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Hollywood, Ending

novel · in 32 videos (2021–2026)

John's novel, his first in nine years, narrated by Kai and Juniper, twenty-something co-stars of a film about Andy Warhol's last year whose lives blow up with it. Grown from a story he read on livestreams early in the pandemic, it came out on September 22, 2026, followed by a tour on which John met 30,000 people.

By: John Green · Within: Juniper, Andy Warhol Never Gets Old, Kai, Matthew Malone

Videos by year: 2021: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2026: 29

Also known as: Hollywood Ending

Website: hollywoodendingbook.com

Threads

Also named in the threads: Turtles All the Way Down: announcement and publication of John's novel (2017) · John: The Anthropocene Reviewed will not be his last book (2021) · Everything Is Tuberculosis: John's nonfiction book about tuberculosis (2024) · John writes his first novel in almost ten years (2025)

Often together

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

New York City (7) · Pizzamas (9) · celebrity (4) · doobly-doo (6) · meaning of life (3) · attention economy (3) · Instagram (3) · Canada (3) · The Fault in Our Stars (5) · Los Angeles (3)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2021

2025

  • 2025-02-25 · EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS — John says reading a new book's first chapter is a Vlogbrothers tradition since he read Paper Towns' first chapter in 2008; both brothers have done it since. — 00:09:27

2026

  • 2026-03-31 · I've Been Keeping a Secret… — announcement: John announces he has written a new book, Hollywood, Ending, out September 22, with signed copies available for pre-order now. — 00:00:00 · also in: My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover, Hollywood, Ending
  • 2026-06-16 · My First Novel in Nine Years Has a Cover — announcement: John says he began a novel about fame, trauma and loving our way through them about eight years ago, and today finally gets to show its cover. — 00:00:00
  • 2026-07-14 · On the Road Again — announcement: John announces a Hollywood, Ending tour from September 20 in Toronto, where fans get the book two days before its September 22 release, to October 13 in Los Angeles. — 00:01:39
  • 2026-07-21 · One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy — John has been signing his name 85,000 times over the past couple of months, with his arthritic shoulder, for his new book Hollywood, Ending. — 00:01:27
  • 2026-08-11 · Hollywood, Ending — announcement: The description says John reads the first chapter of Hollywood, Ending, out everywhere September 22, the eighth part of a series since 2008 in which the brothers read first chapters. — video description
  • 2026-08-18 · My Nemeses — announcement: John announces special guests on the Hollywood, Ending tour: Lily King in Portland, Maine, Sarah Urist Green in Birmingham, Clint Smith in DC, Suleika Jaouad in New York, Hank in San Diego, Sharon McMahon and Brandon Sanderson. — 00:01:56
  • 2026-09-25 · Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? — Hank: John has definitely signed the most tip-in sheets bound into books, 875,557 so far, which recently earned him the Guinness World Records title. — 00:01:56
  • 2026-09-30 · The Point of Life — John spent eight years writing Hollywood, Ending hoping it would reach people and pay bills, but primarily it was fun: in Zadie Smith's words, a thing to do, imagining a bit and making it real. — 00:02:47
  • 2026-10-01 · Are We Still YouTubers? — Hank says his artwork is not video but the channel, the brotherhood, the whole thing: from people unsure which brother is which to people making Hollywood, Ending cakes, fonts and hospitals in Sierra Leone. — 00:06:57
  • 2026-10-02 · the most powerful attention-consuming tools in the history of the world — John says consuming content is a central theme of Hollywood, Ending: it really means engaging with art, but within capitalism we view that engagement as consumption and art as content. — 00:00:01
  • 2026-10-13 · My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body — John says he met 30,000 people on his Hollywood, Ending tour and enjoyed it so much; too tired to take it in yet, he will spend much of his life buoyed by the last month. — 00:02:51
  • 2026-10-27 · Should I Salinger… — John says he is occasionally tempted to Salinger, and that readers of Hollywood, Ending will probably see he has a somewhat tense relationship with the attention economy. — 00:02:04
  • …and 115 statements more in 2026 — all statements of 2026