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  • Looking for Alaska

  • By: John Green
  • Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
  • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (202 ratings)

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Looking for Alaska

By: John Green
Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
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Summary

Now a Hulu Limited Series!

The award-winning, genre-defining debut from John Green, the number one best-selling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars

Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award
A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist
A New York Times Best Seller
A USA Today Best Seller
NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels
TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time
A PBS Great American Read Selection
Millions of copies sold!

First drink. First prank. First friend. First love. Last words.

Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words - and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet François Rabelais called the “Great Perhaps”. Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps.

Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked number one best-selling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.

©2008 John Green (P)2019 Listening Library
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Critic reviews

"What sets this novel apart is the brilliant, insightful, suffering but enduring voice of Miles Halter." (Chicago Tribune)

"A gem of modern literature." (Guardian)

"What sings and soars in this gorgeously told tale is Green’s mastery of language and the sweet, rough edges of Pudge’s voice." (Kirkus)

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Nice listen

Story is good, but the narrator could do better with the character's voices. Still worth a listen.

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Excellent narration!

The story telling, Will Wheaton has a great animated voice which engages you with the story very well!

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Very thoughtful

This story makes you think about a lot of aspects in life. Very good story

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Wholesome…

Not what I generally read, I picked it more or less at random…

The story is very good, the characters feel lightly on the caricature side of realistic. Very good mix of coming of age, mischief and philosophy

The narration is sublime!

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Good but emotional

This book is good but with a sad twist. It is very inspiring, motivating, funny and sad but a really good book all round.

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Awsome book

Loved the book, and a big fan of Wil Wheaton, although his girl voice could do with some work 😂

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Genuinely Moving.

I laughed. I cried. I contemplated my life. This book really left its mark. It feels so honest, so real and for me, relatable. From the last 50 books I've read, I think I'll remember and consider this one more than any other. I wish I could unread it, just to read it again for the first time. Recommended.

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Beautiful Story

I absolutely loved this book. The story was captivating, and there were some really beautiful moments in it. I can't recommend this enough.

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Great read ! Very interesting

great little book but the narrator should definitely work a lot more on his women’s voice 😭 anyway love this

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Great book. Great narration

I loved this book and Will Wheaton narrated it really well by voicing characters differently. I highly recommend this book

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