Reading Order
5 series · 33 booksGeorge Saunders Other Novels
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 1 | The Very Persistent Gappers of Frip (Short Story) | 2000 | 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 | 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 |
George Saunders Short Stories/Novellas
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 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 |
George Saunders Short Story Collections
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 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 | 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 |
George Saunders Non-Fiction Books
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 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 |
George Saunders Anthologies
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| # | Title | Year | Buy | |
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| 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 short story writer, novelist, and essayist. He studied geophysics at the University of Houston and worked various jobs before pursuing his writing career. Saunders is known for his surreal and thought-provoking short story collections, including "CivilWarLand in Bad Decline" (1996) and "Tenth of December" (2013). His novels include "Lincoln in the Bardo" (2017) and "Liberation Day" (2022). His works have garnered critical acclaim for their inventive language, dark humor, and exploration of social and political themes. Saunders has received numerous awards, including the Booker Prize (2017), the Pen/Malamud Award (2013), and a MacArthur Fellowship (2006). He has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.