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
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
City of Thorns
Ben Rawlence
Source: "Follows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp." - John Green
1 recommender
Anastasia Krupnik (9 books)
Lois Lowry
Source: "[These] books meant so, so much to me when I was a kid--and still do." - John Green
1 recommender
The Golden Rule
Ilene Cooper
Source: "Has been huge to us in talking to Henry about imagining how other people are feeling." - John Green
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
Piecing Me Together
Renée Watson
Source: "Genuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life." - John Green
1 recommender
We Are Okay
Nina LaCour
Source: "A poetic meditation on loss that took me right back to those last days of adolescence." - John Green
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give, Book 1
Angie Thomas
Source: "I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time." - John Green
4 recommenders
1 recommender
One of Us
Alice Domurat Dreger
Source: "By far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins." - John Green
1 recommender
The King Is Always Above the People
Stories
Daniel Alarcón
Source: "His stories still astonish me with their precision and their power." - John Green
1 recommender
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Willa Cather
Source: "Maybe the most important novel about American religion." - John Green
1 recommender
Space Struck
Paige Lewis
Source: "Gives language to the overwhelming anxiety I'm feeling." - John Green
1 recommender
The Optimist's Daughter
Eudora Welty
Source: "The best book by one of the best 20th Century writers." - John Green
1 recommender
Fly on the Wall
How One Girl Saw Everything
E. Lockhart
Source: "Brilliant feminist reworking of Kafka's metamorphosis." - John Green
1 recommender
Ordinary Beast
Poems
Nicole Sealey
Source: "I really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book." - John Green
1 recommender
Round Ireland with a Fridge
Tony Hawks
Source: "One of the funniest things I've ever read." - John Green
1 recommender
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Source: "Tender and generous to the reader." - John Green
1 recommender
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
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
2 recommenders
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
1 recommender
This Blinding Absence of Light
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Source: "A little intense, but it's really really good." - John Green
1 recommender
1 recommender
The General in His Labyrinth
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Source: "[Gets] better every time I read [it]." - John Green
1 recommender
2 recommenders
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
1 recommender
Boy Proof
Cecil Castellucci
Source: "Haunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl." - John Green
1 recommender
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
1 recommender
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1 recommender
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Benjamin Alire Saenz
Source: "Might be my favorite [book by this author]." - John Green
1 recommender
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
The Carls, Book 2
Hank Green
Source: "[The author's] brilliant second novel." - John Green
1 recommender
The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green
Joshua Braff
Source: "Great coming of age novel." - John Green
1 recommender
1 recommenderThis Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own
Jonathan Rendall
Source: "My favorite boxing book ever." - John Green
1 recommender- 1 recommender
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
1 recommender
1 recommender
Immune
A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
Philipp Dettmer
Source: "Fascinating." - John Green
2 recommenders
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1 recommender
101 books
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