Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

By Becky Albertalli

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Now a major motion picture: Love, Simon, starring Nick Robinson and Katherine Langford!

William C. Morris Award Winner: Best Young Adult Debut of the Year * National Book Award Longlist

"A remarkable gift of a novel."—Andrew Smith, author of Grasshopper Jungle

"I am so in love with this book."—Nina LaCour, author of Hold Still

"Feels timelessly, effortlessly now."—Tim Federle, author of Better Nate Than Ever

"The best kind of love story."—Alex Sanchez, Lambda Award-winning author of Rainbow Boys and Boyfriends with Girlfriends

Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met.

Incredibly funny and poignant, this twenty-first-century coming-of-age, coming out story—wrapped in a geek romance—is a knockout of a debut novel by Becky Albertalli.

Plus don't miss Yes No Maybe So, Becky Albertalli's and Aisha Saeed's heartwarming and hilarious new novel, coming in 2020!

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Published Apr 7, 2015

320 pages

Average rating: 8.11

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njlbo1

Jul 18, 2023

10/10 stars

Similar to The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but not so depressing. Loved it.

RealLifeBelle

Jan 12, 2025

8/10 stars

I want to give it 4.5 stars but there are no half options. It was a really quick read and kept my interest throughout. There were just some moments that were a bit too cheesy for me. Also, I felt the ending was pretty abrupt. When I turned the page I was expecting another chapter and not the acknowledgements page.
Overall a very good book and I’m glad I finally read it.

kathie

Jan 11, 2025

8/10 stars

this is super cute and really captures what high school feels like. it definitely gave me flashbacks to that time of life. and i really appreciate the amount of happiness this brought to so many with this book and the movie :) easy and fun to read

4.5 rounded down

Mrs. Awake Taco

Nov 13, 2024

8/10 stars

I don't know, man, something about this book just hooked me and kept it going. I read it all in one day...ON AUDIOBOOK. So something that could have taken me three hours took me over six but I don't even care because I loved it.

I think my husband is really tired of me taking my audiobook reading so seriously.

On the plus side, this book shows up on practically every YA list, so it's nice to have crossed it off. Can I also say how much I appreciated that nothing went hideously wrong? Yeah, sure, stuff went south and there were a few moments where I was pretty concerned about the emotional fate of the protagonist, but there was no violence, there was no sexual harassment or violence, there were hardly any anti-gay slurs or incidents and the ones there were were limited... It was just so nice to see a teen drama that was genuinely about teen drama: it feels so big and important right then, but in the scheme of things isn't that bad. I still felt moved emotionally by the material without a fustercluck at the end or some horrible death. Thank you! (Not that I don't also enjoy books like that, it's just that it gets old sometimes.)

All in all, I definitely would recommend this to anyone who enjoys a good fluffy teen romp, with love, sarcasm, and a little angst.

Catherine Lanyon

Aug 22, 2024

10/10 stars

I loved this book! Simon’s voice was really strong and relatable, I loved the mix of positive and cynic perspective in his mind. I strongly recommend!!!