With the rise of BookTok, a popular sub-community for book lovers on TikTok, bibliophiles are brought together with their love for reading. This provides us the opportunity to share book reviews, reactions, thoughts, and recommendations for fellow readers.
Dubbed the Queen of BookTok, US author Colleen Hoover has become one of the most successful writers of all time, and a New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty-three novels. Tagged as the “biggest book club on the planet”, BookTok has helped readers all over the world to get a grasp on their next pick, many of which are Colleen Hoover novels.
We have rounded up 5 of Colleen Hoover’s most popular books on TikTok; everything from heartfelt romances to psychological thrillers.
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5. All Your Perfects
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Trigger & Content Warnings: Cheating, Self-harm, Depression, Infertility, Miscarriage, Grief and loss depiction
All Your Perfects is a standalone novel that follows Quinn and Graham’s marriage-hanging by a thin thread-of memories and promises from the past. Set in a dual timeline of past and present, it gives a raw, honest perspective on an imperfect marriage of seven years threatened by infertility and infidelity. From a perfect beginning to the face of adversity, Quinn and Graham must now confront their fears and insecurities in order to save their crumbling marriage.
4. November 9
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Trigger & Content Warnings: Cheating, Burn scars, Grief and loss depiction, Death
Twist after twist after twist. Former teen actress Fallon finds herself in a unique relationship with aspiring writer Ben the day before she moves out of Los Angeles. This monumental encounter ignites an unexpected spark of inspiration for Ben’s novel from Fallon’s eventful history. Their love affair turns into a complex circle after they agree to meet every year on November 9 — each year older and red strings slowly untangle.
3. Ugly Love
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Trigger & Content Warnings: Depictions of explicit sex, emotional manipulation, violence
What is a love affair without the past and future? When Tate Collins meets Miles Archer passed out in front of her brother’s apartment, it is definitely not love at first sight — far from it —but the irresistible attraction between the two of them leads to a perfect casual arrangement. A suitable agreement tailor-made for two people not ready for love; no asking for the past nor expecting a future of any kind. Ugly Love alternates between Tate’s point of view in the present and Mile’s set six years from the past.
2. Verity
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Trigger & Content Warnings: Abortion, Child Violence, and Murder
Far from Colleen Hoover’s usual romance fare, this psychological thriller is considered one of the most disturbing and graphic books and should be read with discretion. Verity focuses on the life of struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Tasked with completing the last three novels of the bestselling book series of injured author Verity Crawford, Lowen moves temporarily into Verity and her husbands home, where she discovers more than she bargained for.
1. It Ends With Us
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Trigger & Content Warnings: Domestic Violence, Abuse, Death, Sexual Assault, and PTSD/Depression related themes.
Last, but absolutely, certainly not least, is Colleen Hoover’s most popular book and soon-to-be motion picture —It Ends With Us. Followers claim the book is one of the most raw, honest, and heart-on-the-sleeve novels in existence. Caught between the past and future, Lily Bloom grows up watching her mother be abused by her father. She has just moved and is determined to start anew when she meets Ryle Kincaid on a rooftop deck the day of her father’s funeral.
Their exchange of naked truths leave both very interested, but it becomes clear that they have different aims when it comes to relationships. However, over time they become closer and everything seems perfect…almost too perfect. With a twist of fate, an incident between them brings up memories from Lily’s past, and she must decide once and for all how she wants to live her life.
While not always pretty, Colleen Hoover continues to dominate the BookTok space, and can be found on all major bookstore shelves. Love them or hate them, there’s no denying that Hoover’s books have taken the literary world by storm, and this phenomenon doesn’t appear to be slowing down any time soon.
