Colleen Hoover Books in Order
Colleen Hoover has written 28 books, published between 2012 and 2026. The first book is Hopeless (2012) and the newest is Woman Down (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 28
- Published
- 2012–2026
- Confirmed
- 28 of 28 titles
- Pages on record
- 4,805 in 17 of 28 books
- Reading time
- 80–120 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,805 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 28 titles with a page count on record.
Colleen Hoover is an American novelist, born Margaret Colleen Fennell on December 11, 1979, whose work sits mainly in romance and young adult fiction. The catalogue holds 28 Hoover books, from Hopeless and Slammed (both 2012) to Woman Down (2026). Hoover's series include Hopeless, Maybe, Slammed, Never Never and It Ends With Us, and the 2016 novel It Ends with Us is the title Hoover is best known for. Many Hoover books were self-published before a publishing house took them on. Sales stood at roughly 20 million books by October 2022, and Time magazine listed Hoover among its 100 most influential people in 2023.
The Maybe Someday series begins with Sydney, who discovers her boyfriend's infidelity and moves in with her neighbor Ridge, a musician. As they write songs together, their relationship develops while addressing past hurts, with the series centered on the connection between love and creativity.
How many Colleen Hoover books are there?
Colleen Hoover has 28 books, released between 2012 and 2026. They include 5 separate series.
Colleen Hoover Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 28 Colleen Hoover books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 120124164/4
- 220123174/4
- 320123204/4
- 420133214/4
- 520131764/4
- 620132884/4
- 720143704/4
- 820143364/4
- 920141204/4
- 1020151504/4
- 1120153204/4
- 122015–4/4
- 1320153204/4
- 1420163844/4
- 1520161194/4
- 162016–3/4
- 172016–3/4
- 182017–4/4
- 1920184124/4
- 2020183084/4
- 212018–3/4
- 2220191284/4
- 232019–4/4
- 242020–4/4
- 252020–4/4
- 262022–4/4
- 272022–4/4
- 282026–4/4
Colleen Hoover series in order
Each series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Hopeless books in order 5 books
- It Ends With Us books in order 2 books
- Maybe books in order 3 books
Colleen Hoover books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Colleen Hoover Standalone Novels
12 books12 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Slammed in order
3 books- 1. Slammed
- 2. Point of Retreat
- 3. This Girl
Never Never in order
3 booksColleen Hoover Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Colleen Hoover books run from Hopeless (2012) to Woman Down (2026), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Colleen Hoover in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Colleen Hoover books in order?
You only need to read Colleen Hoover books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Colleen Hoover books in?
Read Colleen Hoover one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Hopeless starts with Hopeless (2012), It Ends With Us starts with It Ends with Us (2016) and Maybe starts with Maybe Someday (2014). The earliest catalogued title overall is Hopeless (2012).
What is the newest Colleen Hoover book?
Woman Down (2026) is the newest Colleen Hoover book released so far.
Is there a new Colleen Hoover book coming?
No next Colleen Hoover book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Printable Colleen Hoover Books in Order Checklist
A printable checklist of all 28 books in publication order is on the Colleen Hoover reading checklist, with a tick box beside each title.
Colleen Hoover at a glance
- Still publishing
- Colleen Hoover published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Colleen Hoover books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,805 pages across the 17 of 28 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Colleen Hoover books, 23 of 28, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 25 of the 28 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
What the Colleen Hoover books are about
22 of the 28 Colleen Hoover books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: contemporary romance is tagged on 12 of 22. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Contemporary romance 12 of 22 books
- Romance 7 of 22 books
- Romance, Contemporary, Life change events 6 of 22 books
- Life change events 5 of 22 books
- Man-woman relationships 5 of 22 books
- Friendship 4 of 22 books
- Psychological fiction 3 of 22 books
- Romance, new adult 3 of 22 books
- American literature 2 of 22 books
- Amnesia 2 of 22 books
- College students 2 of 22 books
- Family life 2 of 22 books