An Abundance of Katherines
An Abundance of Katherines was a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor book and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. It was also named one of the books of the year by Booklist, Horn Book, and Kirkus.If you would like to read this book in another language, go to the Translations page.
Reviews (Spoiler Alert!)
“Imagine an operating room at the start of a daring but well-rehearsed procedure and you will have something of the atmosphere of ”An Abundance of Katherines”: every detail considered, the action unrolling with grace and inevitability.”
-New York Times Book Review
“Green follows his Printz winning Looking for Alaska (2005) with another sharp, intelligent story. The laugh-out-loud humor ranges from delightfully sophomoric to subtly intellectual.”
-Booklist, Starred Review
“Fully fun, challengingly complex, and entirely entertaining.”
-Kirkus, Starred Review
“Laugh-out-loud funny, this second novel by the author of the Printz winner Looking for Alaska charts a singular coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and a tribute to its many celebrated predecessors.”
-Horn Book, Starred Review
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just finished this book like two seconds ago the end is like peter’s book it keeps you wondering……… i cried when agustus died
Yeah me too.. Which is better this book or the fault in our stars?
Both!
Gee thanks… now i know the ending :(
I think the fault in our stars. Maybe I’m just biased because it was my first John Green book. But in AAOK I feel like the story plot is a dry desert. It was still a great book though. I loved Colin’s best friend (I’m forgetting his name but I know there’s an “a” and a “j” in it maybe?) he made the books very funny and moved it along. I also love how they are very opposite; yet they join up to make this great duo. Also I thought Lindsey (sorry I read this book a little bit ago so I may get the names mixed around) was a wonderful character. I think she is a great match for Colin.
But the fault in our stars is also a great book. You can really get a better feel for the character and get very emotional. But over all, both books brought tears to my eyes. AAOK from laughing, and TFIOS from heartache
Gasp! You forgot to say “spoiler alert”!
john go boo
What do you think is the worst book John Green wrote? It’s really hard to tell! THEY ARE ALL SO GOOD!
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HELP PLEASE JOHN FANS!!
i have read, TFIOS, looking for alaska, paper towns, AAOK and Will grayson willgrayson. is there any more of his genius books i must read?!?!
John has a small story in Geektastic.
Colin Singleton, you would never date me, seeing my name is spelled Catherine, but please consider my friend Katherine. She’s almost as crazy about you as I am.
Hello,
I really like your books, I really do.
It makes me cry and makes me laugh. And when I read your book I am reading it with the greatest smile at my face and tears roolling down on my face.
It makes me very happy
I love that John lives here, Indiana. I loved when he visited this tiny book store called, “Indy Reads”. The store helps teach people to read, mostly unfortunate adults. He was so kind and the store brought in so much money with his help. I was lucky to meet him. Me and my friends got there hours early just to see him, but to talk to him was awesome. As I like to say DFTBA.
What a fantastic book! You win again John Green, sir.
Funny thing is, my first sort-of-boyfriend’s name was Colin, and I might have been the dumper, which makes me feel kind of awful, but I do know what it’s like to be the dumpee and sometimes, I liked being the dumpee more than being the dumper.
This book made me smile and also realize that although I too am bad at math, it is beautiful and can be used in everyday life. Count that a victory please! Many, many, many thanks JG!
Best,
Sara Michelle [sail! march eel] …must do better next time, haha :)
TFIOS is by far the best book I have read! Kudos, Sir Green!
I was kind of hoping that Gus did not die right away. My heart hurts. But I’m glad Van Houten made some realizations.
More power!
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