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It Ends with Us is a romance novel by Colleen Hoover, published by Atria Books on August 2, 2016. It is based on the relationship between Hoover's mother and father. Hoover described it in 2016 as "the hardest book I've ever written." As of 2019, the novel had sold over a million copies worldwide and been translated into over twenty languages.
A sequel titled It Starts with Us was published in October 2022.
In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews wrote, "The relationships are portrayed with compassion and honesty" and concluded that the novel "powerfully illustrates the devastation of abuse—and the strength of the survivors."
The novel won the 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Romance.
In 2021, the novel–and Hoover's works overall–experienced a surge in popularity due to attention from the #BookTok community on TikTok. In January 2022, It Ends with Us debuted at #1 on The New York Times best sellers list. It was #1 on the Publishers Weekly adult list and #1 overall in the first six months of 2022, selling a total of 925,221 units.
