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Grade B20 sourcesHIS-00695

Things We Never Got Over

Book · 2022 · Niche

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A self-published romance became a BookTok hit; its publisher claimed 1.6 million sales.

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Numbers

Peak date
Week of Jan 23, 2023
Jan 12 ’22 to Week of Jan 23, 2023
Platforms
5
Started on Retail
Origin
Seeded
Entertainment

Mechanics

  • Platform jumpPrimary
  • Press loop
  • Maker origin
  • Pairing
  • Controversy

How it spread

Trace the origin

Lucy Score released the romance in January 2022; TikTok recommendations preceded Hodder’s acquisition and bookstore editions. BookScan recorded more than 330,000 US print sales that year. Prime Video ordered a TV adaptation in 2026.

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Timeline (16)

  1. January 2022

    Lucy Score / That’s What She Said Publishing seed · Jan 12 ’22

    Lucy Score released Things We Never Got Over, the first Knockemout novel.[1][2]

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  2. June 2022

    The Bookseller platform jump · Jun 21 ’22

    The Bookseller reported that the novel had become a TikTok sensation.[3]

  3. The Bookseller press · Jun 21 ’22

    The Bookseller reported Hodder & Stoughton’s acquisition of the novel.[3]

Origin
Seeded
Sector
Entertainment
Region
US
Reported figure
—
Evidence
Grade B

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Retail · 2023

38
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1M sold

Lapse (2023 relaunch)

App stores · 2023

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Lapse social photo-journal screens supplied with its funding announcement.

$0 revenue

Assistant to the Villain

Retail · 2023

25
Assistant to the Villain

97.6K sold

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Google searchesNov ’21Apr ’22AugDecApr ’23OctJun ’24DecJun ’25Apr ’26SepDecPeakRetailTikTokPressYouTubeOpen web
RetailTikTokPressYouTubeOpen web

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  1. January 2022

    Lucy Score / That’s What She Said Publishing seed · Jan 12 ’22

    Lucy Score released Things We Never Got Over, the first Knockemout novel.[1][2]

    things-we-never-got-over
    Open the first post ↗

  2. June 2022

    The Bookseller platform jump · Jun 21 ’22

    The Bookseller reported that the novel had become a TikTok sensation.[3]

  3. The Bookseller press · Jun 21 ’22

    The Bookseller reported Hodder & Stoughton’s acquisition of the novel.[3]

  1. commercial · Jul 4 ’22

  2. platform jump · Jul 12 ’22

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