UPDATE: John Green’s Reluctant Rocket Ship Ride

People I (Mostly) Admire

Author and YouTuber John Green thought his breakout bestseller wouldn’t be a commercial success, wrote 40,000 words for one sentence, and brought Steve to tears.

• SOURCE:
  • John Green, best-selling author and YouTube creator.

• RESOURCES:
  • "The Deadliest Infectious Disease Isn’t a Science Problem. It’s a Money Problem," by John Green (The Washington Post, 2024).
  • “Tuition Inflation Isn’t as Bad as You Think,” by Felix Salmon (Axios, 2022).
  • “Fast Facts: Expenditures,” by the National Center for Education Statistics (2022).
  • “Trends in College Pricing and Student Aid 2021,” by the College Board (2021).
  • “#37 John,” by Heavyweight (2021).
  • The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet, by John Green (2021).
  • “Scratch ‘n’ Sniff Stickers and the Indianapolis 500,” by The Anthropocene Reviewed Podcast (2019).
  • “How Joan of Arc Conquered Mark Twain,” by Ted Gioia (America: The Jesuit Review, 2018).
  • Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green (2017).
  • The Fault in Our Stars, film (2014).
  • The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green (2012).
  • Looking for Alaska, by John Green (2005).
  • All the King’s Men, by Robert Penn Warren and Noel Polk (1946).
  • Harvey, film (1950).
  • vlogbrothers, YouTube channel by John and Hank Green.
  • Crash Course, YouTube channel by John and Hank Green.

• EXTRAS:
  • “Peter Singer Isn’t a Saint, But He’s Better Than Steve Levitt,” by People I (Mostly) Admire (2022).
  • “Freakonomics Radio Goes Back To School,” series by Freakonomics Radio (2022).