№ 01
“Utterly brilliant. In this sweeping, gorgeously written novel, Gabrielle Zevin charts the beauty, tenacity, and fragility of human love and creativity. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is one of the best books I've ever read.” source
Author and YouTuber
John Green
John Green is the author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and the nonfiction bestseller The Anthropocene Reviewed. With his brother Hank he runs the Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, and recommends books often in videos, podcasts, and blurbs. Picks below come from those sources.
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All John Green book recommendations.
№ 02
“Part of what makes this book so brilliant is its both-and-ness. It is both a searching historical work and a journalistic account of how these historic sites operate today.” source
№ 03
“Ford's writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.” source
№ 04
“Bursting with wisdom and compassion, this is the rare book that really might change your life. It has certainly changed mine.” source
№ 05
“Maybe my favorite novel I've read this year.” source
№ 06
“Brilliant and alive and soulwrenching.” source
№ 07
“Shatteringly beautiful coming of age poetry.” source
№ 08
“Angie Thomas has written a stunning, brilliant, gut-wrenching novel that will be remembered as a classic of our time.” source
№ 09
“Funny, angry, and thoroughly human, The Blood of the Lamb is the best novel about cancer I've ever read.” source
№ 10
“I loved that novel so much I read Sula (and Beloved) for fun that summer. The friendship between Sula and Nel transformed the way I thought about love and gender.” source
№ 11
“Its portrayal of a highly competitive, academically rigorous tennis academy fascinated me, but what I loved most was the novel's deep understanding of adolescent depression and anxiety.” source
№ 12
“Anderson's classic young-adult novel, which is also rightly popular with adults, tells the story of the mute Melinda Sordino, who has survived an unspeakable trauma that must, finally, be shared.” source
№ 13
“Frankie is a boarding-school novel, with all the pranks and romantic entanglements you'd expect. But it also features a wonderful protagonist. Her examinations of self, authority, and gender roles make this book truly brilliant.” source
№ 14
“This two-volume novel follows a young slave who is the subject of a strange Enlightenment experiment until his life is upended by the American Revolution. A brilliant novel of war and race and the madness of slavery, Octavian has stayed with me for years.” source
№ 15
“E. Lockhart is one of our most important novelists, and she has given us her best book yet. Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable.” source
№ 16
“Finished @rgay's gripping and brilliant novel An Untamed State last night. It resists 140-character analysis, but wow.” source
№ 17
“Books are often described as 'mind-blowing,' but this is one of the few books in which, while reading it, I have exclaimed aloud, 'Oh. My. God.' on multiple occasions. I won't tell you anything else about it. Just read it.” source
№ 18
“Reminded me not just what it's like to be young and in love with a girl, but also what it's like to be young and in love with a book.” source
№ 19
“A tense, moving, and wondrously strange first novel. The photographs and text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story.” source
№ 20
“If you like the Harry Potter books, you should also read Lev Grossman's The Magicians series, which is a very knowing and wonderful take on the wizard school genre.” source
Readers with overlapping taste
