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John Green Book Recommendations (46 Books)

John Green is an American author and YouTube content creator.

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Books Recommended by John Green

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You Are an Artist

Assignments to Spark Creation

Sarah Urist Green

Source: "Has been a real balm amid the fear, helping me to pay closer attention while making stuff for and with people I love." - John Green

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The Last Summer of Reason

Tahar Djaout

Source: "About a bookstore owner who lives in a country overtaken by extremists who believe that art is evil." - John Green

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City of Thorns

Ben Rawlence

Source: "Follows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp." - John Green

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The Golden Rule

Ilene Cooper

Source: "Has been huge to us in talking to Henry about imagining how other people are feeling." - John Green

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Counting Descent

Clint Smith

Source: "[To quote the book,] I have always used words to try to convince the world that I am worth something." - John Green

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Piecing Me Together

Renée Watson

Source: "Genuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life." - John Green

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We Are Okay

Nina LaCour

Source: "A poetic meditation on loss that took me right back to those last days of adolescence." - John Green

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My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me

A Memoir

Jason B. Rosenthal

Source: "Captures the true boundlessness of love and the absolute heartbreak of loss." - John Green

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The Man Who Couldn't Stop

OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

David Adam

Source: "A good place to start [to learn more about obsessive-compulsive disorder]." - John Green

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The Hate U Give

Source: "I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time." - John Green

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Kendra

Coe Booth

Source: "[The author's first book] is more famous. I like this one just as much." - John Green

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One of Us

Alice Domurat Dreger

Source: "By far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins." - John Green

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The King Is Always Above the People

Stories

Daniel Alarcón

Source: "His stories still astonish me with their precision and their power." - John Green

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Death Comes for the Archbishop

Willa Cather

Source: "Maybe the most important novel about American religion." - John Green

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Space Struck

Paige Lewis

Source: "Gives language to the overwhelming anxiety I'm feeling." - John Green

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The Optimist's Daughter

Eudora Welty

Source: "The best book by one of the best 20th Century writers." - John Green

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Fly on the Wall

How One Girl Saw Everything

E. Lockhart

Source: "Brilliant feminist reworking of Kafka's metamorphosis." - John Green

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Ordinary Beast

Poems

Nicole Sealey

Source: "I really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book." - John Green

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Round Ireland with a Fridge

Tony Hawks

Source: "One of the funniest things I've ever read." - John Green

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Source: "Tender and generous to the reader." - John Green

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The Untelling

Tayari Jones

Source: "Captures the precariousness of working-class life." - John Green

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The Pox Party

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing Traitor to the Nation, Book 1

M.T. Anderson

Source: "One of the best novels of the past decade." - John Green

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The Water Will Come

Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World

Jeff Goodell

Source: "A thriller in which the hero in peril is us." - John Green

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The Cholera Years

The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866

Charles E. Rosenberg

Source: "Shows how 1832 annd 2020 are not so different." - John Green

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This Blinding Absence of Light

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Source: "A little intense, but it's really really good." - John Green

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Show Way

Jacqueline Woodson

Source: "One of my all-time favorite picture books." - John Green

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The General in His Labyrinth

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Source: "[Gets] better every time I read [it]." - John Green

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Sula

Source: "[Gets] better every time I read [it]." - John Green

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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

The Carter Family & Their Legacy in American Music

Mark Zwonitzer

Source: "Inspired an early vlog brothers video." - John Green

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Boy Proof

Cecil Castellucci

Source: "Haunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl." - John Green

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City of Light, City of Poison

Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris

Holly Tucker

Source: "A history book that reads like a thriller." - John Green

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I Am Still Alive

Kate Alice Marshall

Source: "I reread to ease my anxiety." - John Green

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Thirsty

M.T. Anderson

Source: "Surprisingly brilliant vampire novel." - John Green

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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

Benjamin Alire Saenz

Source: "Might be my favorite [book by this author]." - John Green

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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

The Carls, Book 2

Hank Green

Source: "[The author's] brilliant second novel." - John Green

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The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green

Joshua Braff

Source: "Great coming of age novel." - John Green

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The Enormous Room

Joshua Braff

Source: "I don't know why this isn't famous." - John Green

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This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own

Joshua Braff

Source: "My favorite boxing book ever." - John Green

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Tyrell

Coe Booth

Source: "[The author's] first book." - John Green

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Why Fish Don't Exist

A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life

Lulu Miller

Source: "I love this book so much." - John Green

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Regarding the Pain of Others

Susan Sontag

Source: "Hugely influential." - John Green

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Immune

A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive

Philipp Dettmer

Source: "Fascinating." - John Green

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Little Fires Everywhere

Celeste Ng

Source: "Just brilliant." - John Green

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Leaving Atlanta

Tayari Jones

Source: "Great." - John Green

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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis

Tony Hawks

Source: "Excellent." - John Green

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Calling a Wolf a Wolf

Kaveh Akbar

Source: "Brilliant." - John Green

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The Anthropocene Reviewed

Turtles All the Way Down

Shorts & Briefs

The Fault in Our Stars

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Paper Towns

Let It Snow

Three Holiday Romances

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John Green Book Recommendations (46 Books)

You Are an Artist

The Last Summer of Reason

City of Thorns

The Golden Rule

Counting Descent

Piecing Me Together

We Are Okay

My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me

The Man Who Couldn't Stop

The Hate U Give

Kendra

One of Us

The King Is Always Above the People

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Space Struck

The Optimist's Daughter

Fly on the Wall

Ordinary Beast

Round Ireland with a Fridge

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

The Untelling

The Pox Party

The Water Will Come

The Cholera Years

This Blinding Absence of Light

Show Way

The General in His Labyrinth

Sula

Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?

Boy Proof

City of Light, City of Poison

I Am Still Alive

Thirsty

The Inexplicable Logic of My Life

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green

The Enormous Room

This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own

Tyrell

Why Fish Don't Exist

Regarding the Pain of Others

Immune

Little Fires Everywhere

Leaving Atlanta

Playing the Moldovans at Tennis

Calling a Wolf a Wolf

The Anthropocene Reviewed

Turtles All the Way Down

Shorts & Briefs

The Fault in Our Stars

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

Paper Towns

Let It Snow

An Abundance of Katherines

Looking for Alaska

Other Experts

Caroline Paul

Cheryl Strayed

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