Everything, Everything
by Nicola Yoon
★ Top 25 book of 2015 · #15 on Best Books of 2015
A teenage girl who cannot safely go outdoors finds her sheltered life upended when a family moves in next door and a tangled romance begins. The story is told through an inventive mix of diary entries, texts, lists, charts and drawings.
Best for: Teen readers who enjoy romance told through creative, mixed-format storytelling
Everything, Everything is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar.
What Everything, Everything is about
Maddy Whittier is eighteen and lives in a Los Angeles house she is not allowed to leave. She has been told she has a severe immune disorder, so everything that enters her home must be sanitized, and her days are shared with her doctor mother Pauline and her nurse, Carla. Her father and brother died in a car accident.
Then a family moves in next door. Their son Olly starts messaging Maddy online, and for the first time her small world has someone new in it. Told through diary entries, texts, lists, charts and little illustrations, the story follows a first love that makes Maddy question how much of life she is willing to give up for safety. It is a debut young adult novel about longing, trust, and what it costs to be protected.
Everything, Everything on the Best Books of 2015
Everything, Everything came out in 2015. Of the 56 books first published in 2015 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #15 on our Best Books of 2015 list.
Why it made the list: 503 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (37 ratings); 21 are reading it right now. 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 2015 list
- Children of Time Adrian Tchaikovsky, #13
- Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents Lindsay C. Gibson, #14
- Neverseen Shannon Messenger, #16
- The Mistake Elle Kennedy, #17
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 426 want to read it, 21 are reading it now and 56 have read it, according to Open Library.
- Ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 37 Open Library ratings.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 75 | 55% |
| Reader love | 52 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 70 | 20% |
Questions about Everything, Everything
When was Everything, Everything published?
Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon was first published in 2015.
Was Everything, Everything one of the best books of 2015?
Everything, Everything is #15 on BookWard's Best Books of 2015, out of 56 2015 books that cleared our data bar. 503 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (37 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
Why is Everything, Everything on the Best Books of 2015 list?
503 readers have shelved it on Open Library; readers rate it 4.2 out of 5 (37 ratings); 21 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2015
- Six of Crows Leigh Bardugo, #1
- The Hired Girl Laura Amy Schlitz, #2
- Queen of Shadows Sarah J. Maas, #3
- November 9 Colleen Hoover, #4
- The Sword of Summer Rick Riordan, #5
- Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, #6
See the full Best Books of 2015, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
This page uses public data: Open Library reader counts and ratings, and Wikipedia page views for recent years. The description is paraphrased from real source text. Rankings reflect reading interest, not quality or sales, and can be affected by data gaps. Lists update monthly.
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