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Barnes & Noble

bookstore chain · in 70 videos (2007–2026)

It is later named as a place to buy the brothers' books, including signed pre-orders.

Videos by year: 2007: 5 · 2008: 3 · 2010: 1 · 2011: 29 · 2012: 7 · 2013: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2026: 2

Also known as: Barnes and Noble

Threads

Also named in the threads: Brotherhood 2.0 Book Club: each brother reads a book the other assigns (2007) · Paper Towns: writing, revision and publication (2007) · John asks viewers to pre-order signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down (2017) · Turtles All the Way Down: announcement and publication of John's novel (2017) · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: announcement and publication of Hank's first novel (2017) · Hank asks viewers to pre-order An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2018)

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Amazon (11) · The Fault in Our Stars (6) · Sharpie (2) · Turtles All the Way Down (3) · doobly-doo (3) · An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (2) · New York City (2) · Katherine Green (3) · Paper Towns (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2007

  • 2007-01-15 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 15th — Hank went to Barnes & Noble and had to ask the clerk for 'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families' by its title; she called it catchy. (playful) — 00:00:38
  • 2007-01-19 · Brotherhood 2.0: January 19th — Hank plays another game, going to Barnes & Noble to see who is on the young adult romance shelf, and finds John Green, whom he serenades with 'Lady, lady, lady'. (playful) — 00:02:35
    • With mock reassurance, Hank teases John that there is nothing wrong with his being shelved right in the middle of the 'Tales of Love and Romance' end cap, 'among giants'. (joke) — 00:03:07
  • 2007-01-22 · Brotherhood 2.0, January 22, 2007 — John thanks Hank for the 'Lady Lady Lady… John Green' song, calling it the nicest thing anyone has done for him, meaning hilariously mean, a habit he traces to growing up in their family. (playful) — 00:02:23
  • 2007-02-22 · Brotherhood 2.0: February 22nd: Where Do Books Go? — recommendation: Hank: When they run out of room, Hank and Katherine take books to the Book Exchange, which buys back books for what you paid in paperback credit; it has more shelf space and is far cheaper than Barnes & Noble. — 00:02:19
  • 2007-06-19 · June 19: GOOD LUCK JOHN — Hank's news (shown on screen): something he wrote is in print, so he can go to Barnes & Noble and say he wrote it; the description ties it to Mental Floss. (playful) — 00:01:15

2008

  • 2008-08-05 · Everyone's Your Friend… — announcement: Hank announces he will be at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square at 6 o'clock the next day with special guest Maureen Johnson, who will sign her books bought there. — 00:00:46
    • Hank tells Nerdfighters anywhere on the East Coast they have to come, excusing only those as far away as Florida, then softens it to 'if you can, do it'. (playful) — 00:00:46
    • Hank says they will hopefully be in the upstairs conference room; he won't have his guitar or sing, but will sign John's books for anyone who buys them. (hedged) — 00:01:15
    • Hank says they are holding the event because the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan apparently doesn't think John Green can draw a crowd, so this unsanctioned gathering will show that Nerdfighters can. (hedged) — 00:01:45
    • Hank asks viewers who want to help to come to the Barnes & Noble in Union Square at 6 o'clock the next day, which he confirms is August 6. — 00:01:45
  • 2008-08-12 · Eight Days of Awesome — Hank: The next day (6 August 2008) Hank and about 50 Nerdfighters flash-mobbed a Barnes & Noble store after a short announcement, then hung out across the street. — 00:01:09
  • 2008-10-09 · Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow — announcement: Hank says people who pre-ordered Paper Towns from Barnes & Noble have already received the book, well ahead of release. — 00:00:31
    • Hank, who calls Barnes & Noble a great store and does not advocate its destruction, is a bit upset: the early shipping feels like disrespect to his brother. (playful) — 00:00:31

2010

  • 2010-02-10 · HOW TO GET AN AGENT — announcement: Maureen Johnson: Maureen's new novel Scarlett Fever has just come out and is available from local independent booksellers, Barnes and Noble or, if necessary, Amazon. — video description

2011

  • 2011-03-09 · DANDY LIONS! It's Question Day — announcement: John says his new book comes out in almost exactly one year. — 00:00:54
  • 2011-03-28 · Participatory Geometry — announcement: John says he just learned his new book is definitely coming out in March, not in two days but the next March, and he should settle on a title soon. — 00:01:20
  • 2011-05-18 · The Education Continuum WARNER CHILCOTTED — John says that in the last 24 hours he finished the big revision of his novel. — 00:00:04
  • 2011-06-10 · Then I Took Off My Bra — announcement: John says he and Hank will go on tour in the United States when his new, as-yet-untitled but soon-to-be-titled book comes out. — 00:02:15
  • 2011-06-29 · THE FAULT IN OUR STARS — announcement: John: The Fault in Our Stars is number one on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble; John thanks everyone who pre-ordered it. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-07-01 · Humping the Town — Hank says The Fault in Our Stars has been number one on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble bestseller charts four days running with almost no publicity. — 00:00:29
  • 2011-08-15 · HANKLERFISH! — announcement: John says he brought the sheets because he cannot take a week off from signing: everyone who pre-orders The Fault in Our Stars gets a signed book, and 5% will be Hanklerfished. — 00:03:00
  • 2011-10-19 · Question Wed — THE COVER OF THE FAULT IN OUR STARS! — announcement: John: With his publisher Julie Strauss-Gabel's permission, given two minutes earlier, John reveals the cover of The Fault in Our Stars and hopes viewers like it as much as he does. — 00:00:30
  • 2011-10-28 · Reading Chapter One of The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John: Instead of a real video, John reads the first chapter of The Fault in Our Stars as a live-show video, something he has long wanted to do. — 00:00:26
  • 2011-11-21 · Old Man Narrates Young Girl — announcement: John: There will be two audiobooks of The Fault in Our Stars: the real one narrated by Kate Rudd, available everywhere, and John's, only in a physical limited-edition box set from DFTBA. — 00:00:41
  • 2011-12-05 · 5 Worst Typos of History — John shows the finished copy of The Fault in Our Stars that came in the mail, one of the few unsigned copies. — 00:00:03
  • 2011-12-23 · There Will Be NO SPOILERS!!! — John thanks Amazon and every independent bookstore for not shipping their pre-orders after the leak, which lets the January 10 publication date stand. — 00:02:50
  • …and 38 statements more in 2011 — all statements of 2011

2012

  • 2012-01-10 (said on 2012-01-09, implied) · The Fault in Our Stars — announcement: John says The Fault in Our Stars comes out today, January 10, 2012, though he is filming on Monday, January 9, because he is busy tomorrow. — 00:00:00
    • John says TFIOS grew from his work almost twelve years ago as a student chaplain at a children's hospital; he has been trying ever since to write a funny, honest story about it. — 00:00:28 · also in: TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH
  • 2012-01-13 (said on 2012-01-10, implied) · TFiOS PARTY! — Hank tells John he is really proud of him and of The Fault in Our Stars: every review has been fantastic, everyone on Amazon loves it, and Hank loves it. — 00:00:42
    • Hank thanks everyone who has bought and is reading The Fault in Our Stars and posting pictures of themselves with it on Tumblr. — 00:01:32
  • 2012-01-27 · In 'N' Out-Erview — announcement: Hank introduces John as the number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:00:51
    • John: Asked how being number one feels, John calls it ridiculous, says he loves Nerdfighteria and that, much as he'd like credit, it has nothing to do with him. — 00:00:51
    • Hank says Nerdfighters would have pre-ordered even a horrible book, but John instead wrote an amazing book. (playful) — 00:00:51
    • Hank says Time Magazine said John was 'damn near genius', then teases him about the 'near'. — 00:01:27
  • 2012-03-20 · Sharpie Face Question Tuesday — John says The Fault in Our Stars is currently number 2 on the New York Times bestseller list, behind only Hugo Cabret, a book he really liked. — 00:01:41
  • 2012-03-27 · Wrong but Right: Thoughts from Places Amsterdam — John says the trip supported the publication of the Dutch edition of The Fault in Our Stars; he gave a series of interviews in the hotel library. — 00:01:13
  • 2012-11-13 · I Was a Child Poet. And a Bad One. — announcement: John announces that Amazon.com named The Fault in Our Stars one of the ten best books of 2012 overall, not just for teenagers, right behind Dave Eggers and ahead of Junot Díaz. — 00:00:05
  • 2012-12-04 · Time for AWESOME — John says Time Magazine has just named The Fault in Our Stars first on its list of the top ten novels of 2012, ahead of Hilary Mantel, Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz and J.K. Rowling, and he is overwhelmed. — 00:00:00

2013

  • 2013-01-15 · An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall — John says none of those books addressed what he saw at the hospital, which left him feeling only nihilism; then he became friends with Esther Earl and became a father. — 00:53:28
    • John says Henry's birth showed him he'll be Henry's dad as long as either lives; that love is in this sense stronger than death was very important to TFIOS. — 00:53:48
    • John says Esther, a Nerdfighter reader very sick with cancer when they met in 2009, taught him what Augustus learns: the real hero's journey goes from strength to weakness. — 00:54:11
    • John says the realization that Esther's short life was still a good, rich and full life was central to The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:55:41
  • 2013-02-19 · Doing Things, On the Importance of — John's novel The Fault in Our Stars returned to number one on the New York Times bestseller list, 56 weeks after it came out. — 00:00:00
  • 2013-04-23 · DOCTOR GREEN — John says The Fault in Our Stars, fifteen months after publication, is back at No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, passing Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, now No. 2. — 00:02:22

2014

  • 2014-01-21 · Are Poor Countries Doomed? — John says the Brazilian edition of The Fault in Our Stars, whose title he butchers in Portuguese, has sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Brazil, more than in Germany or the UK. — 00:03:16
  • 2014-02-18 · 18 Great Books You Probably Haven't Read — announcement: John reports that The Fault in Our Stars is number one on the USA Today and New York Times bestseller lists this week (week of 17 February 2014), which he calls bananas. — 00:00:01

2016

2017

  • 2017-06-22 · My New Book — announcement: John: Amazon and Barnes & Noble have sold through their allocations of signed copies of Turtles All the Way Down; unsigned copies can still be pre-ordered there. — video description · also in: UNBOXING, Signing 200,000 Autographs
  • 2017-08-29 · 40 — announcement: John says Amazon and barnesandnoble.com have sold out their allotments of signed copies, but there are many other ways to get them; more info at probablysignedturtles.com. — 00:02:39
  • 2017-12-22 · Christmas Questions Answered (With Katherine and Hank) — announcement: Hank: Turtles All the Way Down was named a best book of the year by twelve outlets including The New York Times, Time, NPR and Booklist, and is in bookstores. — 00:02:17

2018

2019

  • 2019-04-23 · untitled — John: The Fault in Our Stars was very nearly titled 'The Sequel' or 'The Sequels'; in April 2011 emails Julie told John, politely, that it was not a good title. — 00:01:27

2020

Also named in: Only Shooting Stars

2022

2023

  • 2023-01-10 · Introducing: The Format — John notes The Fault in Our Stars came out 11 years ago today (10 January 2012) and calls it a strange 11 years. — 00:00:00
  • 2023-11-07 · NaFaDoYBIMSCoM — John completed a draft of The Fault in Our Stars in mid-December 2010 after attempting NaFaDoYBIMSCoM. — 00:02:14

2024

  • 2024-10-02 · What I learned from the weirdest day of my life — Hank: On one of the weirdest days of his life, in New York in 2008, just after his first Nerdfighter gathering and wearing a fan-made Nerdfighteria shirt under his suit, Hank made a deal to sell EcoGeek to Scientific American for money and a job. — 00:00:29

2025

  • 2025-04-15 · Chatting with ... a U.S. Senator? — John explains the title writes against Shakespeare's line that the fault is not in our stars: there is much fault in our stars, bad luck and structural injustice. — 00:19:38
  • 2025-06-03 · My Lies — John says that before The Fault in Our Stars he confidently said on the channel his next book would be about kids on a desert island; he wrote most of it, but it had no reason for being, so he wrote the book that became The Fault in Our Stars. — 00:01:21
  • 2025-10-07 · Luck vs. Work vs. Skill vs. Privilege — John was especially lucky with The Fault in Our Stars: Nerdfighteria and his publisher backed it, adults were reading YA, Time called it the best book of the year, and the movie did well. — 00:03:16

2026

  • 2026-07-07 · On the Death of the Author — John: In The Fault in Our Stars John invented Peter Van Houten, an author who meets a dying young reader, knowing readers knew the book was partly inspired by his meeting Esther Earl. — 00:04:25
  • 2026-09-22 · I Want You to Know Nothing About This — John recalls that when The Fault in Our Stars came out 14 years ago, a few hundred people got it a month early, and he was devastated, expecting the plot to leak online. — 00:03:14