Chancellor Kent Syverud | Syracuse University
Chancellor Kent Syverud | Syracuse University
Three books by bestselling author and professor of English George Saunders have been included in The New York Times list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.
Saunders, who teaches in the creative writing M.F.A. program in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was joined on the list by three former M.F.A. faculty: Junot Diaz, Mary Gaitskill, and Sigrid Nunez. The rankings were compiled based on the votes of 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics, and other book lovers.
Books by A&S-affiliated authors and their rankings are listed below:
#85, “Pastoralia” (2000) by George Saunders
#68, “The Friend” (2018) by Sigrid Nunez
#63, “Veronica” (2005) by Mary Gaitskill
#54, “Tenth of December” (2013) by George Saunders
#18, “Lincoln in the Bardo” (2017) by George Saunders
#11, “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” (2007) by Junot Diaz
View the full New York Times list.
Saunders’ book "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain" (2021) also came in at #33 on Oprah Daily’s list of The Best Nonfiction of the Past Two Decades.
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