It Starts With Us Reading But Ends With Us Ugly Crying: 10 Colleen Hoover Books to Shatter Your Heart (and Sort Of Put Them Back Together Again)

If every ending has a new beginning, then here’s what you’ve been waiting for. In this exciting follow up to It Ends With Us, readers will be thrilled to get to hear from Atlas’s side of the story, just two years after the events of the epilogue of the beloved story. Alternating between Lily’s and Atlas’s perspective, get ready for yet another incredibly emotional read from Colleen Hoover.  Two boxes of tissues.

There are many titles to choose from in Colleen Hoover’s work. But here is where we feel you should start. Don’t just believe the hype. Feel it in your heart. The hype your heart needs. It’s a journey for the ages.  Three boxes of tissues.

CoHo doesn’t hold back in Ugly Love, taking the popular friends-with-benefits trope and turning it into an intimate portrayal of a relationship riddled with regret and longing. The bond between Miles and Tate will have you reaching for the tissues before the end of the first chapter. One box of tissues.

What happens when the person you are now and the person you were when you got married are two different people? CoHo asks this question in this heart-wrenching depiction of a marriage on the brink of divorce.  Two boxes of tissues.

Confess has all the typical magic of a Colleen Hoover work, filled with shocking confessions and emotional reveals. The chemistry between Auburn and Owen flows off the pages, making this a must-read for all CoHo fans.  One and a half boxes of tissues.

Originally posted to Wattpad one unedited chapter at a time, Colleen Hoover’s Maybe Now is available in full novel form. It’s got bucket lists filled, friendships that may be more and jealousy that verges on destructive. We didn’t ugly cry but maybe you will & that’s OK! Half a tissue box.

Once again Colleen Hoover raises the bar for romances with unexpected twists. Fallon and Ben’s separate stories blend to create an unforgettable romance plagued by the mistakes of the past. Every meeting between the two boosts Fallon’s formerly fleeting confidence … until she discovers a secret she never wanted to uncover. One box of tissues.

Nobody creates a story wrapped in longing and dark secrets quite like Colleen Hoover, and her novel Hopeless is no exception. Skylar and Dean must learn to gradually pull down their walls to let the other one in. But what happens when Dean has been keeping secrets from Skylar? Maybe just go to Costco for a carton of tissues.

One hour for love, a girl who dashes off like Cinderella, and love-at-first-sight are intertwined in this book about finding true love, a happily ever after in jeopardy, and the effect of secrets on a relationship. Daniel and Six are certain to capture the hearts of readers as they read their stories and keep their tissue boxes ready for anything Colleen Hoover throws their way.  Less cry-cry and more YAY! This is just a feel good love story.

The book that started it all for Colleen Hoover, Slammed is packed with everything we love about her signature storytelling style. When eighteen-year-old Layken loses her father, she finds solace in her new neighbor Will and the world of slam poetry. As Layken and Will begin to uncover more about each other’s past, they soon find that poetry may be the only way to communicate. Just a few tissues.

Warning: This book is IMPOSSIBLE to put down. Verity‘s story keeps you turning page after page, and Lowen’s story keeps you on the edge of your seat. This book is the definition of a gripping thriller with a bit of romance (it is a Colleen Hoover novel, after all) and an ending that will have you simply stunned. Mostly you need the tissue box to bite on so you don’t scream. This is a very good thriller.