Eleanor & Park

#1 New York Times Best Seller!

"Eleanor & Park 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."-John Green, The New York Times Book Review

Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I'm not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we're 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.

I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I'm not kidding, he says.
You should be.

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits-smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. When Eleanor meets Park, you'll remember your own first love-and just how hard it pulled you under.

A New York Times Best Seller!
A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book for Excellence in Young Adult Literature
Eleanor & Park is the winner of the 2013 Boston Globe Horn Book Award for Best Fiction Book.
A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book of 2013
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2013
A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2013
An NPR Best Book of 2013

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Published Feb 26, 2013

378 pages

Average rating: 7.88

361 RATINGS

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Readers say *Eleanor & Park* offers a heartfelt, realistic look at first love between two outcasts, praised for its well-drawn, imperfect characters a...

Khris Sellin
Jul 05, 2024
8/10 stars
Cute, sweet, heartbreaking story. It has its flaws, but I zoomed through it like I haven't with any book in a very long time.
Keona
Dec 21, 2025
5/10 stars
I really enjoyed the book but didn't like the ending
natreaads
Dec 02, 2025
8/10 stars
4.5 stars | such a wonderful depiction of your first love. this book is a perfect blend of romance and coming of age. a bittersweet ending that felt a little too quick was the only thing i semi-disliked, but other than that, eleanor and park have a special place in my heart :,)
Cjfranc
Nov 25, 2025
10/10 stars
Loved this book but the ending was so disappointing!
postcoffeepoop
Oct 21, 2025
8/10 stars
This was the first book ever to make me LITERALLY cry. I know people say that and I sometimes wonder “what do you really mean by cry, though?” Well, let me tell you, that I was CRYING. My lip was actually quivering and my eyes were blurry enough that I had to pause my reading before I could continue.

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