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: 7.04

406 RATINGS

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Readers say *Paper Towns* blends witty prose with poetic metaphors on mental health and hope, capturing John Green’s humor and thoughtful style. Many ...

itsaaliyahjade
Jul 27, 2026
6/10 stars
ya know girllll it’s been a minute since i picked up this book and never finished reading it. i of course stopped reading once the movie came out and saw it many moons ago…. so i wanted to pick it up and finish it this time. i don’t remember it being this.. bleh.

I loved the poetry and metaphors about mental health, interconnectedness, hope etc. but i was never that intrigued i don’t think. Ben was THE saving grace to this book with how comical he was. Q and his mission to find Margo was the whole plot but that got stale midway.

Anyways i’m all here for nostalgia. It’s just different now that i’m older
Designd
Jul 27, 2026
7/10 stars
Nice story but predictable.
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.

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