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Colleen Hoover reading flowchart
Every Colleen Hoover book in reading order by series, with the characters in each book, first appearances and crossovers.
READING FLOWCHART
Colleen Hoover
Read down each column. Every card lists the characters in that book, marks first appearances and crossovers, and says where it is set.
Titles and names link to their pages on the site.
SLAMMED
3 books
HOPELESS
2 books
MAYBE SOMEDAY
2 books
IT ENDS WITH US
2 books
STANDALONE
9 books
STANDALONE THRILLERS
2 books
Slammed
'12
L
Layken Cohen
NEW
L
Will Cooper
NEW
WHERE
Ypsilanti, Michigan
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Slammed (2012): After her father dies, eighteen-year-old Layken moves to Michigan with her mother and younger brother and falls for Will, the young man across the street, before a discovery puts the relationship off limits.
Point of Retreat
'12
L
Layken Cohen
L
Will Cooper
WHERE
Ypsilanti, Michigan
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Point of Retreat (2012): Layken and Will are together at last, but the past and new challenges threaten everything they have built.
This Girl
'13
L
Layken Cohen
L
Will Cooper
WHERE
Ypsilanti, Michigan
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
This Girl (2013): Will tells the story of his relationship with Layken from his side, from the day they met.
Hopeless
'12
L
Sky
NEW
L
Dean Holder
NEW
WHERE
Texas
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Hopeless (2012): Sky has grown up with an adoptive mother and no television, phone or internet. In her final year of high school she meets Dean Holder, who seems to know her, and who makes her question her own past.
Losing Hope
'13
L
Dean Holder
M
Sky
WHERE
Texas
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Losing Hope (2013): Dean Holder tells his side of the story of Hopeless, and of his long search for a girl he lost as a child.
Maybe Someday
'14
L
Sydney Blake
NEW
L
Ridge Lawson
NEW
M
Warren
NEW
·
Bridgette
NEW
WHERE
Austin
CHARACTERS
4 (3 main)
Maybe Someday (2014): Sydney finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her with her best friend, and moves in with Ridge, the guitarist next door whose music she has been listening to from her balcony.
Maybe Now
'18
L
Sydney Blake
L
Ridge Lawson
M
Warren
M
Bridgette
WHERE
Austin
CHARACTERS
4 (4 main)
Maybe Now (2018): The sequel to Maybe Someday picks up the story of Sydney and Ridge and their friends Warren and Bridgette.
It Ends with Us
'16
L
Lily Bloom
NEW
M
Ryle Kincaid
NEW
M
Atlas Corrigan
NEW
WHERE
Boston
CHARACTERS
3 (3 main)
It Ends with Us (2016): Lily Bloom moves to Boston and opens a flower shop, and falls for Ryle Kincaid, a confident neurosurgeon. When her first love, Atlas, reappears, she must face hard questions about her relationship and her own family history.
It Starts with Us
'22
L
Lily Bloom
L
Atlas Corrigan
M
Ryle Kincaid
WHERE
Boston
CHARACTERS
3 (3 main)
It Starts with Us (2022): Lily and her ex-husband share the care of their daughter, and a chance meeting with Atlas offers her a second chance at love.
Ugly Love
'14
L
Tate Collins
NEW
L
Miles Archer
NEW
WHERE
San Francisco
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Ugly Love (2014): Nursing student Tate moves in with her brother in San Francisco and starts a no-strings relationship with his neighbour, Miles, an airline pilot who has two rules: never ask about his past, and never expect a future.
Confess
'15
L
Auburn Reed
NEW
L
Owen Gentry
NEW
WHERE
Dallas
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Confess (2015): Auburn Reed walks into an art studio in Dallas looking for a job and meets Owen Gentry, an artist who paints the anonymous confessions that strangers leave him.
November 9
'15
L
Fallon O’Neil
NEW
L
Ben Kessler
NEW
WHERE
Los Angeles
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
November 9 (2015): Fallon meets Ben on the day before she moves across the country, and they agree to meet on the same date every year, while Ben uses their story for the novel he is writing.
Without Merit
'17
L
Merit Voss
NEW
WHERE
Texas
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Without Merit (2017): Merit Voss lives with her eccentric family in a converted church in Texas, and decides to tell the truth about the secrets they have been keeping from each other.
All Your Perfects
'18
L
Quinn
NEW
L
Graham
NEW
WHERE
An American city
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
All Your Perfects (2018): Quinn and Graham’s marriage is tested by their struggle to have a child, and the story moves between their first meeting and their present.
Regretting You
'19
L
Morgan Grant
NEW
L
Clara Grant
NEW
WHERE
An American town
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Regretting You (2019): Morgan Grant had her daughter young and has tried to give her a different life. When a tragedy strikes their family, mother and daughter must face each other and the secrets around them.
Heart Bones
'20
L
Beyah Grim
NEW
L
Samson
NEW
WHERE
The Bolivar Peninsula…
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Heart Bones (2020): Beyah, a teenager with nothing to fall back on, goes to stay with her father on the Bolivar Peninsula in Texas for the summer, and meets Samson, a wealthy boy next door with secrets of his own.
Layla
'20
L
Leeds Gabriel
NEW
M
Layla
NEW
WHERE
Texas
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Layla (2020): Musician Leeds falls for Layla, and after she is badly hurt, takes her back to the bed and breakfast where they met, where strange things begin to happen.
Reminders of Him
'22
L
Kenna Rowan
NEW
L
Ledger Ward
NEW
WHERE
Wyoming
CHARACTERS
2 (2 main)
Reminders of Him (2022): Kenna Rowan comes home after five years in prison, hoping to meet the young daughter she has never been allowed to see, and finds an unexpected ally in Ledger, who owns the local bar.
Verity
'18
L
Lowen Ashleigh
NEW
M
Verity Crawford
NEW
M
Jeremy Crawford
NEW
WHERE
Vermont
CHARACTERS
3 (3 main)
Verity (2018): Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer, is hired to finish the bestselling series of Verity Crawford, who has been badly injured. Working in Verity’s home, she finds an unfinished autobiography full of disturbing confessions.
Too Late
'23
L
Sloan
NEW
WHERE
Texas
CHARACTERS
1 (1 main)
Too Late (2023): Sloan is bound to Asa Jackson, a drug dealer who helps pay for her brother’s care but has become dangerously obsessed with her. When she falls for Carter, who is working undercover, both of them are in danger.
L
Lead
M
Major
·
Minor or cameo
NEW
First appearance
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