New York Times Bestsellers
George Saunders has placed 5 books on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 56 weeks on the charts. One title reached #1.
Tenth of December
George Saunders Short Story Collections
10 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #2 · debuted Jan 2013 · 22 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders Other Novels
8 weeks on the Times Hardcover Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Feb 2017 · 16 weeks across 3 NYT lists
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Reading Order
5 series · 33 books
George Saunders Other Novels
0 of 4 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (Short Story) | 2000 | 🏆 Zilveren Griffel 2003Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2005Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 2 | The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Lincoln in the Bardo | 2017 | 🏆 Booker Prize 2017Dublin Literary Award 2019Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) 2018Andrew Carnegie Medal 2018Golden Man Booker Prize 2018Goodreads Choice Award 2017Waterstones Book of the Year 2017Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 4 | A Swim in a Pond in the Rain | 2021 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
George Saunders Short Stories/Novellas
0 of 3 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Red Bow | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | CommComm | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | Fox 8 | 2013 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
George Saunders Short Story Collections
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
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| 1 | CivilWarLand in Bad Decline | 1996 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Pastoralia | 2000 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | In Persuasion Nation | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | Home | 2011 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Tenth of December | 2013 | 🏆 National Book Award 2013Goodreads Choice Award 2013Full award history → | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | |
| 6 | Liberation Day: Stories | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
George Saunders Non-Fiction Books
0 of 2 read
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Braindead Megaphone | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Congratulations, By the Way | 2014 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
George Saunders Anthologies
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| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Are You Looking At? | 2003 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 2 | Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 3 | The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories | 2004 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 4 | The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers | 2005 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 5 | Feeling Very Strange | 2006 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 6 | The Best American Travel Writing 2007 | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 7 | The New Granta Book of the American Short Story | 2007 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 8 | Not Normal, Illinois | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 9 | Dedicated to the People of Darfur | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 10 | The Secret History of Science Fiction | 2009 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 11 | The Legacy of David Foster Wallace | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 12 | The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 13 | The Best American Short Stories 2012 | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 14 | Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts | 2012 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 15 | Life Is Short – Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity | 2015 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 16 | What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America | 2017 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 17 | Fight of the Century | 2020 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia | ||
| 18 | Growing Up Chicago | 2022 | Buy on Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy on Amazon Australia |
About the Author
George Saunders (born December 2, 1958) is an American writer. He is best known for his short stories and his novel Lincoln in the Bardo (2017), which won the Booker Prize. Saunders's short stories have been published as several collections, including CivilWarLand in Bad Decline (1996) and Tenth of December: Stories (2013).