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Space Struck
Gives language to the overwhelming anxiety I'm feeling. - John Green
Paige Lewis
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Fly on the Wall
Brilliant feminist reworking of Kafka's metamorphosis. - John Green
E. Lockhart
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
Maybe the most important novel about American religion. - John Green
Willa Cather
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City of Light, City of Poison
A history book that reads like a thriller. - John Green
Holly Tucker
1
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Boy Proof
Haunting and beautiful story of this outcast girl. - John Green
Cecil Castellucci
1
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Immune
Fascinating. - John Green
Philipp Dettmer
2
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Round Ireland with a Fridge
One of the funniest things I've ever read. - John Green
Tony Hawks
1
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The Last Summer of Reason
About a bookstore owner who lives in a country overtaken by extremists who believe that art is evil. - John Green
Tahar Djaout
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The General in His Labyrinth
[Gets] better every time I read [it]. - John Green
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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City of Thorns
Follows a handful of refugees over the course of many years living in Dadaab refugee camp. - John Green
Ben Rawlence
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Kendra
[The author's first book] is more famous. I like this one just as much. - John Green
Coe Booth
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The Man Who Couldn't Stop
A good place to start [to learn more about obsessive-compulsive disorder]. - John Green
David Adam
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The Enormous Room
I don't know why this isn't famous. - John Green
E. E. Cummings
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Thirsty
Surprisingly brilliant vampire novel. - John Green
M.T. Anderson
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The Water Will Come
A thriller in which the hero in peril is us. - John Green
Jeff Goodell
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Counting Descent
[To quote the book,] I have always used words to try to convince the world that I am worth something. - John Green
Clint Smith
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Leaving Atlanta
Great. - John Green
Tayari Jones
1
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Piecing Me Together
Genuinely changed the way I think about the role art plays in human life. - John Green
Renée Watson
1
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Tender and generous to the reader. - John Green
Benjamin Alire Saenz
1
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The Pox Party
One of the best novels of the past decade. - John Green
M.T. Anderson
1
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My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
Captures the true boundlessness of love and the absolute heartbreak of loss. - John Green
Jason B. Rosenthal
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The Hate U Give
I truly believe will be remembered as a classic of our time. - John Green
Angie Thomas
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Why Fish Don't Exist
I love this book so much. - John Green
Lulu Miller
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The Cholera Years
Shows how 1832 annd 2020 are not so different. - John Green
Charles E. Rosenberg
1
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You Are an Artist
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
Sarah Urist Green
1
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Tyrell
[The author's] first book. - John Green
Coe Booth
1
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A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
[The author's] brilliant second novel. - John Green
Hank Green
1
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Little Fires Everywhere
Just brilliant. - John Green
Celeste Ng
3
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This Bloody Mary Is The Last Thing I Own
My favorite boxing book ever. - John Green
Jonathan Rendall
1
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Playing the Moldovans at Tennis
Excellent. - John Green
Tony Hawks
1
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The Optimist's Daughter
The best book by one of the best 20th Century writers. - John Green
Eudora Welty
1
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The Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green
Great coming of age novel. - John Green
Joshua Braff
1
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Ordinary Beast
I really need poetry right now, like [this] beautiful book. - John Green
Nicole Sealey
1
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The Untelling
Captures the precariousness of working-class life. - John Green
Tayari Jones
1
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Show Way
One of my all-time favorite picture books. - John Green
Jacqueline Woodson
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One of Us
By far the best nonfiction book ever written about conjoined twins. - John Green
Alice Domurat Dreger
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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
Inspired an early vlog brothers video. - John Green
Mark Zwonitzer
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The Inexplicable Logic of My Life
Might be my favorite [book by this author]. - John Green
Benjamin Alire Saenz
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Sula
[Gets] better every time I read [it]. - John Green
Toni Morrison
2
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Calling a Wolf a Wolf
Brilliant. - John Green
Kaveh Akbar
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I Am Still Alive
I reread to ease my anxiety. - John Green
Kate Alice Marshall
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Regarding the Pain of Others
Hugely influential. - John Green
Susan Sontag
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This Blinding Absence of Light
A little intense, but it's really really good. - John Green
Tahar Ben Jelloun
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The King Is Always Above the People
His stories still astonish me with their precision and their power. - John Green
Daniel Alarcón
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The Golden Rule
Has been huge to us in talking to Henry about imagining how other people are feeling. - John Green
Ilene Cooper
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We Are Okay
A poetic meditation on loss that took me right back to those last days of adolescence. - John Green
Nina LaCour
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