The New Yorker: Fiction

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A monthly reading and conversation with the New Yorker fiction editor Deborah Treisman.

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Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane
Paul Yoon joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/11/hostel-fiction-fiona-mcfarlane">Hostel</a>,” by Fiona McFarlane, which was published in The New Yorker in 2024. Yoon was one of the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” in 2010, and has published five books of fiction, including the novel “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1501154052/">Run Me to Earth</a>” and the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1668020807/">The Hive and t
July 1 · 1 hr 6 min
Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya
Han Ong joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/05/12/the-fugitive">The Fugitive</a>,” by Lyudmila Ulitskaya, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Ong is the author of numerous plays and of the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312424612/">The Disinherited</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0385552114/">Fixer Chao</a>.” “Fixer Chao” was first published in 2001 and will be reissued this July by Outsider Editions.
June 1 · 1 hr 28 min
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/09/12/evolution">Evolution</a>,” by Joan Silber, which was published in The New Yorker in 2022. Bynum is the author of the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250781337">Madeleine Is Sleeping</a>,” a National Book Award finalist, and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250781345/">Ms. Hempel Chronicles</a>”—and the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084M1RCPN/">Li
May 1 · 1 hr 31 min
Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar
Valeria Luiselli joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1967/04/22/the-night-face-up">The Night Face Up</a>,” by Julio Cortázar, which was published in The New Yorker in 1967. Luiselli is the author of five books, including the nonfiction book “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1566894956">Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions</a>” and the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1783780827/">The Story of My Teeth</a>” and “<a href="https://www.
April 1 · 1 hr 16 min
Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor
Daniyal Mueenuddin joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1963/09/07/two-pilgrims">Two Pilgrims</a>,” by Peter Taylor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1963. Mueenuddin is the author of the novel “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0525655158/">This Is Where the Serpent Lives</a>,” which was published in January, and the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393337200">In Other Rooms, Other Wonders</a>,” which was published in 2009
March 1 · 1 hr 7 min
Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern
Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1980/03/17/gold-watch">Gold Watch</a>,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1980. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dreams-Other-Stories-Tessa-Hadley/dp/006247667X/">Bad Dreams</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/After-Funeral-Other-Stories-Hadley/dp/0593469844/">After the Funeral</a>,” and the novella
February 1 · 1 hr 27 min
Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li
Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/08/a-small-flame">A Small Flame</a>,” by Yiyun Li, which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Washington, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Lot-Stories-Bryan-Washington/dp/0525533680">Lot</a>” and the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Memorial-Novel-Bryan-Washington/dp/0593087283">M
January 1 · 1 hr 21 min
Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver
Miriam Toews joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/06/09/elephant">Elephant</a>,” by Raymond Carver, which was published in The New Yorker in 1986. Toews has published ten books, including the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Complicated-Kindness-Novel-Miriam-Toews/dp/1640091416/">A Complicated Kindness</a>,” which won the Governor General’s Award for Fiction; “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-Puny-Sorrows-Miriam-Toews/dp/163557497
Dec 1, 2025 · 1 hr 6 min
Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace
Adam Levin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/03/07/backbone">Backbone</a>,” by David Foster Wallace, which was published in The New Yorker in 2011. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Pink-Adam-Levin/dp/1938073134/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0">Hot Pink</a>” and the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Instructions-13th-Anniversar
Nov 1, 2025 · 1 hr 11 min
Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich
Karen Russell joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/09/09/the-stone">The Stone</a>,” by Louise Erdrich, which was published in The New Yorker in 2019. Russell is the author of six books of fiction, including the story collections “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vampires-Lemon-Grove-Stories-Contemporaries/dp/0307947475/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0">Vampires in the Lemon Grove</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Orange-World-Stories-Vintage-Con
Oct 1, 2025 · 54 min
Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson
Victor Lodato joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/03/03/the-largesse-of-the-sea-maiden">The Largesse of the Sea Maiden</a>,” by Denis Johnson, which was published in The New Yorker in 2014. Lodato is a playwright and the author of the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Edgar-Lucy-Novel-Victor-Lodato/dp/1250096995/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2T3DCBEUBF76T&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lbmk6JqZcNfqlQ8ECbzsZjgq_unO01ia9SUAA2iaCJTkWiUfFc5sgqK6H9gOfo9l-wksEExd
Sep 1, 2025 · 1 hr 35 min
Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick
Lauren Groff joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Faithful,” by Elizabeth Hardwick, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Groff’s works of fiction include the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Fates-Furies-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634483/">Fates and Furies</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Matrix-Novel-Lauren-Groff/dp/1594634505/">Matrix</a>,” both of which were finalists for the National Book Award, and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Vaster-Wilds-Novel-Laure
Aug 1, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin
Souvankham Thammavongsa joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/29/the-size-of-things">The Size of Things</a>,” by Samanta Schweblin (translated, from the Spanish, by Megan McDowell), which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. Thammavongsa is a Laotian Canadian writer. Her publications include the poetry collections “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Light-Souvankham-Thammavongsa/dp/1897141564">Light</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.
Jul 1, 2025 · 53 min
Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith
Edwidge Danticat joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/06/06/two-men-arrive-in-a-village-by-zadie-smith">Two Men Arrive in a Village</a>,” by Zadie Smith, which was published in The New Yorker in 2016. Danticat, a MacArthur Fellow and a winner of the Vilcek Prize in Literature, has published six books of fiction, including “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Breath-Eyes-Memory-Edwidge-Danticat/dp/1616955023">Breath, Eyes, Memory</a>,” “<a href=
Jun 1, 2025 · 48 min
Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor
Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1995/10/30/the-piano-tuners-wives">The Piano Tuner’s Wives</a>,” by William Trevor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1995. Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Must-Go-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/0399589139">Must I Go</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Goose-Novel-Yiyun-Li/dp/1250872413">Book of Goose</a>,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkn
May 1, 2025 · 1 hr 15 min
David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien
David Wright Faladé joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/12/20/lu-reshaping">Lu, Reshaping</a>,” by Madeleine Thien, which was published in The New Yorker in 2021. Falade is the author of the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1443466786">Black Cloud Rising</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0802164064">The New Internationals</a>,” and the nonfiction work “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0195154843">Fire on the Beach: R
Apr 1, 2025 · 1 hr 21 min
Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett
Paul Theroux joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1958/02/15/the-necklace">The Necklace</a>,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in The New Yorker in 1958. Theroux’s nonfiction books include “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Great-Railway-Bazaar-Train-Through/dp/0618658947">The Great Railway Bazaar</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Plain-Snakes-Mexican-Journey/dp/0544866479">On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey</a>.” A winner of
Mar 1, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min
Anne Enright Reads John McGahern
Anne Enright joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Sierra Leone,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1977. Enright, a winner of the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction and the Man Booker Prize, among others, has published eleven books of fiction, including the story collection “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Yesterdays-Weather-Anne-Enright/dp/0802144322">Yesterday’s Weather</a>” and the novels “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Actress-Novel-Anne-Enright-ebook/d
Feb 1, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood
Jennifer Egan joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Kat,” by Margaret Atwood, which was published in The New Yorker in 1990. Egan’s books of fiction include “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1400079748">The Keep</a>,” “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0307477479">A Visit from the Goon Squad</a>,” “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476716730">Manhattan Beach</a>,” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1476716765">The Candy House</a>.” She is a winner of the National Book Critics Cir
Jan 1, 2025 · 1 hr 12 min
Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley
Ayşegül Savaş joins Deborah Treisman to discuss “<a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/07/09/an-abduction">An Abduction</a>,” by Tessa Hadley, which was published in The New Yorker in 2012. Savaş has published three novels, “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Walking-Ceiling-Novel-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/0525537414">Walking on the Ceiling</a>,” “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/White-Novel-Ayseg%C3%BCl-Savas/dp/059333051X">White on White,</a>” and “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anthropolo
Dec 1, 2024 · 1 hr 29 min

The New Yorker: Fiction

Paul Yoon Reads Fiona McFarlane

Han Ong Reads Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber

Valeria Luiselli Reads Julio Cortázar

Daniyal Mueenuddin Reads Peter Taylor

Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern

Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li

Miriam Toews Reads Raymond Carver

Adam Levin Reads David Foster Wallace

Karen Russell Reads Louise Erdrich

Victor Lodato Reads Denis Johnson

Lauren Groff Reads Elizabeth Hardwick

Souvankham Thammavongsa Reads Samanta Schweblin

Edwidge Danticat Reads Zadie Smith

Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor

David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien

Paul Theroux Reads V. S. Pritchett

Anne Enright Reads John McGahern

Jennifer Egan Reads Margaret Atwood

Ayşegül Savaş Reads Tessa Hadley