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An Abundance of Katherines

By: John Green
Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
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From the number one best-selling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars

Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
New York Times best seller

When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton’s type is girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. On a road trip miles from home, this anagram-happy, washed-up child prodigy has $10,000 in his pocket, a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail, and an overweight, Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun - but no Katherines. Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship, avenge Dumpees everywhere, and finally win him the girl. Love, friendship, and a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising and heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself.

©2008 John Green (P)2019 Listening Library Dating & Sex Difficult Situations Family & Relationships Friendship Humor Literature & Fiction Heartfelt

Critic reviews

"Fully fun, challengingly complex, and entirely entertaining." (Kirkus starred review)

"Laugh-out-loud funny...a coming-of-age American road trip that is at once a satire of and tribute to its many celebrated predecessors." (Horn Book starred review)

"Imagine an operating room at the start of a daring but well-rehearsed procedure and you will have something of the atmosphere of An Abundance of Katherines: every detail considered, the action unrolling with grace and inevitability." (New York Times Book Review)

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I can’t say this is worth reading. Over all kinda bland no crazy twists or heart wrenching moments.

Honestly pretty meh

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I love how this book balances the humor and plot, the fact that it’s not like other teen comedy books is a nice touch

The humor

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This book sucks you in from the start. It reminds you of every geeky math nerd you knew and loved or hated, and that little bit of aspergers that lives in most of us.

funny and a great find

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love this story and the reader just totally made me feel the whole book

Great book GREAT reader.

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I started reading this book several years ago in a hard copy and couldn’t get into it. The narrator was so captivating it wasn’t hard to get through this book now in less than a week. Such a great story with several different characters and voices. Has it’s funny moments that actually had me laughing out loud. Such a good unexpected love story.

Great story

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This book was life changing for me, I learned alot from it and am grateful to had been able to read it, it hilarious, enjoyable and very real. I really just loved the book in genaral

very enjoyable and hilarious

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Yes, this book is clever, has romance, and is funny. Yet, it lacks in depth in all of these facets. This book has little of everything, but it did not explore any of these themes enough to take something away from. That being said, this book is a perfect illustration of the troubles that arise when you anchor yourself to a specific identity.

Good, yet unfulfilling

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Great portrayal of awkward adolescence! I love the banter, the jokes, the characterization, and the overall moral of the story. Relatable on many levels.

Fun and irreverent

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Colin has loved 19 girls, all named Katherine. They all have dumped him. Seeking to assuage his pain, he and his friend Hassan (sorry if I misheard the name) go on a road trip to find themselves. They achieve their goals in a small Tennessee community whose only industry is a factory that makes tampon strings. The young men are employed by the factory owner to interview all the former employees of the factory. Eccentric but endearing characters help the boys put their lives in perspective.

A Rolling Ride with Theorems and Heartbreak

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This book it very good. John Green never fails to impress me. Amazing, nothing else needs to be said

I loved this book

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