John Green is a bestselling author best known for novels like The Fault in Our Stars. Beyond writing, he actively curates and recommends books across diverse genres, from memoirs to science writing, sharing thoughtful reading recommendations with a wide audience.
46 Books Recommended by John Green
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I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time.
I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time.
I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time.
Also recommended by: Melinda Gates, Gretchen Rubin, Jennifer Lopez
The Water Will Come
2 people recommendedA thriller in which the hero in peril is us.
Also recommended by: Stewart Brand
Immune
2 people recommendedrecommended 2xFascinating.
Fascinating.
Also recommended by: Tim Urban
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
recommended 3x[The author's] brilliant second novel.
[The author's] brilliant second novel.
[The author's] brilliant second novel.
My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
Captures the true boundlessness of love and the absolute heartbreak of loss.
You Are an Artist
recommended 3xHas been a real balm amid the fear, helping me to pay closer attention while making stuff for and with people I love.
Has been a real balm amid the fear, helping me to pay closer attention while making stuff for and with people I love.
Has been a real balm amid the fear, helping me to pay closer attention while making stuff for and with people I love.
The Cholera Years
recommended 3xShows how 1832 annd 2020 are not so different.
Shows how 1832 annd 2020 are not so different.
Shows how 1832 annd 2020 are not so different.
The General in His Labyrinth
recommended 3x[Gets] better every time I read [it].
[Gets] better every time I read [it].
[Gets] better every time I read [it].
Ordinary Beast
recommended 3xI really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book.
I really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book.
I really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
recommended 3xTender and generous to the reader.
Tender and generous to the reader.
Tender and generous to the reader.
We Are Okay
A poetic meditation on loss that took me right back to those last days of adolescence.
Piecing Me Together
recommended 3xGenuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life.
Genuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life.
Genuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life.
The King Is Always Above the People
recommended 3xHis stories still astonish me with their precision and their power.
His stories still astonish me with their precision and their power.
His stories still astonish me with their precision and their power.
Counting Descent
recommended 3x[To quote the book,] I have always used words to try to convince the world that I am worth something.
[To quote the book,] I have always used words to try to convince the world that I am worth something.
[To quote the book,] I have always used words to try to convince the world that I am worth something.
City of Thorns
recommended 3xFollows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp.
Follows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp.
Follows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp.
One of Us
recommended 3xBy far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins.
By far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins.
By far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins.
The Pox Party
recommended 3xOne of the best novels of the past decade.
One of the best novels of the past decade.
One of the best novels of the past decade.
Boy Proof
recommended 3xHaunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl.
Haunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl.
Haunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl.
The Golden Rule
recommended 2xHas been huge to us in talking to Henry about imagining how other people are feeling.
Has been huge to us in talking to Henry about imagining how other people are feeling.
Show Way
recommended 2xOne of my all-time favorite picture books.
One of my all-time favorite picture books.
The Enormous Room
recommended 3xI don't know why this isn't famous.
I don't know why this isn't famous.
I don't know why this isn't famous.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
recommended 3xMaybe the most important novel about American religion.
Maybe the most important novel about American religion.
Maybe the most important novel about American religion.
Tyrell
recommended 3x[The author's] first book.
[The author's] first book.
[The author's] first book.
The Last Summer of Reason
recommended 2xAbout a bookstore owner who lives in a country overtaken by extremists who believe that art is evil.
About a bookstore owner who lives in a country overtaken by extremists who believe that art is evil.