The Best Short Story Writer in America Today: George Saunders
11 Books on my Bookshelf
In October 2022, the 12th George Saunders book was published, a collection of exhilerating short stories titled Liberation Day. If you’re not familiar with George Saunders, arguably the best short story writer in America today, take a look at this brief introduction to his work.
For a career as high-flying as Mr. Saunders’s has been, that might not seem like a lot of books. But the quality of each story and each book from his earliest work to his latest is as high as the mightiest of writers of all time.
If you are interested in good literature, excellent writing, short stories and fiction, with a dash of non-fiction, follow along. He also wrote the extraordinary Booker Prize Award-winning Lincoln in the Bardo, his only novel. Finally, he wrote A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, the best book about writing and reading I’ve ever read, the book that kicked off the even more extraordinary substack newsletter and community of intelligent, compassionate, kind souls on Story Club with George Saunders. Imagine an internet community of friends discussing the finer points of literature, without internet trolls! And George is right there with us, leading and guiding and participating.
