20 Under 40

The New Yorker recently put out its wonderful list of twenty upcoming authors under the age of 40. Previous honoress include Junot Diaz, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Michael Chabon.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

Chris Adrian

Daniel Alarcon

David Bezmozgis

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

Joshua Ferris (a favorite of Head Buyer Frank Sanchez)

Jonathan Safran Foer (a personal favorite; if you have not read Everything is Illuminated, you need to)

Nell Freudenberger

Rivka Galchen

Nicole Krauss

Yiyun Li

Dinaw Mengestu

Philipp Meyer

C.E. Morgan

Tea Obreht

ZZ Packer

Karen Russell

Salvatore Scibona

Gary Shteyngart (I just read his latest, A Super Sad True Love Story, and it was fantastic!)

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