Books like Ugly Love

Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover reads as emotional, bittersweet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Then She Was Gone

Lisa Jewell · 2017

Shares the academia + grief thread

69% genome match

Confess

Colleen Hoover · 2015

Both explore secrets & heartbreak

80% genome match

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren · 2018

Shares the grief thread

76% genome match

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

Shares the grief thread

70% genome match

Me Before You

Jojo Moyes · 2012

Shares the grief thread

83% genome match

Looking for Alaska

John Green · 2005

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks · 1996

Shares the grief thread

70% genome match

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera · 2017

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

Love Story

Erich Segal · 1970

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

One True Loves

Taylor Jenkins Reid · 2016

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

Dear Edward

Ann Napolitano · 2020

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

The Virgin Suicides

Jeffrey Eugenides

Shares the academia + grief thread

69% genome match