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Sep 2023
32m 31s

Colleen Hoover: "Make Every Book Better ...

TODAY, Jenna Bush Hager
About this episode

Colleen Hoover is a publishing phenomenon. While she didn’t necessarily set out for fame, she has achieved literary super-stardom, becoming one of the bestselling authors in the world and the top-selling author in the United States. In 2022, she outsold the Bible. She continues to dominate the New York Times bestseller list week after week, thanks to her passionate and dedicated following of fans, known as “CoHorts”. Hoover sat down with Jenna Bush Hager at her “Book Bonanza” charity event in Texas to talk about her lifelong love of writing, the anticipated movie adaptation of her novel "It Ends With Us," and how readers have resonated with her books on this episode of Read with Jenna. 

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