The Latest Breaking News from George Saunders

From Thomas Pynchon, Zadie Smith and Margaret Atwood to Barack Obama and the editors of Time magazine, it seems everyone who is anyone is lining up to sing the praises of George Saunders.

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

True to his irreverent style, author of The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) thanks his psychiatrist, his gastrointestinal doctors and his drug dealers

George Saunders has been named this year's winner of the National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters

American psychologist Abraham Maslow’s well-known hierarchy of needs theory, first proposed in 1943, positions self-actualisation at the apex of human motivation and flourishing. According to Maslow, it is only after an individual’s basic physiological needs are met – along with the need for safety, love and esteem – that they…

A new book of Beatles-era photographs by George Harrison will be released in Fall 2026

Actors contribute to the poet and singer’s anthology exploring ceremony, loss and worship

The Houdini singer’s online book club is already a hit. Now her interviews with Pulitzer prize-winning authors are gaining new fans

This startling debut follows a young woman on a surreal and bluntly graphic quest to be the perfect girlfriend