Based on Green's
hugely popular podcast, THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED, which has
10M lifetime downloads across the series and approx.
500K downloads per monthFrom the
#1 internationally bestselling author of
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS (over 1.3m copies TCM), and the #1 YA contemporary author of the decade (2010-2020); his books have
50 million copies in print worldwide in
over 55 languagesHuge campaign in the US (Dutton) which we will followFor readers of:
The Fault in Our Stars (1.3M TCM);
Notes on a Nervous Planet by Matt Haig (151K TCM);
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami (123K PBs);
How To by Randall Munroe (37K TCM);
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino (14K TCM);
The 99% Invisible City by Roman Mars (6.2K HB since Oct. 2020)Green is also the co-creator (with brother Hank Green) of the popular YouTube channel
Vlogbrothers (3.32M subscribers) and the educational channel
Crash Course (11.6M subscribers)John Green is the author of
Looking for Alaska;
An Abundance of Katherines;
Paper Towns;
Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with David Levithan);
The Fault in Our Stars, and
Turtles All the Way Down. His books have received many accolades, including a Printz Medal, a Printz Honor, and an Edgar Award. John has twice been a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize and was selected by
TIME magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. With his brother, Hank, John has co-created many online video projects, including Vlogbrothers and the educational channel Crash Course. He lives with his family in Indianapolis, Indiana.
A deeply moving and mind-expanding collection of personal essays in the first ever work of non-fiction from #1 internationally bestselling author John Green
The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its biodiversity. In this remarkable symphony of essays adapted and expanded from his ground-breaking, critically acclaimed podcast, John Green reviews different facets of the human-centered planet - from the QWERTY keyboard and Halley's Comet to Penguins of Madagascar - on a five-star scale.
Complex and rich with detail, the Anthropocene's reviews have been praised as 'observations that double as exercises in memoiristic empathy', with over 10 million lifetime downloads. John Green's gift for storytelling shines throughout this artfully curated collection about the shared human experience; it includes beloved essays along with six all-new pieces exclusive to the book.
