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George Saunders Books in Order

5 series including George Saunders Other Novels, George Saunders Short Stories/Novellas and more

★ 5 NYT bestsellers · 1 at #1 5 series 33 books Latest: Liberation Day: Stories (2022)

George Saunders's writing career reaches back to 1996 and spans 33 books. We currently track 5 series by the author. Their latest title in our catalogue is Liberation Day: Stories, from 2022.

New York Times Bestsellers

5 books

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.

Cover of Tenth of December

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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Cover of Lincoln in the Bardo

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

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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil	2005		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from 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 from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	4	A Swim in a Pond in the Rain	2021		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

0 of 3 read

✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	The Red Bow	2003		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	CommComm	2005		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	3	Fox 8	2013		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

0 of 6 read

✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	CivilWarLand in Bad Decline	1996		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Pastoralia	2000		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	3	In Persuasion Nation	2006		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	4	Home	2011		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	5	Tenth of December	2013	🏆 National Book Award 2013Goodreads Choice Award 2013Full award history →	Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	6	Liberation Day: Stories	2022		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

0 of 2 read

✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	The Braindead Megaphone	2007		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Congratulations, By the Way	2014		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia

0 of 18 read

✓	#	Book Title	Year	Awards	Buy
	1	What Are You Looking At?	2003		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	2	Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection	2004		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	3	The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories	2004		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	4	The Believer Book of Writers Talking to Writers	2005		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	5	Feeling Very Strange	2006		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	6	The Best American Travel Writing 2007	2007		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	7	The New Granta Book of the American Short Story	2007		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	8	Not Normal, Illinois	2009		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	9	Dedicated to the People of Darfur	2009		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	10	The Secret History of Science Fiction	2009		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	11	The Legacy of David Foster Wallace	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	12	The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	13	The Best American Short Stories 2012	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	14	Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts	2012		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	15	Life Is Short – Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity	2015		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	16	What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump's America	2017		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	17	Fight of the Century	2020		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia
	18	Growing Up Chicago	2022		Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from 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).

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