--- title: John Green's New Book Ends a Nine-Year Silence description: The Fault in Our Stars author announces Hollywood, Ending, his first novel since 2017 and his first work of adult fiction. author: Darie Nani (Editor-in-Chief) date: 2026-04-01T15:01:29.176Z updated: 2026-06-29T08:43:54.159Z canonical: https://www.richmanmagazine.com/article/john-green-new-book-hollywood-ending image: https://cdn.nanimediahouse.com/john-green-author-portrait.webp categories: Fiction content_type: Profile region: Global publication: Rich Books about: - type: Person name: John Green description: "John Green is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, and Turtles All the Way Down. His books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. He co-founded Complexly, the media company behind Crash Course and SciShow, and co-created VidCon. His first adult novel, Hollywood, Ending, publishes September 2026." jobTitle: Author sameAs: - https://www.johngreenbooks.com - https://www.instagram.com/johngreenwritesbooks - https://www.youtube.com/@vlogbrothers --- John Green sold 50 million books, then stopped writing fiction for nine years. Yesterday, he announced that hiatus is over. His new book, Hollywood, Ending, will be published on September 22, 2026 by Dutton Books. It is his seventh novel and the first written for an adult audience. Every previous work of fiction, from Looking for Alaska to Turtles All the Way Down, was young adult. "Over the last nine years, I've been trying to write a novel about love, trauma, fame, and the machine that grinds private experience into public attention," Green wrote on Threads. "I've given up writing it many, many times." ### Book: Hollywood, Ending By John Green John Green's first novel for adults follows two young actors, Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, cast in a buzzy Andy Warhol biopic. Told in dual perspective from first days on location to the premiere, it explores love, trauma, fame, and the tension between public and private life. [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525556656) ## Why the Fault in Our Stars Author Stopped Writing The Fault in Our Stars, published in 2012, became one of the [bestselling novels of the decade](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/best-selling-novelist-of-all-time-dame-agatha-christie-s-fiction-books-and-reality). The 2014 film adaptation opened at number one and grossed over $307 million worldwide. Green went from respected YA author to cultural fixture in a single year. His follow-up, Turtles All the Way Down (2017), explored OCD through fiction. Green has spoken publicly about living with the condition for most of his life. In 2015, he stopped taking his medication, believing it was suppressing his creativity. The decision triggered what he later described as a "medium-bad-level [mental health crisis](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/mental-health-the-hidden-cost-of-success)." After Turtles, he did not publish another novel. He stepped back from social media periodically. The expectation that he would produce another Fault in Our Stars-level hit became, by his own account, the thing that prevented him from writing at all. ## What John Green Built While He Wasn't Writing Books Green and his brother Hank co-founded Complexly, a [media production company](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/how-the-headlines-are-amplifying-great-voices-in-a-flooded-publishing-world-as-new-book-title) that runs Crash Course (16.9 million YouTube subscribers, over two billion views), SciShow, and a portfolio of educational channels. They had previously co-founded VidCon, the online video conference, which they sold to Viacom. Green also published The Anthropocene Reviewed in 2021, a nonfiction book adapted from his podcast, in which he reviewed aspects of human existence on a five-star scale. It was a bestseller, but it was not a novel. The combined effect is that Green's nine-year absence from fiction did not damage his career or his finances. His net worth is estimated between $17 and $30 million. His audience stayed loyal through YouTube, podcasting, and the annual Project for Awesome charity drive run by the Nerdfighter community he and Hank built. Few authors can afford to take a decade off from the thing that made them famous. Green could, because he had built revenue streams that did not depend on publishing novels. ## John Green's New Book: What Hollywood, Ending Is About Hollywood, Ending follows two young actors, Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo, cast in an Andy Warhol biopic called Andy Warhol Never Gets Old. The novel is told in dual perspective, from the first days on location to the premiere. It uses the production as a frame to explore fame, trauma, love, and the tension between public and private life. The Warhol connection is not incidental. He was the original architect of [celebrity as performance](https://richbooksmagazine.com/article/the-intriguing-psychology-behind-our-cultural-obsession-with-celebrity-gossip). Green, who spent nine years unable to write because of the weight of his own public identity, chose that subject deliberately. Hollywood, Ending is available for preorder now. The shift to adult fiction suggests Green is writing for the audience that grew up reading him. ### More Books by John Green - [The Fault in Our Stars](https://www.amazon.com/dp/014242417X) by John Green - [Turtles All the Way Down](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143132121) by John Green - [The Anthropocene Reviewed](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525555242) by John Green - [Paper Towns](https://www.amazon.com/dp/014241493X) by John Green - [Looking for Alaska](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0142402516) by John Green - [An Abundance of Katherines](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0142410705) by John Green ## FAQ **Q: What is John Green's net worth?** Estimates range from $17 million to $30 million. His income comes from book sales (50 million copies sold across all titles), film adaptations, and Complexly, the media company he co-founded with his brother Hank Green. Complexly produces Crash Course, SciShow, and other YouTube channels with a combined audience in the tens of millions. **Q: What is the most popular John Green book?** The Fault in Our Stars (2012) is his bestselling novel. It spent years on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into a 2014 film that grossed over $307 million. His other novels include Looking for Alaska (2005), Paper Towns (2008), and Turtles All the Way Down (2017). Hollywood, Ending, due September 2026, will be his seventh. **Q: Does John Green's OCD affect his writing?** Green has said publicly that it does. He lives with obsessive-compulsive disorder, particularly intrusive thoughts related to health. His 2017 novel Turtles All the Way Down drew directly on that experience. In 2015, he stopped taking medication hoping to increase his creative output, which led to a serious mental health setback. The nine-year gap between Turtles and Hollywood, Ending was partly a consequence of that period. **Q: Why did John Green switch from YA to adult fiction?** All six of Green's previous novels were young adult. Hollywood, Ending is his first adult novel, dealing with themes of fame, trauma, and public attention. Green is 48, and his original readership has grown up alongside him. The genre shift reflects both where he is as a writer and where his audience is as readers.