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Books Like Colleen Hoover: 9 Emotional, Hard-to-Put-Down Reads

Colleen Hoover is known for love stories that hit hard and thrillers you can't put down, from It Ends With Us to Verity. If you want the same big feelings, from heartbreaking romance to twisty suspense, these are the books to try next.

Updated October 2026 · 9 hand-picked books

Cover of The Last Letter by Rebecca Yarros

1. The Last Letter

by Rebecca Yarros

A haunting, heartbreaking love story that begins with a letter meant to be read if the writer doesn't make it home. Bring tissues.

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2. Beautiful Disaster

by Jamie McGuire

A good girl is drawn to a very bad boy in the intense, addictive romance that became a New York Times bestselling phenomenon.

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3. Things We Never Got Over

by Lucy Score

A grumpy/sunshine romance set in the small town of Knockemout, Virginia, with plenty of heart, humor and heat.

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4. The Friend Zone

by Abby Jimenez

A slow-burn, hilarious and heartwarming romantic comedy that also tackles serious life topics, from Abby Jimenez.

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5. Say You'll Remember Me

by Abby Jimenez

Abby Jimenez writes funny, emotional, life-affirming love stories, and this one is a #1 New York Times bestseller.

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Cover of Before We Were Strangers by Renée Carlino

6. Before We Were Strangers

by Renée Carlino

A Craigslist missed-connection post gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City.

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7. Twisted Love

by Ana Huang

A steamy new adult romance from BookTok favorite Ana Huang, with an icy hero who would burn the world for her.

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8. The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

For readers who loved Verity: a woman shoots her husband and then never speaks again, in a Hitchcock-style psychological thriller.

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9. The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden

Another twisty favorite from Freida McFadden, with a jaw-dropping reveal that readers who like Colleen Hoover's thrillers tend to love.

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