Paper Towns

By John Green

Winner of the Edgar Award
The #1 New York Times Bestseller
Publishers Weekly and USA Today Bestseller

Millions of Copies Sold
Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificent Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life—summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows. When their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Margo has disappeared. But Q soon learns that there are clues—and they’re for him. Embarking on an exhilarating adventure to find her, the closer Q gets, the less he sees the girl he thought he knew.

#1 Bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars John Green crafts a brilliantly funny and moving coming-of-age journey about true friendship and true love.

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Published Sep 22, 2009

305 pages

Average rating: 7.08

402 RATINGS

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Readers say *Paper Towns* is a blend of witty prose and thoughtful insights into relationships and self-discovery, showcasing John Green’s signature s...

Aravind Anilkumar
Dec 10, 2025
8/10 stars
Quite a nice book really, very light and hearty to begin with.
haliaaaa22
Dec 08, 2025
10/10 stars
😝😭🗞️📌 Literally only way to explain this book
abookwanderer
Oct 09, 2025
8/10 stars
Another John Green novel that is hard to put down. Quentin and Margo, neighbors, were friends once upon a time in their younger days. In the last few weeks of their senior year, Margo shows up outside Q's window late one night inciting a journey of finding one's self and discovering people aren't always what you imagine them to be.
nicolemarievd
Jul 01, 2025
3/10 stars
I, and Margo, imagined a whole new world than what Quentin imagined. I think Quentin wanted to live a life HE imagined for himself with Margo. He saw Margo as someone HE viewed her as. He never really saw Margo. He never understood who she really was.
Tamanna
Jun 10, 2025
7/10 stars
Expected a better ending... At first it felt like some mystery book but at the end of confused me tbh

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