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.
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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.
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dear john, I am a Brazilian who charmed me with the fault in our stars, when grace refers to the IAU as a book worm thought ese book will be equal to the IAU a book worm.
but after reading belittles criticizes how she did not like him to be endless q thought your readers would save endless suffering!
Do not want to say that you were rude or anything but metaphors and alvras august and wazel outside the phrase encouragement haviu the house gus! I changed the book before you talk about how the character felt infinite, and my concept was that this book was not the same end fault in our stars that is for me the two will be infinite, no matter if the infinity of such book is smaller or larger than other infinities, but soon to give my children to the fault in ours stars can be infinite for them also. I hope that is not the same as an adult van houten and even read this comment and not to treat it as if it were in another bag fan letter that hounten Not Made had read, I read that post will be read when I was astonished with the way that the wretched letters that you used to escrver this book became the perfect backdrop words that you employed them touched my heart.
I will not afford a hazel pos in Brazil and there is not one August geniuses waters to help me, I do not have the disease course I wonder what happened to everyone but as van houten said not everything has an answer.
I hope that this book is not just gibberish igua an imperial affliction because for me it is a refelxo emotions.
gabriela / 12 years
Dear Mr. John Green.
I widely want to thank you for writing such an amazing book. I know that by now you should have get posts like this a lot, and as much as I try to make it “unique”, will this be lost among others.
I have never have any relationship to any “cancer person” because my stars haven’t met theirs, but I assure you that this book made me a more conscious person about these desease. And I thank YOU for that.
But what I really want to than you about, Is for all these thoughts in my head that your book helped to get connected, all these things that I could realize just in time before regretting not to know about until an old age.
This book gets you to think about “the fugacity of life”, and wether you are enjoying it or not, if your relationships to people you love are where their supposed to be, and to recognize those existences that you thank to God the most. Just these people that can light up your day just by being around, that can make your treasure every single tiny moment, conversation, glance, smile…etc.
I realized that I was waisting so many precious moments in life that no person could ever give me back ever, and I decided put vain thing in the past, stop waisting any second and bring back to my life the person I love the most… my future husband.
THANK YOU.
The world is not a wish granting factory. God how I know that. My mothers a drunk I was taken away from her and her mug shots are on the internet she hit a police officer in the head with a baseball bat thinking it was my dad she lied to my father who trusted the world and when I was a baby she took me to bars with my 4 year old sister. I am not poor but I’m not in the average range either. This book makes me realize how precious the world is and if we don’t die or get hurt or have our heart broken in life then what is life worth? Thank you.
Hi John
Thank you so much for your book. It is such a great book. I love it to every single bit. It is like an imperial affliction to me. Hazel read that over a million times and I read The fault in our stars. I am 19 years old and I had cancer. I was so depressed. One day my mom went to a bookstore and saw your book. She thought it sounded interesting so shebought it. I read it and I felt different. I felt useless. Iwanted to die. I thought I was alone. Everyone was treating else as before. The were like: poor you. I am so sorry. What can I do for you.
It makes it even worse. I love the book cause it shows the way it is. No like they became superheros and saved the world. It is also the truth. I think nothing about the book is a lie. (Exept that this book is fictional). I feelt emotions coming up at every single page. In times I had tears in my eyes or I smashed the book out of anger against the wall but most times I was smiling. I thought of myself in some situations. Anyway I wantto say the book is really inspiring. Remember as Hazel says she wants to show the whole world a book or keep it a secret both. This book is so personal that I want to keep it for my own,but I think everyone should read it to see. Many people have cancer only no one takes big notice. If I had died by my cancer,my family and friends would know i would be gone but no one else. If I had a Car Crash surely it would be in the newspaper and the whole city knows it. It is just a silent death that no one cares of. You made that unknown people known and I thank you for that. THANK YOU!!!
This book is very good and inspiring. I could not put this book down and it took me less then 24 hours to read it. This book has gave me an idea to write my own book some day. So thank you for your amazing talent.
Sorry that last comment said my name was laurene but my name is Lauren.
hello!
I really LOVED this book. It related to me in so many ways, but the one that sticks out to me is my grandmother. She died of cancer when I was nine, and I did eventually got over it, but it took lots of time. I have some questions…
Did Hazel eventually get over Gus’s death?
Did Van Houten realize that he had a lot of fans and write a sequel?
and now, a personal question, because I am an aspiring writer and would like to know how to get over this…
How do you get over Writer’s Block???
Like I said before, I really REALLY enjoyed this book. I know that whenever I go to the library, I will find this book and read it multiple times!!!
You have become one of my favorite writers, and I can’t wait for the next book you write :)
THANKS. This is the book that introduced me to you, and I haven’t been able to stop since. I thank you so much for bringing good literature back in this day and age (I mean, after Harry Potter we have had a fair amount of crap.), and for teaching me so much about the world, with 26 letters.
Thank you for everything, and I hope your paternity leave is fun (well, as fun as it can be…)!
Dear Mr. Green
I just want to say thank you so much for making The Fault in Our Stars. That book has given me more spirit to face my disease. The feels are same with my condition. The pain, family (not exactly like that but have a same effort).. I can’t forget it. And once again, thank you.. (:
Dear John,
i have read the fault in our stars twice and i am reading it again. it is my all time favourite book. The first book of yours i read was Looking for Alaska. My friend from America sent it to me in the post, i loved Looking for Alaska and HAD to read more of your books, as of today i have read ALL of your books, you are my favourite author and i want to say thank you for writing the best books i have read. when is your next book coming out?
Thank you!
John Green,
The praise is unending, as you can see, your work leaves people silent and amazed in the same single breath, the same sigh that is let out after finishing a piece of your work. It is always the “I can’t believe it’s finished” sigh, while also being the “wow” sigh. Parts of me wish I never read your books just so I could read it and experience it all over again for the first time. But I know that’s not possible (for obvious reasons). So, because I am writing to you with much gratitude for your books as I have cancer and felt such a deep understanding when reading The Fault in Our Stars, I wondered what books you might suggest that have been deep inspirations for you, or just some really romance/thriller/adventure books?
Thank you for not just brushing off your talent or watering down your words, we all appreciate it.
Dear John, i’m from central america and i really love the fault in our stars, i read it and read it, its one of my favorites books, i cryed when Augustus died, it’s an amazing book I LOVE IT. I know this will be weird but can you please tell me what hapen with Hazel Grace? What hapen with isaac? Hazel die? i have a lot of questions, but that are the ones that i really want to know, everytime i hear “Amsterdam” i just want to cry. In other way i give you my best wishes, that book make me feel like never before, i cryed, i laughed… THE BEST BOOK EVER.
Thanks for take a time nd read this, that means too much for me.
Dear John, please dont be like Van Houten and reply us, we love the fault in our stars.
I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
This book made me laugh, cry, and smile. It’s one of the best books I’ve ever read. I love the characters, and the storyline. Your book is a beautiful love story that covers the two topics that people seem to be so worried about: life and death. I worship you, John Green! And plan to read all of your books!! :)
Dear John
As of 45 seconds ago I finished reading ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ which had me crying from the beginning to end. Let me add that I wasn’t crying over how tragic the tale of disease was. I was crying over their tale of love. How in a moment anything you hold dear can be ripped from beyond your reach only leaving a nostalgic feeling. I ,myself, cried at even the very soft moments, knowing that those words held something deeper. A deeper meaning on that I could barely understand (being only 15). I even at first pleaded in my mind that everything ends with a ‘happy ending’ like it did in most books but wasn’t very shocked when it didn’t. My mother was worried when she found me on the couch bawling my eyes out as soon as I found out Augustus died. I felt so connected with both of them that they felt like close friends. I was shedding tears for all of them.
Honestly you are a rare writer who not only intrigued me but also touched my heart. One part of me wishes for a sequel but the other accepted the ending and was oddly pleased.
John Green,
It’s been 16 hours since I’ve finished this book and I’m still kind of in a state of shock.
Directly after finishing it I went on youtube to see ‘who is this brilliant man, and why has it taken me so long to acknowledge him??’ and was frankly shocked, partly because i was half-expecting a sixteen year-old girl with an odd name, and partly because you seemed so happy(me naively thinking: how could such tragedy come from someone so happy?).
I’m 17, and its been quite a long time since I’ve lived in a book so much as the one you have written, and all I can say is i give a HUGE hats off to you sir because…wow.
So may people in the world are affected in one way or another by cancer (i think I read somewhere its like over 90%), and I’m one of them, having lost my sister 8 years ago from it.
I’ve read other books about cancer, and it wasn’t until I read yours that I realized that I’d actually been searching for something, a truth of some sort, which you beautifully provided for me.
I can’t even explain to you how true your words ring, as cancer is certainly not a walk in the park, certainly not a ‘hero’s journey’, certainly not as simple as everyone makes it out to be.
Now I have no idea whether you believe the things you have written in your book and for me, it doesn’t really matter. I just want you to know that you have changed my life and I am grateful.
I know for a fact that my words have not portrayed the emotions that I want to get across to you, but still I hope you are able to read this.
I hope my sister liked her choices too…and I will always love her present tense.
I hope this makes you smile as your book has done for me. I just hope.
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