--- title: John Green's New Novel Will Be Turtles All the Way Down description: The author's next novel, Turtles All the Way Down, will come out in October, his publisher announced on Thursday canonical: https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-22T22:10:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T16:17:09.075Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Get Ready for John Green's First Novel Since 'The Fault in Our Stars' og:description: His next book is called 'Turtles All the Way Down' og:url: https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4f557f513fe44/6988d2f3fb4eac08c0892982/john-green.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: "Paper Towns" New York Premiere - Outside Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Get Ready for John Green's First Novel Since 'The Fault in Our Stars' twitter:description: His next book is called 'Turtles All the Way Down' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4f557f513fe44/6988d2f3fb4eac08c0892982/john-green.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Get Ready for John Green's First Novel Since _The Fault in Our Stars_ by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 22, 2017 10:10 PM UTC  Author/producer John Green attends the "Paper Towns" New York premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on July 21, 2015 in New York City. Author/producer John Green attends the "Paper Towns" New York premiere at AMC Loews Lincoln Square on July 21, 2015 in New York City.Jim Spellman—WireImage by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 22, 2017 10:10 PM UTC [John Green’s](http://time.com/4558821/john-green-influential-photo/) fans have been waiting for a new novel from him since 2012, when [_The Fault in Our Stars_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/014242417X/?tag=timecom-20) took the [YA](http://time.com/4571705/top-10-ya-childrens-books-2016/) world by storm. Five years have passed, but they don’t have to wait much longer: the author’s next novel, [_Turtles All the Way Down_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525555366/?tag=timecom-20), will come out in October, his publisher announced on Thursday. The new novel centers on Aza Holmes, 16, who — like the more famous Holmes — is trying to solve a mystery. While she tries to locate a billionaire who has disappeared, she also struggles with her mental health. “This is my first attempt to write directly about the kind of mental illness that has affected my life since childhood,” [Green](http://motto.time.com/4369175/john-green-orlando-vlog/) said in a statement, “so while the story is fictional, it is also quite personal.” With an initial printing of 1.5 million copies, _Turtles All the Way Down_ is set for an October 10 publication. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/"},"headline":"Get Ready for John Green's First Novel Since The Fault in Our Stars","datePublished":"2017-06-22T22:10:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T16:17:09.075Z","description":"His next book is called 'Turtles All the Way Down'","url":"https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/","keywords":["Books","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4f557f513fe44/6988d2f3fb4eac08c0892982/john-green.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdf4f557f513fe44/6988d2f3fb4eac08c0892982/john-green.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Paper Towns\" New York Premiere - Outside Arrivals","caption":"\"Paper Towns\" New York Premiere - Outside Arrivals","creditText":"Jim Spellman—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4829598/john-green-fault-in-our-stars-turtles-all-the-way-down/","name":"Get Ready for John Green's First Novel Since The Fault in Our Stars"}}]}] ```