Paper Towns

From the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars

Winner of the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery
#1 New York Times Bestseller
USA Today Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Bestseller
Now a major motion picture  

 

When Margo Roth Spiegelman beckons Quentin Jacobsen in the middle of the night—dressed like a ninja and plotting an ingenious campaign of revenge—he follows her. Margo’s always planned extravagantly, and, until now, she’s always planned solo. After a lifetime of loving Margo from afar, things are finally looking up for Q . . . until day breaks and she has vanished. Always an enigma, Margo has now become a mystery. But there are clues. And they’re for Q.

Printz Medalist John Green returns with the trademark brilliant wit and heart-stopping emotional honesty that have inspired a new generation of readers.

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Published Sep 22, 2009

305 pages

Average rating: 7.02

330 RATINGS

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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
Haide
Jan 06, 2025
6/10 stars
I liked it but I was specting a little more.
The story is nice, is funny in the right moments, most of times intriguing, but at the end is lacking impact.
I was specting a different ending.
But anyway, I enjoyed reading this book. Specially the second part (the grass).
Barbara ~
Dec 11, 2024
6/10 stars
I read Fault in the Stars and thought I'd love this one. It wasn't my favorite. It wasn't as powerful as FIOS but I did appreciate the bond the three guys have.

Next book.
Cherryrae8
Dec 03, 2024
Such a good book. 10/10 read, along with the movie.
Anonymous
Nov 29, 2024
8/10 stars
I'm not sure I would put this novel on the Young Adult shelf. The language and content are, I think, mature in nature. That aside, it's a fun journey through the book's pages. The author's original words will have you wanting to memorize them so as to drop them into conversations later. They'll also have you wondering what the author is like in real life. Someone capable of stringing together ideas like he has, must be that frustrating friend you want to throttle for always be right.

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