An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
★ Top 25 book of 2007 · #23 on Best Books of 2007
Colin Singleton, a washed-up child prodigy, keeps getting dumped by girls named Katherine, nineteen times so far. On a road trip with his best friend, he sets out to prove a theorem predicting relationships, in a comic novel about reinventing oneself.
Best for: Fans of funny, layered stories about love, friendship and starting over
An Abundance of Katherines is #23 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar.
What An Abundance of Katherines is about
Colin Singleton is a former child prodigy from Chicago who worries his genius will fade with age. He has also been dumped by nineteen girls, every one of them named Katherine. Fresh out of high school, he sets off on a road trip with Hassan, his best and only friend, and they land in Gutshot, a small Tennessee town where a textile mill family offers them a summer job collecting residents' stories for an oral history.
Colin, meanwhile, is busy building a theorem he hopes will predict how any relationship will turn out. A feral hog complicates matters. Funny, nerdy and warm, this young adult novel is about heartbreak, friendship and the question of how to matter. It even includes an appendix explaining the math, for readers who like to check the work.
An Abundance of Katherines on the Best Books of 2007
An Abundance of Katherines came out in 2007. Of the 53 books first published in 2007 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #23 on our Best Books of 2007 list.
Why it made the list: 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (37 ratings). The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2007 list
- Tweak Nic Sheff, #21
- The Mysterious Benedict Society (the Mysterious Benedict Society #1) Trenton Lee Stewart, #22
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 212 want to read it, 12 are reading it now and 67 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 3.8 out of 5 from 37 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 60 | 55% |
| Reader love | 23 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 58 | 20% |
Questions about An Abundance of Katherines
When was An Abundance of Katherines published?
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green was first published in 2007.
Was An Abundance of Katherines one of the best books of 2007?
An Abundance of Katherines is #23 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar. 291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (37 ratings).
Why is An Abundance of Katherines on the Best Books of 2007 list?
291 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 3.8 out of 5 (37 ratings).
More of the best books of 2007
- Dog Days Jeff Kinney, #1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan, #3
- A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, #4
- Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, #5
- The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, #6
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