The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

Téa Obreht reads her story “Family Lore,” from the November 9, 2026, issue of the magazine. Obreht, who was included in The New Yorker’s “20 Under 40” Fiction Issue, in 2010, and the subsequent anthology, in 2021, is the author of four novels, including “The Tiger’s Wife,” a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, and “Sunrise,” which was published earlier this year.

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Souvankham Thammavongsa read her story “Wall Cano,” from the November 2, 2026, issue of the magazine. Thammavongsa has published four volumes of poetry, along with the story collection “How to Pronounce Knife” and the novel “Pick a Color,” both of which were winners of the Giller Prize. A new story collection, “Crush,” will be published in 2027.

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George Saunders reads his story “Appeasement, Ohio,” from the October 26, 2026, issue of the magazine. A winner of the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction, among others, Saunders is the author of five story collections, including “Tenth of December” and “Liberation Day,” and two novels, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” which was awarded the Booker Prize in 2017, and “Vigil,” which was published earlier this year.

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Kevin Barry reads his story “Chuck Murphy’s Last Run,” from the October 19, 2026, issue of the magazine. Barry is the author of seven books of fiction, including the story collection “That Old Country Music” and the novels “City of Bohane,” for which he won the International Dublin Literary Award, and “The Heart in Winter,” which came out in 2024.

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