Will Grayson, Will Grayson
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 toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.
Hilarious, poignant, and deeply insightful, John Green and David Levithan’s collaborative novel is brimming with a double helping of the heart and humor that have won both them legions of faithful fans.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson debuted at #3 on the New York Times bestseller list for children’s chapter books, the first book starring gay characters ever to appear on the list. WGWG has also been published in Australia and is forthcoming in many countries, including Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. If you would like to read this book in a language besides American English, go to the translations page.
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Reviews (Spoiler Alert!)
“A terrific high-energy tale of teen love, lust, intrigue, anger, pain, and friendship threaded with generous measures of comedy.” -Booklist, Starred Review
“This quirky yet down-to-earth collaboration by two master YA storytellers will keep readers turning pages.” -School Library Journal, Starred Review
“An intellectually existential, electrically ebullient love story that brilliantly melds the ridiculous with the realistic.” –Kirkus, Starred Review
“The spectacular style that readers have come to expect from these two YA masters.” –VOYA
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So I have like read this book more than four times… I love this book very very very much, yes. The characterisation of David Levithan’s Will Grayson is just perfect. And Tiny Cooper, gah, who doesn’t love him?
This book, as the person above me has said, deserves a movie.
Who else thinks that Tiny Cooper’s play should be a real thing?
This girl.
I would go and see that over and over again.
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
utterly fascinating in every way imaginable and extremely interesting in a way that only so many people in the world will ever be able to accomplish
I think this book is horrible! My daughter and I have read all of his other books, and I have enjoyed them very much. I think this book is vulgar, and simply is ridiculous that this kind of smut needs to be given to our children to read. A book can be written without half the words being foul. I am extremely disappointed in this author now.
You’re just rotton homophobe.
I second that. Every teenager swears.
I third that. This is actually the book that made me love John.
i fourth that. its beyond perfection
I fifth that. This book is amazing, just like the authors, every tennager swears and some teenagers are homosexuals, there is nothing unusual about these things in the book, and they do not make it horrible, they make it real.
I sixth that. It is AMAZING and if you’re gonna say that, don’t make it sound like your child was killed by the book, instead give CONSTRUCTIVE criticism.
I seventh that. Every book by John green is 100% perfect. All his books can relate to teens and they’re so perfect. Just because there are vulger language doesn’t make it horrible. Authors can write whatever they want so don’t be disappointed in him, I think he did amazing :) I strongly recommend any* book by John Green to teens.
I 8th that. I know opinions are your own, so heres mine. Just because you didn’t like one book by John Green, shouldn’t mean that you are 100% disappointed in him. He has more to come, and his past books have alot to ofter too! So maybe give him a second chance, even if you didn’t like ONE book
Fifth it. This book is a complete masterpiece.
Ninth it. This book is a complete masterpiece.
I tenth that. Teenagers swear. It’s not to sound thug or anything, it’s a way to show our anger and how we feel. It’s a part of growing up also. People anywhere know that as teenagers we try to push our limits and rebel and break rules. In my opinion, swearing is a small way that we like to show this. The authors are writing their own book. They aren’t going to please everyone and they aren’t going to follow someone’s rules. As a teenager right now, this book is so relatable. I think I can speak for most if not all of us when I say that the whole gay “thing” is a HUGE piece of our lives right now even if we ourselves aren’t gay. People around us are gay, it is used daily in conversation as an insult, it is a conflict in politics, religion and is a topic many people find uncomfortable to approach. This book allowed me to realize its not a big deal. Its okay to openly talk about it maturely. We can also relate to it because like the characters in the book, I think often we go through stages of being depressed. Feeling bad about ourselves. And while today adults say teen depression is an act to get attention, it is not. Society is constantly judging our every move. If we are “thick” we are automatically considered obese. If we are “thin” we are considered anorexic. And while many of the adults of the world today think we fake depression we do not. Society was rough on teens when they were young and always has been. But with the social networking, technology, and media being constantly thrown in our faces nowadays we have created a “perfect” person that we need to be. But in reality this “person” is created from pounds of makeup photoshop and starvation. Society is killing the teenager. We blame society, but we are society. It is an endless cycle of pain. This book is relatable because it also shows teen love. Crushes and thinking one person is our whole world. How we plan our future and obsess over people. This is what actually happens. This book was truly amazing. I hope this can help you better understand at least my interpretation of this beautiful piece of art.
Sarah, thank you. Every word you said is the simple, beautiful and ugly truth.
I’m just flabbergasted.
I know this is getting kinda lame by now, but I eleventh it.
How old is your daughter? Wouldn’t the porn, drunk, and blow job scenes in Looking For Alaska be a lot worse than the language in Will Grayson Will Grayson? I agree that a book can be written without the swearing, but by adding those words, teenagers can really connect with the book. People of all ages swear in every single language, all over the world. This book was AMAZING.
This is simply amazing, for years now I’ve struggled to find and author I like to read all the way through, but then I found you John Green the first of your books I read was the fault in our stars. I then bought Will Grayson, Will Grayson. Which I read within many hours I couldnt take my eyes of it, I just want to say a big thank you John.
This is the funniest book I’ve ever read, period. When I was reading it on buses and trains, I couldn’t help but smile like a goofball and giggle. IF ANYONE DOES A COVER OF “SUMMER OF GAY” I WILL LOVE THEM FOREVER.
This book makes me fell in love with john green. Its funny and sad at the same time. And i’d love to meet this tiny cooper in person ;D
O btw the fault in our stars is even better
Greetings from Indonesia
I hate reading but a friend told me about this book, so I read it. Single handily the most amazing book I have ever read!
I don’t know whether you know that you’ve made it in the UK but I can officially say you have. Your books are AMAZING. AMAZING. I’ve told everyone I know to read your books, and if they don’t listen to me they will regret it forever!
This. This book. This book is what made me love John. This wonderful book, is what got me hooked on his writing.
So hi. I think you’re absolutely brilliant with all your books but it’s just too cruel that the ending is a bit unfinsihed. What I mean is, what happened between will and tiny? What really happened with Will’s father? So is there something between will and gideon? So yeah, besides that this book is really funny.
I liked this book but I much prefer all of John’s other work. It doesn’t live up to my expectations of his work. It was the last one of his books that I read so I was expecting something as good as, if not better than, the books I’d read previously. I feel that working together with another author shouldn’t really be done in case there are creative differences that can’t work together in the book. This book is an average book that I did enjoy. However, I expect a m a z i n g books from John Green. The book is still fun and the characters are still quite interesting. It just wasn’t really for me and didn’t get into it like I do with the other books John’s written
As you can see I have very mixed views about this book :P
Not sure if I have already reviewed this book.
BUT.
I finished it the other day. I really enjoyed Tiny and his gayness. I also loved the struggles of Will Grayson not o.w.g. He struggles with some of the daily problems of loneliness and not being in tune with the normality of other people. I loved this book because of it’s characters and the story line with two writers writing two different characters is genius
How many copies of paper towns have you sold
I seriously loved this book; not gonna lie, Tiny got a bit on my nerves. But oh jeeze, was it wonderful. ♥
This is the only book of John’s that I haven’t read. But, as I see from reading comments, it’s probably the most abstract one and complex one. I guess it’ll be worth reading.
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