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The Fault in Our Stars, now available as an audiobook, was originally written as a young adult novel but quickly rose to the top of the New York Times Bestseller list. In February 2012 the film rights for the book were optioned by Fox.
This is the story of 16 year-old Hazel Grace Lancaster, who was diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer at the age of thirteen. Hazel sleeps in an oxygen tent at night and carries a portable oxygen tank with her wherever she goes. Her main concern in life is what will happen to her parents after she dies: Hazel is an only child and her parents’ life revolves around her.
While attending a young cancer patient support group--at her mother’s insistence—Hazel meets Augustus (Gus) Waters, a 17 year-old fellow patient who has had his leg amputated. Hesitant, cautious, unsure...the two fall in love.
Gus and Hazel are young and naïve in matters of romance, but this is no puppy-love story. In facing their own mortality, both of these young persons have gained a particular wisdom that makes their lives—and relationship—both easier and more difficult.
John Green is the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, and Paper Towns. Green received a Michael L. Printz Award in 2006 and an Edgar Award in 2009. He has been a finalist two times for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
The title of the book, according to Green, was inspired by Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
Narrated by Kate Rudd, the audiobook runs seven hours and fourteen minutes, and is available for download here at AudiobookStore.com.
"This one is hard to put down. This book was suggested by several friends and even though it was written for young adults, I really enjoyed it. Young love + terminal illness = Tragic love story with tears, but still a great book. Hazel Lancaster is a beautiful character and Augustus Waters is a comical, gentleman. Sweet characters and great plot!"
— Julie (5 out of 5 stars)
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CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE FAULT IN OUR STARS:
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Damn near genius . . . The Fault in Our Stars is a love story, one of the most genuine and moving ones in recent American fiction, but it’s also an existential tragedy of tremendous intelligence and courage and sadness.
— Lev Grossman, TIME Magazine -
This is a book that breaks your heart—not by wearing it down, but by making it bigger until it bursts.
— The Atlantic -
A story about two incandescent kids who will live a long time in the minds of the readers who come to know them.
— People -
Remarkable . . . A pitch-perfect, elegiac comedy.
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A smarter, edgier Love Story for the Net Generation.
— Family Circle -
Because we all need to feel first love again. . . . Sixteen-year-old Hazel faces terminal cancer with humor and pluck. But it isn’t until she meets Augustus in a support group that she understands how to love or live fully.
— Oprah.com, a Best Book selection and one of “5 Books Every Woman Needs to Read Before Her Next Birthday” -
[Green’s] voice is so compulsively readable that it defies categorization. You will be thankful for the little infinity you spend inside this book.
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Hilarious and heartbreaking . . . reminds you that sometimes when life feels like it’s ending, it’s actually just beginning.
— Parenting magazine -
John Green deftly mixes the profound and the quotidian in this tough, touching valentine to the human spirit.
— The Washington Post -
[Green] shows us true love—two teenagers helping and accepting each other through the most humiliating physical and emotional ordeals—and it is far more romantic than any sunset on the beach.
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In its every aspect, this novel is a triumph.
— Booklist, starred review -
You know, even as you begin the tale of their young romance, that the end will be 100 kinds of awful, not so much a vale as a brutal canyon of tears. . . . Green’s story of lovers who aren’t so much star-crossed as star-cursed leans on literature’s most durable assets: finely wrought language, beautifully drawn characters and a distinctive voice.
— Frank Bruni, The New York Times -
A novel of life and death and the people caught in between, The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more.
— Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honor–winning author of The Book Thief -
The Fault in Our Stars takes a spin on universal themes—Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave a mark on this world?—by dramatically raising the stakes for the characters who are asking.
— Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper and Sing You Home -
John Green is one of the best writers alive.
— E. Lockhart, National Book Award Finalist and Printz Honor–winning author of The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and We Were Liars
The Fault in Our Stars Listener Reviews
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" Although it's not my favorite John Green book, I agree that it is his best and most ambitious work so far. I like how he wrote from the point of view of a girl, for a change, and that was really enjoyable for me. "
— Verne, 2/10/2014 -
" Absolutely stunning. I can't get over how many emotions I've experienced. "
— Erin, 2/8/2014 -
" I originally bought this book for my daughter. -I happened to pick it up one afternoon and couldn't put it down. Good story. The characters were likable and even though I thought I was going to cry, I made it through without a tear. Ha. Good book for young adults, not too 'grown'... "
— appl3s, 1/31/2014 -
" I laughed and I cried (so much) and it made me think of my parents and my brother and all my life choices. This is one of those books that leaves a mark on you like only a really good book can. "
— Veronika, 1/26/2014 -
" cried my eyes out. it will break your heart. read it "
— Johanna, 1/18/2014 -
" Its such a sad storyline but somehow it is a funny book as the main character (Hazel) is humorous by nature. "
— Aly, 1/16/2014 -
" Best book i have ever read, it makes you cry if you dont you dont have a heart "
— Mafer, 1/9/2014 -
" I just sobbed myself into oblivion when I finished the book. "
— Anj, 1/5/2014 -
" This book is just so heavy and so amazing and so...something else, that there needs to be more stars to give it. "
— Emmy, 12/26/2013 -
" I'm a roller coaster that only goes up, my friends "
— Atika, 12/20/2013 -
" Well written, but I hate it when books make me cry. It is a total tear jerker. "
— Kim, 12/16/2013 -
" Started & finished today. I laughed and cried. Easy good read. "
— Krista, 12/4/2013 -
" Never thought it was possible to cry for a book like this. Heartbreaking and unbelievably lovable. An easy read that you won't forget. "
— Evelyn, 9/13/2013 -
" One of the most beautiful books I have read! A master piece "
— Nicole, 1/21/2013 -
" Being young, beautiful, in love and slowly dying... Great book... "
— Alexandra, 1/4/2013 -
" Not just for young adults. Was recommended to me by a friend who read it on the recommendation of her teenage daughter. And when I finished it, I passed it along to my teen. "
— Colleen, 8/5/2012 -
" I love this book. It is amazing but REALLY sad "
— Ellie, 5/19/2012 -
" I loved this book. It was a beautifully depressing love story. I sobbed through the last thirteen or so chapters. "
— Scout, 4/6/2012 -
" Every time I pick up a new book I'm hoping it'll be as mesmerizing as "The Fault of our Stars" just was for me. "
— Ginny, 3/23/2012 -
" It was an amazing and beautiful read. But so sad, I could barely read the last few chapters without bursting into tears. "
— Heather, 3/20/2012
About John Green
John Green is the award-winning, bestselling author of numerous books, including ones that have won such awards as an Edgar Award, a Printz Medal, and a Printz Honor. He has twice been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was selected by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, he has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers and the educational channel Crash Course. He serves on the board of trustees for the global health nonprofit Partners In Health and spoke at the United Nations High-Level Meeting on the Fight to End Tuberculosis. You can visit him online at johngreenbooks.com or join the TB Fighters working to end tuberculosis at tbfighters.org
About the Narrators
Kate Rudd, actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has appeared in several independent films and shorts, as well as in multiple episodes of the television show Perks. As an audiobook narrator she has been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best narration.
Laura Grafton is an audiobook narrator known for her readings of Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt, The Gemini Man by Richard Steinberg, and Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, among others.