A Definitive Guide to Colleen Hoover’s Viral Books

Series it belongs in: Hopeless Series #1

Average Goodreads rating: 4.24

Sky and Dean Holder are the main characters in the first book in the Hopeless series, which follows their story after a chance meeting.

Series it belongs in: Slammed Series #1

Average Goodreads rating: 4.16

Layken is dealing with the death of a parent when she meets Will, who will change her life forever.

Series it belongs in: Slammed Series #2

Average Goodreads rating: 4.12

The second book in the Slammed series, we are brought back into the world of Layken and Will, but more challenges are bound to threaten their relationship.

Series it belongs in: Slammed Series #3

Average Goodreads rating: 3.73

In the third and final book of the Slammed series, we hear Layken and Will’s story again. This time though, it’s from another person's point of view: Will’s.

Series it belongs in: Hopeless Series #2

Average Goodreads rating: 4.12

Unlike the first book in the series, which follows Sky’s story, Losing Hope follows Dean Holder’s journey from the very beginning.

Series it belongs in: Maybe Series #1

Average Goodreads rating: 3.99

When college student Sydney’s boyfriend cheats on her, she finds herself entranced with her guitar-playing neighbor, Ridge.

Series it belongs in: Hopeless Series #3

Average Goodreads rating: 3.95

A novella in the Hopeless series, Finding Cinderella could be read as a standalone title. Daniel meets a mysterious girl one night, but after a brief time together, she runs off—just like the princess in the book’s title. Now Daniel is left wondering, do fairytales exist?

Average Goodreads rating: 4.02

Tate and Miles find each other attractive, but have no feelings for each other. A hookup-only arrangement seems like the perfect setup for them—as long as the past is not brought up.

Series it belongs in: Maybe Series #2

Average Goodreads rating: 3.62

In the follow-up novella to Maybe Someday, Maybe Not is the story of featured characters from the first novel, Warren and Bridgette, this time as enemy roommates-to-lovers.

Average Goodreads rating: 4.08

Auburn was just looking for a job when she met Owen, an artist. She’s attracted to him and they begin a relationship, but a secret he’s hiding might tear it all down.

Average Goodreads rating: 4.12

After Fallon and Ben have an unexpected encounter prior to a big move, they somehow end up meeting yearly on the same life-changing date. All the while, Ben is writing a book inspired by Fallon’s life.

Average Goodreads rating: 3.3

A mystery co-written with Tarryn Fisher, Never Never follows childhood friends and first loves Charlie and Silas, who wake up one day suddenly with no memory of each other. Now they must find out why.

Average Goodreads rating: 4.03

One of Hoover’s darker romances, Too Late follows a woman named Sloan, who’s dependent on a drug trafficker named Asa. But when she falls for DEA agent Carter, Sloan realizes his life might be in danger—if Asa finds out.

Series it belongs in: It Ends with Us Series #1

Average Goodreads rating: 4.13

The viral book launched Hoover into the stratosphere. Now a movie starring Blake Lively, it’s a dramatic story about Lily, her tumultuous new relationship, and a past love who might just turn everything around.

Average Goodreads rating: 3.68

Merit Voss’s dysfunctional family is full of secrets. But when she tries to run away and leave them behind, things don’t go according to plan.

Series it belongs in: Hopeless Series #4

Average Goodreads rating: 4.02

Marriage isn’t always perfect, and Graham and Quinn are finding that out for themselves. Now the question is whether an old secret from their past can save them.

Average Goodreads rating: 4.31

Verity is a thriller set in the home of a deceased author where a writer is hired to finish her books. What the writer discovers however, could ruin the lives of her husband and children for good. Anne Hathaway is set to star in the upcoming adaptation of this novel.

Series it belongs in: Maybe Series #3

Average Goodreads rating: 3.87

In book #3 in the Maybe series, Maggie is facing a life threatening-illness and decides to just start living.

Average Goodreads rating: 4.12

Soon to be adapted into a movie, Regretting You centers on a mother-daughter relationship. Morgan was a young mother and is doing everything possible to ensure the same doesn’t happen to her daughter. But their relationship becomes even more tested when her husband dies, unexpectedly setting off a wave of enduring conflict.

Series it belongs in: Hopeless Series #5

Average Goodreads rating: 4.13

The final installment in the Hopeless series, Finding Perfect is a novella that ties everything together. All from Daniel’s perspective in Finding Cinderella.