What to read if you enjoyed "The Fault in Our Stars"

Whether you already read The Fault in Our Stars or are currently on the hold list for a copy, here are some other books you may be interested in checking out. Find the list on BiblioCommons here (click on the printer icon for a clean printable copy!). Come back to the blog later this week when I'll have another reading list for fans of John Green!

	This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl (new) TEEN BIOGRAPHY EARL A memoir told through the journals, letters, and stories of young cancer patient Esther Earl.
	Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews TEEN ANDREWS Seventeen-year-old Greg has managed to become part of every social group at his Pittsburgh high school without having any friends, but his life changes when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a girl he once knew in Hebrew school who has leukemia.
	Dear Life, You Suck by Scott Blagden RANDALL OAKS TEEN BLAGDEN Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.
	Deadline by Chris Crutcher TEEN CRUTCHER Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."
	Before I Die by Jenny Downham TEEN DOWNHAM A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
	Looking for Alaska by John Green TEEN GREEN RANDALL OAKS TEEN GREEN Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
	I'm Not Her by Janet Gurtler TEEN GURTLER Brainy Tess Smith is the younger sibling of the beautiful, popular, volleyball-scholarship-bound Kristina. When Kristina is diagnosed with bone cancer, it drastically changes both sisters' lives. Sometimes the things that annoy us the most about our siblings are the ones we'd miss the most if we lost them.
	Catcher, Caught by Sarah Collins Honenberger FICTION HONENBERGER A few months after doctors tell him he has only a year to live, a precocious fifteen-year-old from a small town in Virginia has an intense reaction to The Catcher in the Rye. Deriving inspiration from J. D. Salinger's narrative, Daniel Landon begins to question the intentions and authority of those around him in his own search for identity in the face of death.
	Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern (new) TEEN MCGOVERN Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized. When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other's lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.
	Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy (new) TEEN MURPHY Alice is ready to go out in a blaze of glory, but then she discovers she's in remission from cancer and she must deal with all of the mistakes she's made and the people she's hurt.
	Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell TEEN ROWELL RANDALL OAKS TEEN ROWELL Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.
	The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider TEEN SCHNEIDER Star athlete and prom king Ezra Faulkner's life is irreparably transformed by a tragic accident and the arrival of eccentric new girl Cassidy Thorpe.
	Somebody Up There Hates You by Hollis Seamon TEEN SEAMON Dying of cancer in a hospice, seventeen-year-old prankster Richard has big plans for his final days.
	After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick JUV FICTION SONNENBLICK RANDALL OAKS JUV FICTION SONNENBLICK Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
	Drums, Girls, & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick TEEN SONNENBLICK JUV FICTION SONNENBLICK When his younger brother is diagnosed with leukemia, thirteen-year-old Steven tries to deal with his complicated emotions, his school life, and his desire to support his family.
	How to Say Goodbye in Robot by Natalie Standiford RANDALL OAKS TEEN STANDIFORD After moving to Baltimore and enrolling in a private school, high school senior Beatrice befriends a quiet loner with a troubled family history.
	The Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork TEEN STORK RANDALL OAKS TEEN STORK Seventeen-year-old Pancho is bent on avenging the senseless death of his sister, but after he meets D.Q, who is dying of cancer, and Marisol, one of D.Q.'s caregivers, both boys find their lives changed by their interactions.
	The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen TEEN VAN  When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
	Noggin by John Corey Whaley After dying at age sixteen, Travis Coates' head was removed and frozen for five years before being attached to another body, and now the old Travis and the new must find a way to coexist while figuring out changes in his relationships.