#133 in Romance
It Ends with Us
- 384
- Pages
- about 7 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 146 weeks on the list, peaked at #1
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Editor’s note Colleen Hoover drew on her mother’s experience of domestic violence, which she explains in an afterword; the book is marketed as romance, but its core is abuse, and readers should know that before starting. Published in 2016, it became a TikTok phenomenon around 2020. It Starts with Us (2022) continues the story, and the 2024 film stars Blake Lively.
About the book
It Ends with Us is a romance novel by Colleen Hoover, published by Atria Books on August 2, 2016. The story follows florist Lily Bloom, whose abusive relationship with neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid is compounded when her high school boyfriend Atlas Corrigan re-enters her life. It explores themes of domestic violence and emotional abuse. Based on the relationship between her mother and father, Hoover described it as "the hardest book I've ever written".
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 2,356 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 94% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Romance average of 7.6 barely moves it.
The rating sources disagree by more than a point, so the score leans more on the category average than usual.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.4 | 1.1K | 45% |
| Google Books | 9.0 | 14 | 1% |
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 1.3K | 55% |
Frequently asked
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It has 384 pages — shorter than 60% of the ranked books in Romance.
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