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| author = John Green
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| publication date = September 21, 2006
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{{quote|''Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.''|'''Colin'''}}
''[[An Abundance of Katherines]]'' is a young adult novel written by [[John Green]]. It tells the story of Colin, a recent high school graduate whose girlfriend Katherine has just dumped him. This is made even more traumatic because Colin has dated no fewer than ''19'' girls named Katherine, all of whom dumped him {{spoiler|except for Katherine the Third}}.
Colin's [[Black Best Friend|Middle-Eastern Best Friend]], Hassan, talks him into going on a road trip to take his mind off the pain of losing yet another Katherine. They end up in a small town known as Gutshot, Tennessee, and quickly find themselves at the home of a woman who runs a textile factory which manufactures tampon strings (which is the main source of income for the town). She has a daughter named Lindsey, who is smart and funny and has "a smile that could stop wars and cure cancer," but (1) Colin is definitely not interested and (2) Lindsey already has a boyfriend (named Colin) <ref>Colin is fond of numbered lists in the middle of sentences</ref>. Colin and Hassan quickly become friends with Lindsey and start having all sorts of strange adventures.
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* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Colin, who has an excellent memory and can make connections in everything he reads. Socially, he is so challenged that Hassan needs to tell him when he's boring other people. He obsesses over the name "Katherine" in general and K-19 in particular for much of the book, indicating that he has trouble adjusting to new situations.
* [[Applied Mathematics]]: Colin's attempts at graphing his relationships with the Katherines. The longest equation contains the variables age (A), Popularity Differential (C), Attractiveness Differential (H), Dumper/Dumpee Differential (D), and Introvert/Extrovert Differential (P).
* [[As Long
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Colin
* [[Coming of Age Story]]
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* [[Omniglot]]: Colin, to an extent. Justified in that he's a child prodigy who learned many of the languages at a very young age.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted, obviously.
* [[Only Known
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Hassan and Katrina, Lindsey's only female friend. {{spoiler|They break up when Colin and Hassan catch Katrina cheating with TOC.}}
* [[Road Movie]]: Well a road book actually.
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[[Category:Literature of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Young Adult Literature]]
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