Looking for Alaska

By: John Green

Narrated by: Wil Wheaton

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The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the number one best-selling 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 Best Seller
A USA Today Best Seller
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 number one best-selling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

©2008 John Green (P)2019 Listening Library

Critic reviews

"What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter." (Chicago Tribune)

"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)

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.

Another great book from John Green!

My only critique is that it was slightly predictable. But, overall a great read/listen! I strongly suggest it to everyone looking for a book that is thought provoking.

I’m glad this found me

Sometimes I let chance pick a book, Looking for Alaska is one of these. And I was grateful to chance by the end of the second chapter. It was a beautiful story. To me, it felt like I met a much better version of Holden Caulfield. He wasn’t pure mood and ego here. This was a rich story both light hearted and endearing. I would be friends with any of these characters, and I’ll think of them sometimes.
Will Wheaton was an excellent narrator. He always feels like the right choice to me. But particularly in this book, since I always pictured Geordie Lachance as being a better Caulfield too.

Worth every penny!!!!

I could listen to this book over and over and still cry!! I love this book!!!

Better than expected

I don’t usually read fiction, so not sure why I chose this book. I liked it and think it’s a worthwhile choice for you to consider

Heart wrenching and thought provoking

John Green can write like nobodies business. Read everything he writes. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll come away changed.