How Did She Make $6 Million?

Colleen Hoovers net worth is estimated at $6 million, making her one of the richest American authors. She is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and has sold more than 20 million books. Her books cut across New Adult and Young Adult romance and psychological thriller genres.

Colleen Hoover’s net worth is estimated at $6 million, making her one of the richest American authors. She is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and has sold more than 20 million books. Her books cut across New Adult and Young Adult romance and psychological thriller genres.

She is known for publishing no fewer than 24 books and is most famous for books such as It Ends with Us series (2016 and 2022), All Your Perfects (2018), and Reminders of Him (2022)

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What is Hoover’s Net Worth and How Did She Accumulate it?

The American author’s net worth is $6 million – a net worth that she has recorded from her career as a writer of romance fiction books, novellas, and other business ventures. Here is all to know about how she has made this wealth.

She Earns Majorly from Her Being an Author from 2012

The 1979-born author started writing her debut novel, Slammed in 2011, but did not have the intention of publishing the book.

Nonetheless, she self-published the book in January 2012. The book gained prominence and was also commercially successful.

Slammed reached No. 8 on New York Times Best Seller list only about 8 months after its release.

A month after the release of Slammed, Colleen released the sequel of the book titled Point of Retreat. Again, it generated positive reviews and reached No. 18 on the New York Times Best Seller list.

In January 2013, Colleen’s book Hopeless which she self-published in December 2012 became her first book to reach the No.1 spot on the New York Best Seller. Hopeless became the first self-published novel to become first on the list.

The book enjoyed its first-position glory for three weeks.

She released This Girl in 2013 and a year later, she published a free novella, Finding Cinderella. 

Her career beamed in 2015 when she co-authored Never Never with Tarryn Fisher.

one of her most successful novels, It Ends with Us focused on domestic violence and was released in 2017. It sold over a million copies worldwide, was No. 1 on The New York Times Best Sellers list, and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

The book was made into a series and the second, It starts with Us in 2022.

She has recorded many other books that contributed to both her fame and fortune that by October 2022, she has already sold over 20 million copies.

She has also held not less than 6 of the top 10 spots on the New York Times paperback fiction best seller list.

She Earns From the Sales of Books 

Book sales are a significant source of Colleen’s income. A great number of bookstores both offline and online in different countries have her books on their shelves.

One can shop for her books on Amazon, Barnes Noble, Audible, Bam!, !ndigo, Readings, Angus & Robertson, and Joseph-Beth.

Also, Colleen’s books can be found on her website.

Her Book Has Been Adapted into a Film

Confess, Colleen Hoover’s book has been adapted into a series. The story focuses on a 26-year-old named Auburn Reed.

She lost everything important to her.  Hence, she moved to Los Angeles to start another phase other life. Well, he life changed when she met and fell in love with an artist, Owen Gentry.

The series was released in 2017 in the US and Australia, and Sweden and Canada released it in 2019 and 2021 respectively.

The series features Katie Leclerc, Ryan Cooper, Sherilyn Fenn, Rocky Myers, and Nea Dune.

This has contributed to her $6 million.

She is the Founder of The Bookworm Box

Colleen Hoover and her family founded The Bookworm Box. With this, she has both earned and given back to society.

With it, she provides great reads to customers and also helps indie authors gain exposure.  She also gives 100% of profits to charities.

The Bookworm Box has also attracted several other authors who have donated their books among other things to help people.

What is Colleen Hoover’s Best Selling Book?

It Ends With Us

This is Colleen’s best-selling book at the time of this writing. In 2019 alone, the book sold over a million copies worldwide and has equally been translated into 20 languages.

The book contains 376 pages and it focuses on love, abuse, and family.

In 2022, Colleen released the sequel of the book, It Starts with Us. The book became the American publishing company, Simon & Schuster’s most pre-ordered book of all time.

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Hopeless

This book is another top-selling novel of Hoover. It became her first book to reach the No. 1 spot on New York Times Best Seller.

As earlier mentioned, this 2012 published book also became the first self-published novel to ever top to get to this level.

List of Colleen Hoover's Books that Have Contributed to Her Wealth

  • Reminders of Him (2022)
  • Layla (2020)
  • Heart Bones (2020)
  • Regretting You (2019)
  • Finding Perfect (2019) novella
  • Maybe Now (2018)
  • Without Merit (2017)
  • Too Late (2016)
  • November 9 (2015)
  • Confess (2015)
  • Never Never (2015) three-part novella series with Tarryn Fisher
  • Ugly Love (2014)
  • Maybe Not (2014) novella
  • Maybe Someday (2014)
  • Finding Cinderella (2014) novella
  • Hopeless (2013)
  • This Girl (2013)
  • Point of Retreat (2012)
  • Slammed (2012)

Short Stories

  • A Father’s Kiss from “The Kiss” (An Anthology of Love and Other Close Encounters)”
  • Saint from “One More Step (An Anthology)”
  • The Dress from “Two More Days (An Anthology)

Colleen Hoover's Awards and Nominations

  • Her books Losing Hope, This Girl, Confess, and It Ends With Us won the Goodreads Choice Award in the Romance category in 2013, 2015, and 2016
  • Slammed won a nomination for the Goodreads Choice Awards for Young Adult Fiction (2012)
  • Colleen’s book Maybe Someday was nominated for an UtopYA Con Awards for Most Innovative Marketing (2016)

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