The Best Colleen Hoover Audiobooks To Discover

Whether you’re new to her work or a certified CoHort, this handy guide to author Colleen Hoover's bestselling series and standalone novels has everything you need to find your next listen.

More than a decade since her first novel debuted on the New York Times bestseller list, author, philanthropist, Goodreads Choice Award winner, and TikTok #BookTok queen Colleen Hoover continues to top bestseller lists worldwide in both print and audio. CoHo, as her huge fanbase affectionately calls her, is a self-proclaimed “professional make-believer” who combines compelling and relatable characters with complex themes. Hoover’s intense romances, in particular, keep her fans (the “CoHorts”) reaching for her next book before they’ve finished the last. The American author has written some of the best romance and young adult fiction books in recent years that you can now listen to here in audio format.

Warning: spoilers ahead!

Breakdown of Colleen Hoover Series:

Over her decade-long career, Colleen has penned close to 30 novels, novellas, and anthologies. While most are standalone, 13 are categorized in the following series:

Slammed

A Novel

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Heidi Baker

Series: Slammed, Book 1

Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins

Release date: 2022-09-20

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

The Slammed series is about first love, focusing on a troubled young couple. Slammed, Colleen’s debut novel, starts the story of Layken and Will, who meet when they become neighbours.

Layken’s father died suddenly, leaving her to gather every ounce of strength to prevent her family’s world from falling apart. She doesn’t think she can go on — until she meets Will. As the series continues and revelations surface, Layken decides she wants to know everything about Will, even if he wants to keep painful memories of the past in the past, where they belong.

Point of Retreat continues Layken and Will’s story, as a revelation about Will’s past leaves the pair questioning everything and tests how far they are willing to go for their relationship. This Girl: A Novel concludes the Slammed series with Will finally beginning to open up about his past.
Hopeless

A Novel

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Angela Goethals

Series: Hopeless, Book 1

Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins

Release date: 2013-05-29

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 240 ratings

The Hopeless series starts with Sky, a senior in high school, and Dean Holder, whose promiscuous reputation rivals her. From their first encounter in Hopeless, Dean captivates and terrifies her. Sky is determined to stay away from Holder, but his unwavering pursuit and enigmatic smile shatter her defences. But the mysterious Holder has been keeping secrets of his own. Once they are revealed, Sky is changed forever — and her ability to trust may be a casualty of the truth. Only by confronting these stark revelations can Sky and Holder hope to heal their emotional scars and find a way to love without boundaries. In Losing Hope, past events haunt Holder, and guilt and remorse overshadow his life.

In Finding Cinderella, a chance encounter leads 18-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But their love has one condition: they agree it will last only one hour. When the hour is up, and the girl rushes off like Cinderella, Daniel tries to convince himself that what happened between them only seems to work because they are pretending. One year and one bad relationship later, his disbelief in fairy tale love at first sight strips away when he meets Six, a girl with a strange name and an even stranger personality.

All Your Perfects is a New York Times bestseller that celebrates two imperfect people and cautions against believing in an ideal marriage. The love Graham and Quinn shared is messy, beautiful, and filled to the brim with hope.

Finding Perfect is told from Daniel’s (Finding Cinderella) POV, as he and Six are on holiday break after their first semester in college together. Other characters in the series find their way into the nine-chapter novella, giving listeners the conclusion they’ve been hoping for.As a note, Colleen recommends listening to All Your Perfects and Finding Perfect right after the Hopeless series so that the final novella makes sense.

Content warning: The Hopeless series contains sensitive themes, including child abuse, incest, and suicide.
Maybe Someday

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

Series: Maybe (Hoover), Book 1

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Release date: 2014-03-18

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 176 ratings

The Maybe series tells the story of two couples whose relationships are complex. In Maybe Someday, Sydney is living her life to the fullest — until she finds her boyfriend cheating. Sydney becomes captivated by Ridge, her mysterious guitar-playing neighbour. They realize that there’s something between them they can’t ignore.

In Maybe Not, Sydney and Ridge’s relationship continues in the background while we zoom in on Ridge’s roommate, Warren. When the chance to have a woman roommate arrives, Warren jumps at it, hoping for an exciting change. Instead, he gets the distant and often temperamental Bridgette, who can’t stand to be in the same room as Warren. Still, he theorizes that there’s more to Bridgette than her cold, calculating ways. Is Warren right?

At the start of Maybe Now, the series closer, we find that one couple is thriving and the other is not. Sydney and Ridge’s relationship is struggling, complicated by jealousy and illness. When Ridge’s old friend Maggie comes to terms with the fact that she doesn’t have long to live, she keeps him updated on her adventures as she checks off her bucket list — while Sydney grows increasingly suspicious about their friendship.

Warning: The Maybe series is recommended for mature readers.
It Ends with Us

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Olivia Song

Series: It Ends with Us, Book 1

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Release date: 2016-08-02

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,648 ratings

It Ends with Us is one of the most celebrated Colleen Hoover book series. It introduces Lily, a woman in her early twenties who has never had it easy.

Growing up in small-town Maine, though her family wasn’t exactly poor, she has always had to work for everything she ever wanted. After graduating from college, Lily moved to the big city of Boston and started her flower shop. There she meets and falls for Ryle, a thriving neurosurgeon determined to be the best in his field. The two fall for each other fast and hard, with things seeming almost too good to be true.

As their relationship pushes forward, Lily looks back at her first love, Atlas. When Atlas reappears in Lily's life, her relationship with Ryle begins to spiral, leaving Lily torn by difficult circumstances and the ultimate question of whether she should stay or go.

It Starts with Us picks up right where It Ends with Us left off. This second-chance romance is a dual POV of Atlas and Lily, teenage sweethearts who lost touch after Atlas left for the military. As they find themselves at the right place and time in their lives, both work at navigating their relationship while also dealing with Ryle, Lily's very complicated ex.

Warning: It Ends with Us contains sensitive themes, including domestic violence, sexual abuse, and suicide.
Never Never: Part One

Written by: Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher

Narrated by: Kevin Free, Elizabeth Evans

Series: Never Never, Book 1

Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins

Release date: 2015-08-11

Language: English

3.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings

The Never Never novellas are co-authored by CoHo’s best friend, bestselling author Tarryn Fisher.

In Never Never: Part One, we are introduced to Charlie and Silas, childhood best friends turned lovers, who mysteriously lose their memory. As if being a teenager isn’t hard enough, the two must puzzle their pasts back together in a race against time. Neither can remember anything before a moment in their history class that morning. And neither is sure if the other is experiencing the same thing.

In Never Never: Part Two, secrets are discovered, and it becomes more apparent that things between Charlie and Silas weren’t as they seemed. Both were keeping secrets, and both are now questioning their relationship. When Charlie goes missing, will Silas drop everything to find her?

The final installment, Never Never: Part Three, has Silas remembering the last few days, which is just enough to get to the bottom of this strange illness. As the clock winds down, will Charlie and Silas reconcile and restore who they once were?

Ugly Love

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Grace Grant, Deacon Lee

Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins

Release date: 2014-08-05

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 885 ratings

Ugly Love is a novel about second chances and finding the way through heartbreak so the heart and soul can learn to live and love again. The story unfolds from the dual perspectives of the two protagonists, Tate and Miles. Tate’s POV is set in the present and shows how she meets Miles and falls in love with him. Miles’s perspective goes back six years into the past and recounts his first relationship, which broke his heart and turned him away from the idea of love forever. Even though they have palpable chemistry, Miles has two rules for Tate: Never ask about the past. Don’t expect a future. Can their arrangement remain just an arrangement? Or will their love story get ugly again?
November 9

A Novel

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Zachary Webber, Angela Goethals

Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins

Release date: 2015-11-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 711 ratings

When they each are 18, Fallon, an aspiring actress, meets Ben, an aspiring writer, under unique circumstances: it's the day before Fallon moves from L.A. to NYC to pursue her dreams. In the brief time they spend together, Fallon and Ben find that they share more than a connection. They share their hopes and dreams and maybe a kiss or two.

November 9 turns out to be the best day. As they unknowingly provide each other with the confidence and motivation to take charge of their lives, Fallon and Ben part ways and promise to make their dreams happen. Over time and after various setbacks, triumphs, and heartbreaks in their separate lives, they meet on the same date every year.

Then on November 9, Fallon finds herself wondering about Ben’s motivation. Has he been fabricating the best day, year after year, for unsavoury reasons?
Confess

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Elizabeth Louise, Sebastian York

Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins

Release date: 2015-03-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings

Confess is a novel about risking everything for love — and finding the heart somewhere between the truth and lies. It’s also an adapted TV series available on Amazon Prime.

At 21, Auburn has already lost so much and is struggling to make ends meet. Faced with an impossible situation, she walks into a Dallas art studio hoping for a job and finds herself drawn to Owen, the studio’s enigmatic artist. As their relationship develops, Auburn suspects that Owen has secrets of his own. When the magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it. But will she be able to?

The last thing Owen wants is to lose Auburn, but he can’t seem to convince her that truth is sometimes as subjective as art. To save their relationship, all he has to do is confess. If only the confession weren’t much more destructive than the actual sin.
Without Merit

A Novel

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton

Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins

Release date: 2017-10-03

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 39 ratings

Without Merit is the story of a teenager struggling with depression who learns the importance of family, self-love, and the power of the truth.

Merit Voss is part of a highly complicated blended family whose members seem indifferent to her presence. She observes her family as if she’s on the outside while keeping all their secrets inside. Merit gradually stops going to school, begins to sleep during the day, and grows increasingly angry at her family situation.

After a chance meeting, she finds solace in an intriguing boy named Sagan — who happens to be dating Merit’s twin sister, Honor. No matter how hard she tries, Merit can’t escape her family. Will she allow herself to get the help she needs?
Verity

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Vanessa Johansson, Amy Landon

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Release date: 2019-05-07

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 4,153 ratings

A psychological thriller, Verity presents readers with an unforgettable series of events across its plot.

A struggling writer, Lowen Ashleigh is thrilled to get a job ghostwriting for Verity Crawford, a bestselling author who has been seriously injured and is unable to complete the remaining books in her popular series. While sorting through the author's notes, she finds an unfinished autobiography that startles her with spine-tingling details about Verity's life, including the night of her accident.

At the same time, Lowen develops feelings for the man who hired her — Verity’s husband, Jeremy — and strange things confuse and scare her. As her feelings intensify, Lowen begins to wonder: if Jeremy were to read Verity's words and learn the horrifying truth, would he be able to remain devoted to his wife?
Regretting You

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Tanya Eby, Lauren Ezzo

Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins

Release date: 2019-12-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 223 ratings

Regretting You explores grief, loss, betrayal, anger, angst, retribution, parenting woes, and rebellion.

Morgan will do anything to protect her daughter. That includes stopping Clara from repeating the mistakes she made as a teen. Clara knows that her mom's life is not the life she wants for herself, and she has different hopes and dreams. With Morgan and Clara's warring personalities and conflicting goals, there's only one peacemaker in the house: Clara's dad, Chris.

When tragedy strikes, Morgan and Clara must learn to support each other. But can they? When Morgan reaches out for a man she shouldn’t, Clara retaliates and indulges in her forbidden romantic adventure.
Heart Bones

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Angela Goethals

Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins

Release date: 2020-11-10

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 323 ratings

With an addict for a mother and a father she barely knows, Beyah has been on her own. Every day consists of finding ways to fend for herself and get out of her small, dead-end town. She has a plan: she must make it through the summer.

But when a tragedy suddenly leaves her with nowhere else to go, Beyah resorts to her only option: her father. She’s resigned to spending the rest of her summer with a stranger on a peninsula in Texas. That is until she meets Samson. He is independent and quiet and spends his time taking photos, turning the saddest pictures into intriguing works of art.

After an awkward first encounter, Beyah and Samson unexpectedly find themselves as neighbours and get to know one another. It's hard to ignore their intense connection. Yet a rip current is coming, and it may be strong enough to break Beyah's Heart Bones.
Layla

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Brian Pallino

Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins

Release date: 2020-12-08

Language: English

4 out of 5 stars 302 ratings

A blend of romance, mystery, and the paranormal, Layla follows a young couple who instantly fall in love. When Leeds first encounters Layla, he knows she is the woman he wants to grow old with. However, their relationship faces the ultimate test not long after it begins.

A terrifying incident sends Layla to the hospital. She recovers physically but is left damaged. Seeking to heal the woman he loves and renew their bond, Leeds plans a romantic getaway to the bed-and-breakfast where they met. Soon after they arrive, Layla becomes unsettled, and her behaviour grows increasingly erratic. Through sharing his concerns, Leeds finds solace in another B&B guest, Willow, who has her challenges.

Before long, Leeds must grapple with a difficult choice. Which woman will he risk everything to help and protect?
Reminders of Him

A Novel

Written by: Colleen Hoover

Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Ryan West

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Release date: 2022-01-18

Language: English

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,212 ratings

Reminders of Him is an agonizing story of redemption. A young mother, Kenna, has recently been released from prison after serving five years for making a terrible error of judgment. She experiences stiff opposition, strong opinions, and rejection at her homecoming. But this will not stop Kenna from trying everything she can to reunite with her 4-year-old daughter.

The road to acceptance and forgiveness is tough, especially when the people closest to her child are doing everything in their power to shut Kenna out. When Ledger, a local bar owner, offers Kenna the compassion, understanding, and love she deserves, she begins to have hope.

But when she receives an ultimatum involving her daughter, Kenna faces a heart-wrenching choice. Will she ever be able to escape from her past and find happiness again?

Reminders of Him keeps listeners gripped and feeling for its characters through the dual narration of Brittany Pressley and Ryan West. This novel packs such an emotional punch that it should come with tissues for the inevitable tears.