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John Green

1977 - Today

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John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, YouTuber, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including The Fault in Our Stars (2012), which is one of the best-selling books of all time. Green's rapid rise to fame and idiosyncratic voice are credited with creating a major shift in the young adult fiction market. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Green has received more than 2,351,670 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). John Green is the 5,908th most popular writer (down from 4,856th in 2019), the 9,400th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,131st in 2019) and the 713th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

A short history of the English people
History, Accessible book, Histoire
1875
The Fault in Our Stars
juvenile works, juvenile fiction, Cancer in adolescence
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars
2010
The making of England
Accessible book, History
1881
Mental Floss
Humor (Nonfiction), Nonfiction, Games
Friends? Romans? Countrymen? You never know whom you'll have to impress at your next corporate shindig or keg party. Whatever the target audience, mental_floss knows staring facedown into the punch bowl isn't the trick. In fact, that's exactly why we're handing you Cocktail Party Cheat Sheets -- a totally effective, foolproof guide to starting and sustaining conversations on every topic under the sun. Want to wax wise about barbarians, socialist theory, and jazz musicians? What about Keynesian economics, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and James Joyce's Ulysses? Well, it's all right here in front of you. We've jam-packed this book with jaw-dropping facts and hysterical anecdotes that are sure to please. So go ahead and stock up for your next soiree. We're not guaranteeing it will make you the most knowledgeable person in the room . . . just the most interesting.
2006
History of the English people
History, Accessible book
1800
The Fault in Our Stars
Young Adult Fiction, Cancer—Fiction, Terminally ill—Fiction
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars
2010
Emile or Education
Education, Early works to 1800, Education, early works to 1800
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a basis for new education systems.
1762
Du contrat social
Peace, The State, Science politique
*The Social Contract*, originally published as *On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right* (French: *Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique*), is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The book theorizes about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which Rousseau had already identified in his *Discourse on Inequality* (1755). *The Social Contract* helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. *The Social Contract* argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract))
1762
Looking for Alaska
Fiction, Boarding schools, Death
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same
2005
La nouvelle Héloïse
Critique et interprétation, Jean Rousseau, Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712-1778
1761
Les confessions
French Authors, Biography, Correspondence
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre. Si la nature a bien ou mal fait de briser le moule dans lequel elle m'a jete, c'est ce dont on ne peut juger qu'apres m'avoir lu. Que la trompette du jugement dernier sonne quand elle voudra, je viendrai, ce livre a la main, me presenter devant le souverain juge. Je dirai hautement: Voila ce que j'ai fait, ce que j'ai pense, ce que je fus. J'ai dit le bien et le mal avec la meme franchise. Je n'ai rien tu de mauvais, rien ajoute de bon; et s'il m'est arrive d'employer quelque ornement indifferent, ce n'a jamais ete que pour remplir un vide occasionne par mon defaut de memoire. J'ai pu supposer vrai ce que je savais avoir pu l'etre, jamais ce que je savais etre faux. Je me suis montre tel que je fus: meprisable et vil quand je l'ai ete; bon, genereux, sublime, quand je l'ai ete: j'ai devoile mon interieur tel que tu l'as vu toi-meme. Etre eternel, rassemble autour de moi l'innombrable foule de mes semblables; qu'ils ecoutent mes confessions, qu'ils gemissent de mes indignites, qu'ils rougissent de mes miseres. Que chacun d'eux decouvre a son tour son coeur au pied de ton trone avec la meme sincerite, et puis qu'un seul te dise, s'il l'ose: je fus meilleur que cet homme-la.
1782
Les confessions
French Authors, Biography, Correspondence
Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre. Si la nature a bien ou mal fait de briser le moule dans lequel elle m'a jete, c'est ce dont on ne peut juger qu'apres m'avoir lu. Que la trompette du jugement dernier sonne quand elle voudra, je viendrai, ce livre a la main, me presenter devant le souverain juge. Je dirai hautement: Voila ce que j'ai fait, ce que j'ai pense, ce que je fus. J'ai dit le bien et le mal avec la meme franchise. Je n'ai rien tu de mauvais, rien ajoute de bon; et s'il m'est arrive d'employer quelque ornement indifferent, ce n'a jamais ete que pour remplir un vide occasionne par mon defaut de memoire. J'ai pu supposer vrai ce que je savais avoir pu l'etre, jamais ce que je savais etre faux. Je me suis montre tel que je fus: meprisable et vil quand je l'ai ete; bon, genereux, sublime, quand je l'ai ete: j'ai devoile mon interieur tel que tu l'as vu toi-meme. Etre eternel, rassemble autour de moi l'innombrable foule de mes semblables; qu'ils ecoutent mes confessions, qu'ils gemissent de mes indignites, qu'ils rougissent de mes miseres. Que chacun d'eux decouvre a son tour son coeur au pied de ton trone avec la meme sincerite, et puis qu'un seul te dise, s'il l'ose: je fus meilleur que cet homme-la.
1782
The Fault in Our Stars
Young Adult Fiction, Cancer—Fiction, Terminally ill—Fiction
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. ([source][1]) [1]: http://www.johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars
2010
La nouvelle Héloïse
Critique et interprétation, Jean Rousseau, Rousseau, Jean Jacques, 1712-1778
1761
Du contrat social
Peace, The State, Science politique
*The Social Contract*, originally published as *On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right* (French: *Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique*), is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The book theorizes about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which Rousseau had already identified in his *Discourse on Inequality* (1755). *The Social Contract* helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. *The Social Contract* argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract))
1762
Looking for Alaska
Fiction, Boarding schools, Death
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave “the Great Perhaps” even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . . After. Nothing is ever the same
2005
Emile or Education
Education, Early works to 1800, Education, early works to 1800
Rousseau wrote about the difficulty of being a good individual within an inherently corrupting collectivity: society. Emile deals specifically with education, and outlines a system which would allow for human goodness. He uses the fictional story of Emile and his tutor to outline his ideas. The book was banned and publicly burned on its publication, but became a European bestseller and provided a basis for new education systems.
1762

Among WRITERS

Among writers, John Green ranks 5,908 out of 7,302. Before him are Leigh Hunt, Clare Hollingworth, André Bjerke, Princess Delphine of Belgium, Walter Abish, and Michael Swanwick. After him are Timur Vermes, Isaac D'Israeli, Monika Maron, James Cooke Brown, John Berryman, and Brigitte Kronauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1977, John Green ranks 166. Before him are Malik Bendjelloul, Jonathan Togo, Joseba Etxeberria, Park Eun-hye, Melanie Lynskey, and Levan Kobiashvili. After him are Kadri Simson, Samantha Morton, Mehdi Mahdavikia, Maitland Ward, Nicolas Kiefer, and Leo Franco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Green ranks 9,400 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Swanwick (1950), Richard Tyson (1956), Norman Fell (1924), Sally Struthers (1947), Judy Reyes (1967), and Jessi (1988). After him are Brooke Smith (1967), Lois Wilson (1894), Kurt Warner (1971), Rickie Lee Jones (1954), Joel Goldsmith (1957), and Marguerite De La Motte (1902).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, John Green ranks 713. Before him are Lyman Abbott (1835), Albert Maltz (1908), John Jakes (1932), Thomas Berger (1924), Gay Talese (1932), and Michael Swanwick (1950). After him are John Berryman (1914), Naomi Novik (1973), Tim LaHaye (1926), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), and Alvah Bessie (1904).

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