Nerdfighteria discussion

Once you've read all of the John Green books, do you ever get into a rut thinking 'I want something funny, but I don't just want something funny. I want something JOHN GREEN funny, that will be realistic. And that perfect balance that John Green so flawlessly finds is just impossible to find anywhere else? I know I do.

So, in your opinion, what's the next best thing?


For me, it's Ned Vizzini. His books are humorous, but it's not like humor is the only thing. It's kind of genre-bending.
Like
is sort of drama with a touch of dark humor, and is sort of humorous scifi.

They are. I reccomend Funny Story above the others, but I love all three of his books.

I'm reading a book by Antony John and his writing is very remniscent of Greens. I'm not too far into it, so I can't tell if it's going to fill its potential yet, but I hope so.

Yue, I bought that book a few weeks ago, so I will.
Kiana, what'd you think?

I'm reading Five Flavors of Dumb NOOOOWWW.
And then I have to read for my AP book for Honors English 3. And maybe THEN I'll read it.

I finished . It was very good, but it wasn't John Green good. It takes a lot for a book to be that good, though, so I don't fault it.

I love Ned Vinzzini's it's kind of a funny story.. i didn't see the movie though.. i read be more chill also and the Book Thief

The movie was pretty good. It started in a different place, though-it opened with Craig checking himself into a hospital-and it filled in the rest later.

Thisisnottom is so hard :O

I can't figure it out. I never got past the first clue! Hahaha.

I know the first clue.. you click his left eye.

*goes to click left eye*

Hey all you Nerd Fighters.. i have a suggestion.. Don't readWhy We Broke Up.. I loved Lemony Snicket's books but this book is terrible :( http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Yeah, that book looks ridiculous.

Colby wrote: "I can't figure it out. I never got past the first clue! Hahaha."

I don't get it at all! Is there some meaning I'm missing?

Katherine, it leads to a hidden novella by John Green. I don't have the patience, and I have Zombiecorns waiting for me on my kindle :P

Oh! Now I really want to figure it out. Lol

(You do realize that it's a free download, right?)

I need to mail it to my kindle :) Thanks

I personally like City of Bones but it's a completely different genre. Yet it's still a Must Read.

Grr. I hate The Catcher in the Rye. Thought-provoking, though.

~Yue~ [Starless Nights Will Cover Day] wrote: "Colby wrote: "(You do realize that it's a free download, right?)"

WHAT NO. Where?"

http://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/downl...

Oh, I kind of liked the book and it was kind of funny.

I've recently read some of john green books and they were fantastic so i researched some more books today and i've found some more interesting authors. Stephen Chbosky, David Levithan, Kevin Brooks, Rachel Cohn, Maureen Johnson, Ned Vizzini, Markus Zusak and Kazuo Ishiguro. Hope this helps :)

Anna wrote: "Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys my favorite book of all time."

*applauds* You have good taste.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower, perhaps? I loved that book. And Zusak is always a safe card. I've heard that "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" is supposed to be somewhat similar to John Green... I don't know. Seems good anyway :D

I absolutely hated Me and Earl and The Dying Girl. It had absolutely no resolve and was cheesy and overall nothing like John Green. I do not recommend it.

I just read Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins and LOVED it. It was actually pretty similar to John Green, and he recommended it to us, so yeah. LOVED it.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.

Devin wrote: "I just read Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins and LOVED it. It was actually pretty similar to John Green, and he recommended it to us, so yeah. LOVED it."

I love Anna! Have you read Lola yet?

I would recommend any book by a.s. king or Norwegian wood by murakami

I also really liked The Book Thief, but Sophie's World, L. R. King's The Beekeeper's Apprentice and all of Bill Bryson's books were good too.
DFTBA

Every Day by David Levithan.

I would recommend:

Grab on to me Tightly As If I Knew the Way, by Bryan Charles

Killing God, by Kevin Brooks

its kind of a funny story was great I highly recommend it... 13 reasons why was good kinda sad at times and not that funny but a well written book

I recommend reading Shadow and Bone followed by the second book Siege and Storm! They are so good and will be a trilogy but the third one is not out yet.

Even though Zusak is better known for "The Book Thief", I find "I Am the Messenger" more mind blowing.

I don't know if you guys follow Epic Reads or their Story Crush Tour, but I was lucky enough to go this year and all four authors at my stop were AMAZING.
I recommend..
The Beginning of Everything if you like John's smart teenagers and romance. Bonus: author has a YouTube and goes to VidCon, Playlist, etc. If you've heard about the Moist Factory at VidCon- she was there.
How to Love if you liked Paper Towns. The author talked a lot about how she likes writing about people who have history with each other and how it affects them.
Faking Normal THIS BOOK. I loved it. I do attach a trigger warning for sexual abuse, self harm (the main character scratches her neck), and anxiety. But if you're ok with reading that, you should. Especially if you're experiencing or have experienced these things. It's really really helped me learned to cope.

you should stay with contemporaries after you read john green's.... :)

ATTENTION ALL JOHN GREEN FANS! Get a jump on your SUMMER READING. Pick up a copy of THE B-SIDE DIARIES for FREE on AMAZON on 7/9 & 7/10.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G...

when i was looking for something john green-esque i picked up winger by andrew smith and it was just what i needed. the main character was hilarious (like so many of john's characters) and the story really sucked you in! definately reccommend to any john green fans!!!!