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John Green

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John Green is an American novelist, essayist, and nonfiction author. His work includes contemporary young adult novels, collaborative fiction, reference books, essays, and nonfiction about tuberculosis. He is the author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, The Anthropocene Reviewed, and Everything is Tuberculosis, and co-authored Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances and Will Grayson, Will Grayson. He also co-edited and contributed to several Mental Floss reference books. Green co-created the educational media company Complexly and the YouTube channels Vlogbrothers and Crash Course.

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John Green's Newest Book

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Hollywood, Ending

forthcoming-novel · First published 2026

For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling in love. Soon, the movie is blowing up, and so are their lives—in exciting, but also terrifying, ways. John Green artfully blends a behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story with an unflinching examination of the insatiable attention economy. Told through dual points of view, the novel follows Kai and Juniper from the first days on location to the movie’s premiere, brilliantly juxtaposing their story with the on-screen study of Warhol’s life at the dawn of celebrity culture. Hollywood, Ending is a deeply observed novel about the tension between a public and a private life, and finding your safe someone to hold onto. Tender, heartbreaking, and shrewdly funny, this is a story as only John Green can tell it.

Not sure where to begin?

Start with one of these

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Looking for Alaska

The first published novel and a natural introduction to Green's fiction.

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The Anthropocene Reviewed

The best entry point to Green's nonfiction and essay writing.

Outside the series

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Novels (10)
  1. Looking for Alaska

    novel · 2005

    His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of…

  2. An Abundance of Katherines

    novel · 2006

    When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy,…

  3. Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances

    novella-collection · 2008

    In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.

  4. Paper Towns

    novel · 2008

    Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life–dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of…

  5. Will Grayson, Will Grayson

    novel · 2010

    One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building…

  6. This Is Not Tom

    unfinished-novella · 2009

  7. The Fault in Our Stars

    novel · 2012

    Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life.

  8. Turtles All the Way Down

    novel · 2017

    Living with anxiety and OCD is enough but when Daisy, her Best and Most Fearless Friend, brings her on a mission to find a fugitive billionaire things are about to get even more complicated. To find Russell Pickett, Aza must enter the…

  9. Everything is Tuberculosis

    nonfiction · 2025

  10. Hollywood, Ending

    forthcoming-novel · 2026

    For rising young actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, being cast in the buzzy biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old is the opportunity they’ve both been waiting for. They’re on the verge of breaking out, and maybe even falling in love.…

Nonfiction (4)
  1. Mental Floss: Genius Instruction Manual

    reference-book · 2006

  2. Mental Floss: What's the Difference?

    reference-book · 2006

    Friends? Romans? Countrymen? You never know whom you'll have to impress at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's…

  3. Mental Floss: Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets

    reference-book · 2006

  4. Mental Floss: Scatterbrained

    reference-book · 2006

Essays and speeches (1)
  1. The Anthropocene Reviewed

    nonfiction-essay-collection · 2021

    Goodreads Choice winner for Nonfiction 2021 and instant #1 bestseller! A deeply moving collection of personal essays from John Green, the author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down. “The perfect book for right now.”…

Frequently asked questions about John Green

Who is John Green, and what is he known for?

John Green is an American novelist, essayist, and online educator. He is known for award-winning young-adult fiction and for co-creating Vlogbrothers and Crash Course with his brother, Hank Green.

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When was John Green born, and where did he grow up and study?

John Green was born on August 24, 1977. He grew up primarily in Orlando, Florida, attended Indian Springs School in Alabama, and earned a B.A. from Kenyon College, where he double-majored in English and Religious Studies.

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How did John Green become a writer?

After college, Green worked at Booklist magazine as a publishing assistant and production editor. Exposure to the books he reviewed, along with mentorship from editor Ilene Cooper, helped him realize that writing could be a career.

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What ideas influence John Green’s writing?

Green says his stories begin with imagined people and questions that trouble or interest him, including legacy, meaning, and whether a full life requires a long one. He develops those concerns through character-driven narratives rather than starting with elaborate concepts or premises.

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What awards has John Green won, and what is his broader cultural legacy?

His debut novel, Looking for Alaska, won the 2006 Michael L. Printz Award, and his books have also received honors including a Printz Honor and an Edgar Award. Beyond publishing, Green helped make free, engaging educational video widely accessible through Crash Course, which Complexly reports has reached tens of millions of subscribers.

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