# Icebreaker

> A BookTok hockey romance sold 423,800 US print copies in the first half of 2024.

- Owner: Hannah Grace
- Kind: Book
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2022-08-23
- Peak date: 2026-09-28
- Spread Score: 34 (Niche, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Platform jump, Press loop, Response chain, Controversy, Underdog

## Summary

Hannah Grace self-published Icebreaker in August 2022. TikTok recommendations preceded republication and sustained paperback sales. Netflix ordered a series in June 2026; its September casting news produced the largest daily GDELT press count.

## Timeline

- 2022-08-23 — Hannah Grace / Pig & Bear Publishing (Open web) — Hannah Grace self-published Icebreaker through Pig & Bear Publishing.
- 2022-11-22 — Simon & Schuster (Open web) — Simon & Schuster published its edition of Icebreaker.
- 2022-12-26 — Nad’s Book Nook (Open web) — Nad’s Book Nook reviewed Icebreaker after discovering it through TikTok recommendations.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/developers).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/icebreaker-hannah-grace

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Icebreaker.” Case HIS-00770. Spread Score v1.2: 34/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00770