The Fault In Our Stars
The #1 New York Times bestseller that Time Magazine called “damn near genius,” The Fault in Our Stars is the story of Hazel Lancaster and Augustus Waters, two Indianapolis teenagers who meet at a Cancer Kid Support Group.
Reviews
“Green’s best and most ambitious novel to date. In its every aspect, The Fault in Our Stars is a triumph.” -Booklist, starred review
“Luminous.” -Entertainment Weekly
“A smartly crafted intellectual explosion of a romance.” -Kirkus, starred review
A blend of melancholy, sweet, philosophical, and funny. Green shows us true love…and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach.” -New York Times Book Review
“One doesn’t like to throw around phrases like “instant classic” lightly, but I can see The Fault in Our Stars taking its place alongside Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret in the young-adult canon. Green’s book is also a good example of why so many adult readers are turning to young-adult literature for the pleasures and consolations they used to get from conventional literary fiction.” -Time
“Green writes books for young adults, but his voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. The Fault in Our Stars proves that the hype surrounding Green is not overblown.” -NPR
“A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy…it will linger long and hard in the minds of teens and former teens.” -USA Today
“An achingly beautiful story.” -SLJ, starred review
“John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit.” -Washington Post
Nice Things That Have Happened
#1 New York Times bestseller
#1 Wall Street Journal bestseller
#9 The Bookseller (UK) bestseller
#1 Indiebound bestseller
New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
Starred reviews from Booklist, SLJ, Publisher’s Weekly, Horn Book, and Kirkus
The Movie Rights
…have been optioned by the nice people at Fox 2000.
In Other Languages
Editions of The Fault in Our Stars are forthcoming in Dutch, German, Spanish, French, Swedish, Danish, Icelandic, Hebrew, Chinese, and Portuguese.
You can buy The Fault in Our Stars at your local independent bookstore, Indiebound, B&N, Amazon, or wherever books are sold.
{ 31 comments… read them below or add one }
honestly i loved this book. I bought it on my kindle and I’m going to buy it in paperback, hardcover, and steal it from my brother’s girlfriend because that is how good this book was. It was funny, romantic, adorable, sad, and really made you think about life in all of its glorious injustice. Thanks for making me laugh, cry, stay up until the wee hours of the morning to read, and thanks for giving me one of the best gifts in the world: a fantastically original, and unbearably great book.
Dear Mr. J. Green,
You are epicly awesome. I can truely say Looking for Alaska saved my life (this and Eminem, and a guy but that’s alla long story) I mean your books are sooo deep but at the same time it deals with basic aspects of life. I would really love to like talk to you.. even though if I got a chance I’d probly be soo quiet. I’m reading this book now and it makes me feel so happi, it makes me laugh, it makes me cry. It’s just soo wonderful. and I constantly read all of your books. Your my Peter Van Houten.
well, I hope you retract that last sentence once you’ve finished the book!
Haha! I agree Nancy. That’s not a particularly nice thing to say.
I think that what she means by “*You’re my Peter Van Houten,” is that John Green is the type of author that knows you without really knowing you.. and that she is so inspired by John Green’s works of writing, just how Hazel was with “An Imperial Affliction” Just because Peter was a drunken asshole doesn’t mean John Green is. I am pretty positive that she is referring to his writing, really. Just saying!
Well put, Blake. 100% agree.
Blake, I do understand your point, but I stand by mine: “I’m reading this book and…” She hadn’t finished yet! And, no, I can’t imagine ANYONE implying or saying that John Green is an asshole! He is brilliant and so many other adjectives I can’t retrieve at this moment….
Pardon my french but you are fucking brilliant. You have no idea what your writing does for me. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for existing. You’ll always be my favorite author and The Fault In Our Stars will always be my favorite book. It’s gonna stick with me forever. So thank you, John Green. You are perfection.
Mister Green,
My first encounter with your genius was Looking for Alaska. I quite enjoyed it, though the first time I read it I was a little too young to really appreciate it. I’m now 17 and I someone I follow on Tumblr was blogging about how much TFiOS was making them cry so I figured, Hey! Must be a good one! So my friend went out and bought it, [a signed copy :)))] and I devoured it. The characters are everything I wish I was, except maybe terminally ill. Gus and Hazel have the kind of relationship I wish I could find. You sir, outdid yourself. This book is perfect to me. (As are you.) Thank you.
I’m not a famous writer, except among the barns in my families’ (and Dylan’s) farm. I wrote a story about Pillow Beth (kid who lived in the cloud world but came to earth to be real) but, unpublished (“[not] loved enough” said one agent when I took it to two writer’s conferences. But I still read and am published on James Gleik’s monitored web page for my description of a writer’s talk at Powell’s Books in Portland. He could not sign my Kindle copy. I now have two of TFiOS, one a signed copy. So I’m just thanking you for letting me go back to Amsterdam, my one trip abroad, where I saw that Van Gogh was still alive in his work. And saw the Anne Frank house too, walking there past all the crazy-beautiful doors and gargoyles. So you are now one of the famous people cut out of paper and on my walls. Smiley face.
I am only half way through this wonderful novel and I have already thought about and reconsidered so much in my life. This book really makes you think. I absolutely love your style of writing. I almost don’t want to finish it only because I do not want it to end (but of course I will). I just bought it and I’m almost done with it. I can relate to these characters more than I have ever related to a fictional character before. And that takes a lot out of me. I usually always find some way to relate and that is why I enjoy reading so much. Thank you so much for writing this beautiful, brilliant novel. I’m so happy we have authors like you and many others who share such creations with us. It’s a beautiful thing.
The Fault In Our Stars was the first book I’ve read by John Green and it took my breath away. It is absolutely beautiful. Every single part of the book was brilliant. Thank you.
Give “Looking For Alaska” a read; my other favorite!
Mr. Green; reading is something I have grown up loving. Writing too, as I recently had a story published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times for Teens. This novel is one that I started with the intent of reading over the course of a few days… by 2am I was crying so hard I had to take a break, and by 4am I was finished. And heartbroken. This book is one of those books that you take a piece of it with you forever. This book is one of those books that when you finish it, you feel like you’ve just lost a friend.
I applaud you, Mr. Green, for breaking my heart and mending it all at the same time!
Gabby,
Your comments above pretty much communicate what I have been thinking about this book all day. I have been walking around hugging it, strolling through town with it close to my side, almost like a badge: something I’m proud to show I have and I am a part of. The writing in this story makes me feel a part of something, rather than just it being a part of me. I can’t stop thinking about it. And I will turn 30 in two weeks. I am not a teenager, but I encourage my literature students to read John Green, because, as an English teacher, I understand what kids should be reading. This is what they should be reading.
Wow. I would like to classify this novel as the anti-Twilight. Smart, observant, funny characters…in spite of and because of their tragic situation. Edward and Bella have the luxury of living forever, while Augustus and Hazel, two regular, but terminal, teens in love must confront the unknown amount of future ahead of them. There is no cheesy dialogue about love here. This is the real deal. Tender, heartfelt, spectacular.
John Green, you are simply marvelous
Your books have captivated me from the first sentence ,
i really don’t recall how i came across the first book of yours but i am glad that it happened.
Your writing is deep without being over bearing
your thoughts and opinions are easily understood without seeming too simple
you are for many of us a “peter van houten ” of sorts
we as teenagers find an escape in your books, because they understand us
and its a great thing in todays society where there is less talk and more demands .
well in all i just want to thank you for being a nerd fighter ” awesome concept”
and keep on nerd fighting
Hi John,
So I read The Fault In Our Stars after one of my close friends suggested it to me. And I can say it was the best book I have ever read, my grandma recently died from a different type of cancer and I found it hard to cope. (Sorry for the life story there), but I think after reading this beautiful book I somehow later learned that I need to appreciate the amazing things and people in my life. I’m so, so greatful I read your book. It changed me.
Mr. Green ,
i have read of your books, they were and still are my favorite,but reading the fault in our stars changed my view of life, you showed me what living and love is about through pages filled with words telling every reader a lesson through a story that was the best thing i have ever read.
i’m looking forward to more amazing books and i want to become a author just like you ♥
May (13)
I sure hope a movie is made out of this book :D I LOVED it SO MUCH <3
John Green, you are a beautiful human being and you wrote a beautiful book. And I have nothing more to say than you are a beautiful human being, please never stop writing.
John,
In a brief summary, your book has forever changed my life. I became so emotionally attached to the characters and the presence of the book itself that it is hard for me to imagine that the book suddenly just ended due to the fact that I reached page 313. I will not settle for anything less than Augustus Waters, in my continual search for a boyfriend, and I have you to thank for that. It will be a struggle for me to read another book because it will never come close to the affect that “The Fault In Our Stars” had and will continue to have on me.
Sincerely,
Jordan S.
John Green,
Only a genius could make me sob both times I have read the book. Not cry. Sob. My family was worried, I was sobbing so hard. I felt every emotion of the book as if it was my own. Your books are absolutely incredible. I hope I can someday be anywhere near as awesome as you.
John Green,
I am a relatively new nerdfighter, and The Fault In Our Stars is the first book I have read that was written by you.
May I just say, it made me feel all of the things.
Your writing is magnificent! There were times when I couldn’t decide if I wanted to laugh or sob, so I just ended up with some weird combination of the two. I know you must receive these same comments over and over again, but I just would like you to know that this book truly changed the way I think about life, love, the world, et al.
Also, I must agree with Kirsten (with her comment up above). I would take Augustus Waters over Edward Cullen any day.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart, John. Thank you for this book that has changed my life, and no doubt will change many, many more lives.
You are awesome. :)
I wish our lives were so much simpler
I hope you get to have your moment in the fight and
No one ever gets to be quite who they want to be
But you wanted to matter boy, well
You matter to me
Dear Mr. Green,
I have read almost all your books- Looking For Alaska being the first- and I have to say that you are one of the most ingenius, inspiring people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. (At least it feels like I know you. Sorry if that sounds creepy.) I just wanted to let you know that as soon as my best friend returns from her travels through The Land of The Aussies (Australia) and The Land of The Bindies (India), I will be forcing this book upon her and I’m sure she will love it as much as I do.
I know you probably won’t have the time to read this- what with you being so busy with being amazing and all- but if by some miracle you happen to stumble across this collection of O’s and 1′s, I would like for you to email me back personally. That would make my life. But more than that I would just like to let you know that you have stirred something inside of me. It’s indescribable. And for that I thank you.
sincerely,
Deanna The Canadian :]
John Green,
You have created a glorious piece of art that simply took my breath away. Even though is was a thinner book I was determined to make it last a few days. I must confess, I failed. :) I read through all my classes and then all the way through the night. I could NOT put it down. I’ve read it twice and both times I sobbed. It made me think, think about life and how much i take for granted. You are brilliant, thank you, thank you with all of my heart for this beautiful piece of art.
Honestly one of the best books I have ever read. My boyfriend is a massive Nerdfighter and gave it to me. My mum had cancer and is still recovering from it, and I felt like this book understood those with cancer. It has really had a massive impact on me. I cried harder at this book than I have any other. It’s beautiful and I will defiantly be purchasing my own copy.
Thank you so much John. You’re book helped me :)
Mr. Green,
This is the first book of yours that I have read and like many of the other posters here, I found it to be a brilliant work and one that touched me deep to the core. What truly took my breath away, however, was reading the Acknowledgments at the end. When you spoke of Esther Earl, my heart skipped a beat. I did not know Esther but she spent her last days living in the community in which I live. I read about her in our local papers and followed the stories about the outpouring she received by the online community that quickly made her infamous in her own right. As a mother of 15 year old girls, my heart broke when I thought about her family and how they lost their sweet 16 year old girl. Esther’s legacy, and your wonderful book, have made me stop once again and recognize how truly blessed I am and to appreciate all of the Hazels, Augustus’s and Esther’s in the world and to know that they all leave an impact, whether they realize it or not. Thank you for writing something so beautiful and profound at a time when I feel like we all need it most.
I started reading this book with the expectation of nothing. I did not look into it, read reviews or synopises, I simply asked my friend if she had read it, then waited for it to come into the library for me. I began reading this book at 2:30 this afternoon, and then sometime around 6:30 I became a pile of mush. This story is so real that even though this characters are fiction this at the heart is truly the heart, and I will never forget this book.
This is so amazing!! I started it before I went to bed, and didn’t stop until I’d finished the whole thing – it really is that great. Thank you so much John Green for writing such deep and passionate books. As Marcus Zusak said “You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more”. This is so true, and it’s not often a book brings me to tears. Thanks again