So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung. -New York Times
#1 New York Times Bestseller * #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller * #1 International Bestseller * Featured on 60 Minutes, Fresh Air, Studio 360, Good Morning America, The TODAY Show
A New York Times Notable Book * A New York Times Critics' Top Book of the Year * An NPR Best Book of the Year * A TIME Best Book of the Year * A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year * A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year * An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year * A Seventeen Best Book of the Year * A Southern Living Best Book of the Year * A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year * A Booklist Editors' Choice Selection * A BookPage Best Book of the Year * An SLJ Best Book of the Year * An A.V. Club Best Book of the Year * A Bustle Best Book of the Year * A BuzzFeed Best Book of the Year * A Pop Sugar Best Book of the Year * A Vulture Best Book of the Year
Green finds the language to describe the indescribable. . . . A must-read for those struggling with mental illness, or for their friends and family. -San Francisco Chronicle
A powerful tale for teens (and adults) about anxiety, love and friendship. -The Los Angeles Times
Wrenching and Revelatory. -The New York Times
Tender, wise, and hopeful. -The Wall Street Journal
A new modern classic. -The Guardian
A thoughtful look at mental illness and a debilitating obsessive-compulsive disorder that doesn't ask but makes you feel the constant struggles of its main character.' -USA Today
Turtles delivers a lesson that we so desperately need right now: Yes, it is okay not to be okay.... John Green has crafted a dynamic novel that is deeply honest, sometimes painful, and always thoughtful. -Mashable
Green does more than write about; he endeavours to write inside.... No matter where you are on the spiral-and we're all somewhere-Green's novel makes the trip, either up or down, a less solitary experience. -The Globe and Mail
This novel is by far [Green's] most difficult to read. It's also his most astonishing. . . . So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung. . . . One needn't be suffering like Aza to identify with it. One need only be human. -Jennifer Senior, The New York Times
Green's most authentic and most ambitious work to date. -Bustle
An existential teenage scream. -Vox
Funny, clever, and populated with endearing characters. -Entertainment Weekly
An incredibly powerful tale of the pain of mental illness, the pressures of youth, and coming of age when you feel like you're coming undone. -Shelf Awareness
A richly rewarding read...the most mature of Green's work to date and deserving of all the accolades that are sure to come its way. -Booklist
In an age where troubling events happen almost weekly, this deeply empathetic novel about learning to live with demons and love one's imperfect self is timely and important. -Publishers Weekly
A deeply resonant and powerful novel that will inform and enlighten readers even as it breaks their hearts. A must-buy. -School Library Journal
Praise for John Green
- 50 million books in print worldwide -
#1 New York Times Bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller
#1 USA Today Bestseller
#1 International Bestseller
Michael L. Printz Award Winner
Michael L. Printz Honor Winner
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
TIME 100 Most Influential People
Forbes Celebrity 100
NPR's 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
TIME Magazine's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time
Critical acclaim for The Fault in Our Stars:
Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it's also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness. -Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine
This is a book that breaks your heart-not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts. -The Atlantic
Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy. -USA Today
[Green's] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book. -NPR.org
John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit. -The Washington Post
[Green] shows us true love-two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals-and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach. -New York Times Book Review