All statements about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

202 statements about An Absolutely Remarkable Thing in 81 videos, by upload date.

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2015

2015-01-13 · On Writing, Looking for Alaska Turning 10, and Winning the Project for Awesome — John says he is going back to writing, and that he heard on Tumblr that Hank is also writing a story, joking that this is how he learns about his brother's life. (playful) — 00:03:37
2015-02-13 · Draw My Life + 16 Other Suggestions — Hank: Asked about his book, Hank says he is thinking about writing a fiction-y thing, for now about a girl, a robot and what it means to be human. (hedged) — 00:01:05
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he has been writing a novel-like book, not secretly but without broadcasting it, starting during NaNoWriMo in November (November 2014). — 00:00:01
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he reached 15,000 words during November and, as of June 26th, has hit NaNoWriMo's 50,000-word mark, unbothered by his slowness. — 00:00:11
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says that with revisions he will probably still be writing the book a year from now, which terrifies him; it is unlike anything he has done and he has no reason to believe he can. (hedged) — 00:00:32
2015-06-26 · How to Get Good at Everything — Hank says he has to do that and it will take a long time, but he is going to do it, and tells John to stop writing so he can catch up, then not to stop. — 00:03:31

2017

2017-09-19 · Why Cities? — announcement: John is thrilled that Hank is publishing a book next year (2018), An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with a New York Times article linked below. — 00:03:42
2017-09-29 · What's This Video About? — Hank has been thinking a lot about stories because he has been working on his own and has just read John's. — 00:01:04
2017-10-10 · Turtles All the Way Down!!! A Reunion Video — John: Asked how it feels to have Hank be a published author, John says he is so psyched, so happy and so proud of Hank. — 00:02:38
2017-12-01 · Let's Talk About Stress! — Hank is working on his book and, stuck in book land, hasn't been thinking about Vlogbrothers, so he asked everybody what he should talk about. — 00:00:04

2018

2018-01-16 · My Hollywood Star, Brexit Pears, and Hank's Book: It's QUESTION TUESDAY — recommendation: John has just read an amazing, properly brilliant book by first novelist Hank Green, but won't say more until it is available for pre-order. — 00:00:06
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank fully recognizes that writing a book is much easier when you needn't worry whether a publisher or agent will read it and have published-author friends to help revise and vouch for you; he thanks Patrick Rothfuss for that. — video description
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank is there basically to get booksellers to like his book, which they cannot read yet but which now has a release date: September 25th. (hedged) — 00:00:12
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — Hank: That, plus knowing agents and publishers would read the book because he is John Green's brother (thanks, John), is how he wrote it over and over until it was done. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:56
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank: The book can be pre-ordered at local bookstores or via links in the description. — 00:03:21
2018-01-26 · I Wrote a Book. I WROTE A BOOK. How did I do that? — announcement: Hank: Not all pre-orders will be signed: John set unrealistic expectations and Hank is bringing them back to reality. (playful) — 00:03:35
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John congratulates Hank on his book: so brilliant, the best book he has read about what now feels like, and a rip-roaring adventure story. — 00:00:03
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John says Hank must improve his self-promotion: his video about the book never mentioned its title. (playful) — 00:00:29
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — announcement: John: The book is An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; it comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:42
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John advises that whenever you talk about your new book, even to your spouse or cat, you include the title, the pub date and 'available for pre-order now'. (playful) — 00:00:51
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — recommendation: John gives the premise: a 23-year-old graphic designer names a ten-foot samurai sculpture Carl in a YouTube video and wakes up famous, as 50 other Carls have appeared worldwide. — 00:01:08
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John calls it the story of one woman's ascent, or descent, into fame and punditry, and an exploration of how humans behave facing big shared challenges. — 00:01:33
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John doesn't want to criticize Hank's promo game too much: Hank is a good person who understandably doesn't want to bombard their audience with marketing. — 00:01:45
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John: Hank has worked on the book for years and people want to know about it; Vlogbrothers shouldn't become a booktube channel about one book, though. — 00:01:58
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — ask: John asks Hank to let them know when there's a cover; he cannot wait for it. — 00:02:05
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John: Answering Hank's 'not all pre-orders will be signed', John grants that only someone with arguably pathological joy in repetition signs 200,000 times, but Hank shouldn't sign zero; they'll figure something out. (playful, hedged) — 00:02:13
2018-01-30 · Hank, I Have Some Advice — John congratulates Hank again and is excited for the world to read the book and for the important conversations that will come from it. — 00:02:35
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: Asked how book editing is going, Hank says not great: a busy week, a deadline he may miss, and a lot of stress. (hedged) — 00:01:01
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — ask: Hank: Asked for an official emoji combination for his book, Hank asks people to come up with one and promises to return to it at the end of the video. — 00:01:17
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — announcement: Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is available for pre-order now and comes out on September 25th. — 00:01:21
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: After finishing his first book, Hank watched a French man play accordion in an airport while his children played, thinking that weird things happen both in his book and in the real world, then flew home. — 00:01:35
2018-02-02 · What is That Plane Rainbow? (It's Question Tuesday) — Hank: For the book's emoji sequence, Hank reports Katherine has one with spoilers and April May suggests robot, dark-haired white girl, Statue of Liberty, burrito. (playful) — 00:03:33
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — The description explains the process: the designer read the manuscript and sent three sample covers Hank did not like. — video description
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — ask: The description asks viewers to pre-order An Absolutely Remarkable Thing at hankgreen.com. — video description
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank: After rejecting the first mockups, Hank sent the designer three non-cover images he liked, with bold colours, repeating patterns and an illustrated feel, plus a few favourite recent book covers and under 400 words on what he hoped for. — video description
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank's brief said he had worked hard to mix high energy and fun with deadly serious in the novel, and that this may be impossible to hope for in a cover. — video description
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank received five designs, three of them colour variations on the final cover; he asked for other colour treatments and suggested adding eyes to one of the Carls, but went with one of the original colour schemes. — video description
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — announcement: Hank will share the cover of his book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, available September 25th and open for pre-order now. — 00:00:31
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank admits bias about his own cover, says he had minimal input, and calls the process very scary but is happy with the result. — 00:03:07
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank says the font feels pulp, adventurous and comic, while the background draws you into something mysterious and a bit creepy, exactly as he wanted. — 00:03:20
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — Hank: The ostentatious colours fit the main character, April, a graphic designer very into colour choice, who would like that the cover stands on its own as an identity for the book. (hedged) — 00:03:30
2018-03-02 · The Best (Recent) Book Covers Including MINE! — announcement: Hank: All the English-language publishers like the cover, so it will be the same in the UK, Canada and Australia. — 00:03:51
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — Hank: His lateness has worsened with the book's deadlines, meetings and signing, and since Orin was born he has had to apply better the strategies built over 20 years of chronic lateness. — 00:00:46
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — announcement: Hank: Signed editions of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will exist in limited number (not all pre-orders signed): now at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, at local bookstores on release, US and Canada only. — 00:03:26
2018-04-06 · How to Stop Being Late Forever (advice for myself and other chronically late people) — ask: Hank: Viewers who already pre-ordered can cancel, since the book hasn't shipped, and order the signed edition, a separate listing; links are at hankgreen.com. — 00:03:42
2018-05-11 · Looking for Alaska Movie (BUT BETTER) and YouTuber Things — announcement: Hank says he has a book, which is very exciting, and Crash Course and SciShow are doing amazingly well. — 00:01:05
2018-05-15 · Seven Maps to Better Understand the World — announcement: John apologizes in advance for the awesome things he won't be able to sponsor, but will try to sponsor at least a few. (hedged) — 00:03:53
2018-06-01 · Destroying My Router with a Hammer (and etc.) — announcement: Hank: On-screen text says An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is available for preorder and comes out September 25. — 00:02:02
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — ask: The description and John point viewers to pre-order signed copies of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing from Amazon or Barnes and Noble. — video description
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — ask: John: Besides Amazon and Barnes and Noble, the description suggests buying An Absolutely Remarkable Thing at a local bookstore or reserving it at a library. — video description
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: The description warns that the Kirkus review contains spoilers and points to a spoiler-free version on Hank's Twitter, alongside the full review. — video description
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Hank is signing 40,000 sheets to be bound into his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which comes out September 25 and is available for pre-order now. — 00:00:51
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Breaking news mid-video: the first review of Hank's book, a starred review from Kirkus, has just come out. — 00:01:14
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John reads Kirkus calling the book a fun contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, and saying Green is clearly interested in how social media moves the needle on our culture and uses April's fame, choices and moral quandaries to reflect on the rending of social fabric. — 00:01:23
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John says Hank's book is so brilliant and he cannot wait for people to read it. — 00:01:38
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — announcement: John: Pre-ordering a signed copy gives a 5% chance of one of John's doodles and a 1 in 40,000 chance of the one sheet Hank forgot to sign, where John wrote a note and imitated Hank's signature. (playful) — 00:02:47
2018-06-19 · My Signature Move — John: Months after first reading it, John still thinks about Hank's book all the time and really thinks it might change the world for the better. (hedged) — 00:03:04
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — Hank consumes many books as audiobooks; getting the narrator's test audio was a bigger moment for him than seeing the cover or the printed book. — video description
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank is almost done signing sheets; the UK edition sheets differ page to page, so sped up they make a stop-motion effect where the Carls fade in and out and one blinks. — 00:02:01
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank: The main narrator of Hank's audiobook is Kristen Sieh, who was in Orange Is the New Black, The Blacklist and House of Cards. — 00:03:03
2018-07-06 · This Ends in Death — announcement: Hank: The book switches perspective for one chapter, and Hank will narrate that chapter himself; he can't wait to get into making the audiobook. — 00:03:13
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — announcement: Hank says many people have said nice things about his book, but he doesn't feel right reading them aloud, so he had his dad read them from paperboard cards. — 00:01:53
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: A blurb Dad reads praises the book's earnestly flawed bisexual heroine with direction and commitment issues and its generosity of spirit, calling it timely, sorely needed and highly recommended. — 00:02:04
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Another blurb calls the book funny, thrilling and an absolute blast to read, saying the writer knew Hank would be good at this but not this good on his first try. — 00:02:19
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: A third blurb calls it the book the writer's teen self would have loved and adult self obsessed over: joyful, devastating, personal, zeitgeisty, modern, classic, fast-paced and thoughtful. — 00:02:31
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — Mike Green: Dad adds his own verdict: he read it, and it's a good book. — 00:02:46
2018-07-20 · Making Bad Decisions with My Dad — announcement: Hank says they are going on tour: all the new tour information is up at HankGreen.com, and tickets are apparently already selling fast. (hedged) — 00:02:54
2018-07-24 · Other John Greens — announcement: John says he will join Hank on tour in New York, Boston, North Canton (Ohio), Kansas City, Chicago and Indianapolis, and is excited for it. — 00:03:22
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited to tour with Hank in September; not knowing when they will tour together again, he will try to relish it. — 00:02:36
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — ask: John says tour tickets are selling out in many places, so now is the time to get them at hankgreen.com. — 00:02:45
2018-08-14 · Question Tuesday: Secrets & Primes — John is very excited for AFC Wimbledon's new season; all 'our' stadium advertisements now advertise An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, reaching third-tier English football supporters. (playful) — 00:02:52
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank's Australian publisher Hachette asked him to answer questions about his book, out in under 30 days, and he does so with Australian voices because he loves the accent. — 00:00:12
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank added one thing to the book after it went to press; it will be in the second edition and maybe the digital editions. (hedged) — 00:01:47
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — Hank: Asked if he would let An Absolutely Remarkable Thing become a movie, Hank doesn't know: he hasn't said yes yet; it would be cool but, he has seen, a lot of work. (unsure) — 00:01:47
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank: Asked whether a sequel to his book is in the works, Hank says yes. — 00:02:17
2018-08-31 · Beautiful if Damp: Answering Questions in Melbourne — announcement: Hank's book comes out September 25th and is available for pre-order now. — 00:03:20
2018-09-07 (said on 2018-09-03, implied) · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Tessa Violet: Asked by Hank, Tessa, who has a copy of his book, says it is so good. — 00:02:50
2018-09-07 (said on 2018-09-03, implied) · Frightened Leech Science with Tessa Violet — Tessa Violet: Tessa says reading is a chore for her and she rarely finishes books, yet she started Hank's on Sunday, is three quarters through by Monday (10 September 2018) and read it walking down the street. — 00:02:50
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John reminds Hank that in May he said Hank's birthday present would be a little late, and says it is here. — 00:00:00
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: For Central Floridians who want to see the billboards, John lists their spots: one at Weber and Mills, two at Corinne Drive and Winter Park Road, and two on US 441, before Silver Star Road and before the Glen Eagles Way turnoff. — video description
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John reveals that his call months ago, saying sponsoring AFC Wimbledon made him want to sponsor other things, was a trick: he was buying sponsorships for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. (playful) — 00:00:29
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing has ads around AFC Wimbledon's stadium and is the club's training kit sponsor, seen before its game against West Ham United. — 00:00:29
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: CalSol, the UC Berkeley solar car team building and racing street-legal solar vehicles, will carry an An Absolutely Remarkable Thing sticker on its next car, Tachyon. — 00:01:27
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John: Next spring a youth baseball team outside Boston will play as the Mission Hill Absolutely Remarkable Things. — 00:01:56
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — announcement: John says Hank's book does not need the sponsorships to excite people: it has glowing starred reviews from Booklist, Library Journal and Kirkus. — 00:02:26
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — John sponsored groups and teams because An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a beautiful exploration of what humans can accomplish when they collaborate effectively. — 00:02:55
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — ask: John: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing comes out in two weeks; pre-order links are in the description. — 00:03:24
2018-09-11 · Surprise . . . — ask: John asks viewers to see Hank and him, or Hank alone, on the book tour: Boston and Santa Cruz are sold out, tickets remain elsewhere. — 00:03:24
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank shows the final first edition of his book, the version that will be in stores: pretty, beautiful, loved and terrifying. — 00:00:00
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank: It has never occurred to Hank that his book will sell as well as John's, not because it is ridiculous, which it is, but because he doesn't imagine his success in relation to John's. — 00:00:31
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — Hank thanks John for his support all his life and for supporting this hard, weird, different thing he made, which he is excited to see in the world. — 00:02:52
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank will see John in New York City for the book's release on September 25th and the start of their tour. — 00:02:52
2018-09-14 · Our Rivalry — announcement: Hank: The book tour starts September 25th in New York, then Boston, Canton, Chicago, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Cruz and Bellingham. — 00:03:34
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — ask: The description asks viewers to come see Hank and John on tour next week (week of 24 September 2018), via hankgreen.com. — video description
2018-09-18 · On the Participation Trophy — announcement: John: Hank's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing comes out one week from today, and John is proud of him because he knows how hard Hank worked. — 00:03:24
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — ask: The description asks viewers to come see John and Hank on tour at hankgreen.com; every ticket comes with a free book. — video description
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank says his book is in a way a nonfiction book written by a fictional character. (hedged) — 00:02:09
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank: Nothing prepared Hank for half a decade with the same lump of clay: making it a pot, hating it, punching it back into clay, and again. — 00:02:09
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — Hank: In the end Hank had what he, and mostly other people too, think is a pretty good pot. (hedged) — 00:03:00
2018-09-21 · The Parable of the Perfect Pot — announcement: Hank will see John on Monday (24 September 2018) to prepare their very weird stage show and book tour, and viewers on Tuesday, the day his book comes out. — 00:03:39
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John: It is September 25th, so Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is out in the world. — 00:00:00
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John: The book has had a lovely reception: people send John updates and photos of themselves reading it, and the reviews are great. — 00:00:00
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John: The Associated Press called the book a thrilling journey that takes a hard look at the power of fame, which John agrees it is. — 00:00:00
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John: Tonight they celebrate the book in New York City at the Town Hall, one of John's favorite places in the world, and then go on tour. — 00:00:00
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — ask: The description says viewers can get tickets to see Hank, and sometimes John, on tour at hankgreen.com. — video description
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — John: Hank worked on the book for more than five years but dreamt of this moment far longer; John congratulates him and is excited for everyone to read it. — 00:02:55
2018-09-25 · You Did It! — announcement: John looks forward to seeing many viewers tonight at the New York launch and on the rest of the tour. — 00:02:55
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank and John are together in Canton, Ohio, doing a 'Question Tuesday' of questions from Nerdfighters. — 00:00:00
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John's favorite word in Hank's book is 'deadpanned', which Hank used exactly once; John wonders if it was a shout-out and it made him happy. — 00:01:20
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says his favorite word in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is 'beautiful'. — 00:01:20
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — Hank says the best part of the tour has been hanging out with his brother. — 00:03:38
2018-09-28 · REUNION!!! Mountain Goats Aren't Goats — John says hanging out with Hank is the best part of the tour for him too. — 00:03:38
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — Hank: Asked whether the building drawings in the book's endpapers hide a secret code, the answer is that the viewer is overthinking it: there are no Easter eggs in the endpapers. (playful) — 00:00:00
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John's favorite quote from Hank's book is 'I had a very happy childhood, but I was not a very happy child'. — 00:01:00
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — both: Asked which characters in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing they are most like, the brothers name April and Andy. (playful) — 00:01:00
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — announcement: Hank: Asked why there is no merch for An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank says there is, at DFTBA.com. — 00:02:26
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — John: In a later coda, John says his part of the An Absolutely Remarkable Thing tour has ended. — 00:02:26
2018-10-02 · How Much Do You Love Each Other? It's Question Tuesday — ask: John urges viewers to still go see Hank on tour: he's great. — 00:02:26
2018-10-05 · We've Got Some Weird Voting Laws… — announcement: The description says Hank's book is number 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. — video description
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — announcement: The description says Hank reads the first chapter of his first book, about April May, who meets a bizarre robot sculpture in Manhattan on her way home from a terrible UI design job. — video description
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — Hank wants to tell people about his book because he is proud of it and thinks they will like it, hoping it is useful and enjoyable, which is what he aims for in life. (hedged) — 00:00:25
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — announcement: Hank reads the chapter himself; Kristen Sieh, who reads the audiobook, is fantastic. — 00:00:54
2018-10-12 · Hank Reads from 'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing' — announcement: Hank says, as Twitter followers may already know, he used part of his book advance to fund independent artists to make art based on the book; the pieces are on his Instagram. — 00:18:56
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — announcement: John announces that Hank's book debuted at number one on the New York Times bestseller list. — 00:00:03
2018-10-16 · Life's Library — John's favorite part has been watching people read and discuss Hank's book together in the Fans of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing Discord channel. (hedged) — 00:00:13
2018-10-30 · Watch My Dumb Dancing — Hank: At the farmer's market someone asked if he was the author Hank Green; as usual he said no, that's John, but they had just read his book and liked it; Hank says being an author hadn't really sunk in that way yet. (playful) — 00:00:22
2018-11-01 · Should I Feel Guilty? — Hank says he also feels bad about having things others lack, like his book deal and well-received book while many other great books never got published. — 00:01:36
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank: In the year before his book came out, Hank feared the science fiction community would see him as an unwelcome YouTuber interloper, so he decided to read some 45 science fiction novels and tweet about ones he liked. — 00:00:00
2018-11-09 · I Don't Know What Work Is — Hank says the question is too big for one video, maybe one he wrote a whole book about, and imagines there are elements of both. (hedged) — 00:01:11
2018-12-28 · The Cutest Thing My Son Has Done and More (With Katherine) — announcement: Hank: Asked what the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing will be named, Hank says he has a working name, but his publisher, editor and agent have told him it is bad. — 00:01:13

2019

2019-04-23 · untitled — John: Hank is sorting through titles for the sequel to his number one New York Times best-selling An Absolutely Remarkable Thing; helping him, John re-realized he is terrible at titles. — 00:00:00
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — Hank shows the editions of his book in all the languages it has been published in so far, calling them the coolest thing he owns. — 00:00:00
2019-06-07 · 8 Things I Wish I Knew When I was Writing my First Novel — announcement: Hank says his book will have a sequel he is working on, which led him to list, with Twitter questions, what he wishes he had known writing his first book. — 00:00:00
2019-06-21 · How to Lie While Telling the Truth — announcement: Hank announces a very quick tour to celebrate the paperback release of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:02:56
2019-07-16 · star struck — John says part of what Hank explored so beautifully in An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is how weird fame is. — 00:00:29
2019-10-29 · The Truth about None Pizza with Left Beef — Hank tells John he has finished a draft of his book, the biggest news of his year. — 00:02:55
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank has started revising and really enjoys the story; it is a mess, but he thinks it will be good. — 00:00:29
2019-10-31 · Book News! — announcement: Hank: The first book is 330-something pages; the sequel will probably be over 400, a more involved story with more happening and more points of view. (hedged) — 00:01:27
2019-10-31 · Book News! — Hank says internet discourse did change his perspective: the first book was about the internet as it is, the sequel imagines the social internet far in the future, though the book isn't set far ahead. — 00:02:31
2019-11-01 · On Looking Up to Your Little Brother — John says Hank has just finished a sequel to his first novel, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:02:39
2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank says Audible in the UK picked his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, as a Black Friday deal, so it costs only three pounds there this week (week of 25 November 2019). — 00:02:58
2019-11-29 · My Most Controversial Opinion — announcement: Hank announces his new book, A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, out July 7, 2020, with pre-order links and a synopsis in the description; he'll talk about it more soon. — 00:03:07
2019-12-17 · The Best Days of My Decade — John: On September 25, 2018, Hank's first novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing was published, and John got to support him at the launch at Town Hall in New York City. — 00:02:53
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor now has a cover, designed by Kaitlin Kall; followers on social media may have seen it. — 00:00:02
2019-12-20 · Reading the First Chapter of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor — announcement: Hank reads the first chapter of his second book, the sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:00:27

2020

2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — announcement: Hank says the Kindle ebook of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing costs three dollars right now. — 00:03:43
2020-01-03 (said on 2020-01-02, implied) · Re-Thinking our YouTube Channel — announcement: Hank doesn't think the cheap ebook price will last much longer. (hedged) — 00:03:46
2020-01-07 · Endings · Beginnings — announcement: John says Hank's book A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor, such a good title, comes out in July. — 00:02:29
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank says there was literally a single typo in the whole book when it came out, which is amazing. — 00:02:30
2020-01-10 · The Thing I would Like to End — Hank likes the book a lot: it is much more ambitious than his first and says interesting and important things we need to be thinking about now. — 00:03:14
2020-05-08 · The years start coming and they don't stop coming! — Hank has finished his last edits to his book and sent them in; it is officially 60 days, two months, from publication. — 00:03:04
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank tells John it is 25 days until July 7, when the Carl saga concludes and A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is released. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — ask: Hank says signed editions of A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor can be pre-ordered all over, now including Waterstones in the UK. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank is doing a Penguin World's Book Club event on his first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, with Cat Valente, who he says is amazing. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank and John will hold a launch event on July 7 at 7 p.m. Eastern, here, open to everyone. — 00:02:59
2020-06-12 · Fed to the Rules — announcement: Hank: Every ticket buyer gets a signed copy of the book in the mail, and the first 500 sign-ups at each venue get a lapel pin available no other way. — 00:03:28
2020-06-19 · Only Shooting Stars — announcement: Hank tells John his author copies of the book are in, with the actual words; it is a little longer than the first, not by design: there was just a lot of story to tell. — 00:03:08
2020-06-30 · i like it — John reread Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor over the weekend and thinks it is the rare sequel that improves upon the original. — 00:00:41
2020-06-30 · i like it — John calls the book funny, heartwarming, moving and a big adventure, but most of all an astonishingly sophisticated analysis of what the internet does to us and our social orders. — 00:00:49
2020-06-30 · i like it — John: From how platforms use our attention to how online experience both humanizes and dehumanizes others, John says the book captures what now feels like for him. — 00:01:02
2020-06-30 · i like it — John: Hank didn't foresee a pandemic but saw something coming; the book helped John see contemporary life as more than merely foolish, if less than merely beautiful. — 00:01:12
2020-06-30 · i like it — announcement: John: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor comes out on July 7th, one week from today; John is so excited for people to read it. — 00:01:38
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: For readers who forgot the first book, Hank released a recap video on Hank's channel voiced by audiobook narrator Kristen Sieh; it fully spoils the first book. — 00:01:43
2020-07-03 · My World's on Fire — announcement: Hank: The audiobook cast is announced, with many voices: five point-of-view characters plus epigraphs between chapters, like a fundraiser transcript with made-up Senator William Casey. — 00:01:56
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — The description points readers to discuss the book in Fans of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (FAART) on Discord. — video description
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: Hank's first book, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, was the main reason John quit using the social internet in 2018. — 00:01:56
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — John: Reading it, John saw how online experience had fractured his attention, made him seek things he didn't want, and let corporations monetizing his attention shape his daily life. — 00:02:10
2020-07-07 · You're a Rock Star — announcement: John: A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is available now wherever books are sold, and they launch it tonight at 7pm at youtube.com/vlogbrothers. — 00:03:13
2020-07-10 · What a Concept!! — Hank: Both of Hank's books talk a lot about music on purpose: music is the clearest example of how every creation is a collaboration with the past. — 00:02:45
2020-07-21 · Somebody Once Asked . . . — announcement: John notes that Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor is a New York Times bestseller and congratulates him. — 00:00:00
2020-11-27 · Finally Launching this Project!!! — recommendation: Hank says his publisher has put An Absolutely Remarkable Thing on sale as an ebook for $3, so now is the time to try it. — 00:03:22
2020-12-01 · The Utah Monolith, What It Means, Why It Matters, and Whether It's Aliens — John says social media's overarching response was aliens, which would be interesting, very 2020 and good for sales of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which basically predicted the affair. (playful) — 00:00:25
2020-12-29 · Looking Back at My 2020 Goals — John: Sarah's book You Are an Artist and Hank's A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor both came out, but the touring John planned for them did not happen. — 00:01:56

2021

2021-01-05 · SUPERIOR FISH BEINGS — John: Avoiding spoilers, John says adult Hank has arguably written the two greatest superior fish being novels of the century, with few actual fish beings. (playful, hedged) — 00:00:58
2021-01-29 · The Gamestop Short Squeeze in 4 Minutes — recommendation: In a comment John welcomes news-driven viewers and calls Hank's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing his favorite novel about the social internet. — creator comment
2021-03-09 · Hank Rebranded Without Any of Us Noticing — John says Hank's novels brilliantly explore how online you can never fully leave your past behind: everything you said is still being said, heard in the listener's present. — 00:02:55
2021-04-27 · What is my new book about? — John: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing isn't really about its plot either. — 00:00:29
2021-04-30 · Are We the Baddies?? A Quick Look at a Discourse — Hank: In the Carl books the antagonist mostly wants to matter, largely the same motivation as the protagonist, which Hank calls a fun dynamic. — 00:00:58
2021-05-25 · The Anthropocene Reviewed, Animated — John: The video continues a tradition from 2008, when John read Paper Towns' first chapter; the brothers have since read first chapters of seven books; for this one John and Rosianna asked Meitar Almog to make art. — video description
2021-06-22 · Mindblowers with Hank and John — recommendation: John jokingly points to Hank's book An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, which Hank wants viewers to know is available at bookstores, as it has been since 2018. (playful) — 00:00:00
2021-07-16 · Should You Abandon Social Media? — announcement: Hank says his two novels telling one story, the first about the internet now and the second about what it might become, are both available in paperback as of this week (week of 12 July 2021), wherever books are sold. — 00:03:13
2021-10-19 · Cat Names: The Authoritative Guide — John can't recommend naming a cat after your work: An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a good name for a book, but not for a cat. (playful) — 00:02:33

2022

2022-12-09 · Things are Changing Very Fast — Hank says he wrote two books about how, when new things arrive (a pandemic, social change, a powerful technology, an alien), people retreat to the camps where they feel safest, the more so the more confused they are. — 00:00:00
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says he has come to see Hank's two-book series as books that are getting better over time, without comparing Hank to Fitzgerald or Butler. — 00:02:26
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says he first loved them as fun adventure stories about internet culture and fame, articulating celebrity and the fracturing of attention as no book had before. — 00:02:26
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says the books also explore how wealthy individuals form symbiotic ties with angry, disenfranchised groups to build divisive affinity networks, and how sudden technological shifts are destructive yet thrilling. — 00:02:55
2022-12-20 · The Best Books Get Better — John says that, at least so far, as Hank's books have aged they feel more contemporary, which is astonishing. (hedged) — 00:02:55
2022-12-23 · You Cannot Trust Yourself (Hank's End of the Year Worries) — Hank says he wrote his first book to show more clearly what the internet is actually like, and his second is more about what he thinks it is going to be like. — 00:00:00

2023

2023-12-01 · It's OK if you think less of me after this! — Hank: After selling VidCon and a successful book, Hank realized he didn't enjoy a much more expensive lifestyle and didn't need money. — 00:02:07

2024

2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — Hank recounts that four years ago a post on the MenWritingWomen subreddit, with 5,100 upvotes, held up his novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing over the line about the main character closing her boob in a door. — 00:00:00
2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — announcement: Hank shows the new German edition of An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, out this week (week of 15 April 2024), asks viewers to tell their German friends, and thanks his German publisher for continuing to give the book life. — 00:01:56
2024-04-19 · I Closed My Boob in a Door — Hank likes the tweet because it shows April's balancing act: seeking attention, status, influence and power while calling those who see her as powerful ridiculous, a silly girl things happen to. — 00:03:01
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says his novel had a small discourse about its line on boobs getting slammed in doors, which he is happy to have as his discourse. — 00:12:33
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank says he would not include that line if he did it over: it was not mission critical, and other things could have done its job. — 00:13:03
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — John says Hank's book feels as relevant now as when it was published, if not more. — 00:14:10
2024-08-07 · Dear Hank and John Livestream! — Hank recalls early feedback asking whether April should use a fictional platform instead of YouTube; he answered that if YouTube stopped mattering, none of the book would. — 00:14:38

2025

2025-03-11 · Hank Green's Brother — John calls Hank's novel An Absolutely Remarkable Thing one of his favorite novels ever. — 00:01:02
2025-09-26 · I've Not Been Doing Well — Hank says one of the most important moments of his first novel for him, rarely noticed, is Maya correcting April: a problem will not solve itself but be solved by other people. — 00:01:58
2025-10-24 · What Will Books Become? — Hank: After his first book went well, Hank pitched his publisher a monthly serialized next book sold only in bookstores, with parts needing physical places, to create an event; he was told it couldn't work. — 00:04:32
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John says An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, Hank's first novel, was an instant number one New York Times bestseller, about an art student who late one night discovers a statue that might be alive. — 00:00:00
2025-12-09 · Hank Green, from A to Z — John calls A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor the wonderful and thrilling sequel to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. — 00:00:29

2026

2026-08-21 · Not (Just) Dunking on Jeff Bezos — Hank is certain valuing life by output is wrong; the third most-quoted passage of his first book says you will struggle to feel productive until you accept your own joy can be something you produce. — 00:07:48