Focusing on 35-year-old Morgan and her daughter Clara, 16, Regretting You follows the pair as their fraught relationship is rocked by the tragic death of Chris, Morgan’s husband and Clara’s father. | Amazon Publishing / Montlake
11. Confess
Another contemporary romance, Confess just misses out on the top ten with readers awarding it an average of 4.09 across more than 530,000 reviews. A tale of risking everything for love, Confess sees protagonist Auburn put her heart into the hands of Owen, whose secret threatens to destroy everything important to her. | Simon & Schuster
12. Ugly Love
With almost 2 million ratings on Goodreads, Ugly Love is another BookTok favourite which has an average star rating of 4.04. Following Tate Collins and airline pilot Miles Archer, Hoover’s 2014 novel explores the reality of lust at first sight and the pain it can cause. | Simon & Schuster