A New George Saunders Novel Is Coming This Winter.

We're Getting a New George Saunders Novel

Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. George Saunders Is Publishing a New Novel Early Next Year I don’t need to know what it is about. Just that it is coming. And it is coming January 27, 2026. Vigil is what it is called, and like with most George Saunders joints, reading the pitch is both telling and not. I will say that I am especially appreciative of how …

A new George Saunders novel is coming this winter.

Random House announced today that a brand new novel by George Saunders will be landing on bookshelves this winter, on January 27, 2026. Vigil takes “place at the bedside of an oil company CEO, in the twilight hours of his life, as he is ferried from this world into the next.” (After Lincoln in the […]