Looking for Alaska

By: John Green

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award • A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist • A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller • NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels • TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time • A PBS Great American Read Selection • Millions of copies sold!


First drink. First prank. First friend. First love.

Last words.

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

Critic reviews

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller
NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels
TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time
A PBS Great American Read Selection

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, Top 10 • An ALA Quick Pick • A Booklist Editors’ Choice selection • A Kirkus Best Book of the Year • An SLJ Best Book of the Year • A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best • A New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age

“What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter.” —Chicago Tribune

“Looking For Alaska is a showcase to the raw talent John Green has, the kind of talent that can make you close the crisp last page of a novel and come out as a different person....

A gem of modern literature." —Guardian

★ “What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green’s mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge’s voice.” —Kirkus

★ “Alive with sweet, self-deprecating humor.” —SLJ

“Funny, sad, inspiring, and always compelling.” —Bookpage

“The spirit of Holden Caulfield lives on.” —Kliatt

“Stunning conclusion . . . one worthy of a book this good.” —Philadelphia Inquirer

Everyone needs to find their Alaska

Beautifully performed and of course written. John Greene makes me have all the feelings! I highly recommend this one!

Fantastic coming of age book

Loved this book - made even better by reader Wil Wheaton. Classic coming-of-age story which resonates with me as I have a son the same age as the characters. Stumbled on this book by accident while looking for books read by Wil Wheaton - I'll be listening to other John Green stories.

Fantastic narrative

Great narration but the one time where the movie (series) was actually better than book

Excellent Narration, Deeper Story than I Expected

I thought this would be a light teen drama, which it certainly has enough of that. But there is a much deeper message that eventually plays out. The narration is outstanding.

Prepare to think. Prepare to weep.

i found myself loving this book. it opened many philosophical questions. it made me laugh. And it also made me weep. Repeatedly.

This book is an excellent find. Highly recommended.