New Yorker 20 Under 40

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Insightful and illuminating. Full review >

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by Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum

No sign of sophomore slump in this masterful illumination of character. Full review >

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by Joshua Ferris

Audacious, risky and powerfully bleak, with the author’s unflinching artistry its saving grace. Full review >

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by Rivka Galchen

A superb first novel. Full review >

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by Yiyun Li

Further proof that Li deserves to be considered among the best living fiction writers. Full review >

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by Dinaw Mengestu

Elegant, confident prose brings this tale to life, and though the trope of the road as a journey to self-understanding is a... Full review >

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by Téa Obreht

A compassionate, mystical take on the real price of war. Full review >

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by Karen Russell

Quirky, outlandish fiction: To say it’s offbeat is to seriously underestimate its weirdness. Full review >

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by Wells Tower

The title barely hints at the scorched-earth, take-no-prisoners power of the stories. Full review >

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edited by Deborah Treisman

Like the magazine, the collection doesn’t distinguish between short stories and novel excerpts, but each piece can be... Full review >

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