An Abundance of Katherines

An Abundance of Katherines

By John Green

19 ratings 16 reviews 38 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 9 - 12Grades 4 - 7n/a5.661412
From the #1 bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars 

Michael L. Printz Honor Book
Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist


Katherine V thought boys were gross
Katherine X just wanted to be friends
Katherine XVIII dumped him in an e-mail
K-19 broke his heart
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be 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 ten thousand dollars 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.

Publisher: Puffin Books
Published on 10/16/2008
Binding: Paperback

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This book was filled with all the emotions in a teenagers life. It is also very diverse in its genres. Its filled with drama, humor, romance, and even action. An Abundance of Kathrines is an amazing book that every child prodigy and regular teenage kid should read.

Colin the child prodigy never had many friends except for the Muslim Hassan. And he only ever dates one type of girl: Girls called Katherine. Not Katrina's, or Kay's or even Catherine's--nope, only Katherine. After getting dumped by the 19th Katherine by far, Colin decides to go on a wild, wacky road trip with Hassan--but ends up in a small town with a sweet, sassy country girl , her boyfriend (also called Colin) and his wanton friends. In the town, many things happen. Hassan gets a first kiss. The girl. Lindsey, starts falling in love with Colin. At the end they are a happy Couple--even if Lindsey isn't a Katherine. This book was good, but if you wish for a more powerful and Logical story, choose Looking for Alaska or Let It Snow.

I want to read this book really bad! Its looks really good!

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I love this book!!! im in LOVE with the John Green books :)

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I really like this book but will Colin's realinshonship work?

This book is really interesting. It is about a young student and genius who has only dated girl with the name Katherine. After over 20 heartbreaks, he goes on a road trip with his friend, and it only gets better!

AMAZING BOOK I LOVE IT SOO MUCH! It's about a 17 year old prodigy called Colin, and he has dated 19 girls called Katherine.

Funny, fantastic road trip book. Eccentric intriguing characters, and a very unique makeout scene in a cave. I love this one.

I absolutely love An Abundance of Katherines! It makes me so sad how people always talk about TFIOS, LFA, and PT, but always leave this amazing book out... The only thing I wasn't fond of in this book was all the math.

I love it recomend to 4th graders

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