George Saunders

Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing…

This week’s question arose from an A.V. Club staff discussion:

Something about this year made reading books feel not just crucial, but a little bit transgressive. Maybe it’s the…

In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…

For a medium spanning centuries, books feel more urgent every year. Be it an escape from reality or a searing…

Acclaimed short-story author George Saunders recently ventured into novel writing with Lincoln In The Bardo, which…

It took George Saunders a while to publish his first novel: The supernatural/historical fiction mashup Lincoln In…

George Saunders’ new novel is an astonishing feat of prose—but the audiobook is even more dazzling for what it does…

Literary superstar and all-around cool guy George Saunders stopped by The A.V. Club to talk about his new book and…

“There’s a nefarious conspiracy here for audiences to unpack, and it’s all part of the way [Jordan] Peele uses a…

George Saunders has a well-established knack for political commentary and he already examined the Donald Trump…

The George W. Bush years were dark, no matter which side of the aisle you sat on. Less than a year into his first…

Judging from the three-minute clip, George Saunders’ upcoming Lincoln In The Bardo will be both a masterpiece of…

When the story of reality becomes too unbearable, escape to a different one. There’s never really a year that goes…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

In our monthly book club, we discuss whatever we happen to be reading and ask everyone in the comments to do the…

In the time between the releases of George Saunders’ 2013 short story collection, Tenth Of December, and the…

In his introduction to Invaders, a broad and thoughtful collection of science fiction stories, editor Jacob Weisman…

This week’s question is a yearly tradition:
What non-2015 pop culture did you just discover this year?