Lincoln in the Bardo: A Novel

WINNER OF THE AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEThe “devastatingly moving” (People) first novel from the author of Tenth of December: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and inventedOne of The New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years One of Paste’s Best Novels of the Decade“[Lincoln in the Bardo] demonstrates that even the unspeakable—civil war, familial grief—can be named through a close, humanizing narrative voice.”—Amanda Gorman for Time, “25 Books That Capture This American Moment"February 1862. With the Civil War less than one year old, President Lincoln’s beloved eleven-year-old son, Willie, lies gravely ill. In a matter of days, Willie dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery. Newspapers report that a grief-stricken Lincoln returns, alone, to the crypt several times to hold his boy’s body. From that seed of historical truth, George Saunders spins an unforgettable story that breaks free of its realistic framework into a thrilling, supernatural realm, deploying a kaleidoscopic, theatrical panorama of voices—living and dead, historical and invented—to ask a timeless question: How do we live and love when we know that everything we love must end?Named One of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, USA Today, and Maureen Corrigan, NPR One of Time’s Ten Best Novels of the Year One of O: The Oprah Magazine’s Best Books of the YearThe 166-person full cast features award-winning actors and musicians, as well as a number of Saunders’ family, friends, and members of his publishing team, including, in order of their appearance:Nick Offerman as HANS VOLLMANDavid Sedaris as ROGER BEVINS IIICarrie Brownstein as ISABELLE PERKINSGeorge Saunders as THE REVEREND EVERLY THOMASMiranda July as MRS. ELIZABETH CRAWFORDLena Dunham as ELISE TRAYNORBen Stiller as JACK MANDERSJulianne Moore as JANE ELLISSusan Sarandon as MRS. ABIGAIL BLASSBradley Whitford as LT. CECIL STONEBill Hader as EDDIE BARONMegan Mullally as BETSY BARONRainn Wilson as PERCIVAL “DASH” COLLIERJeff Tweedy as CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRINCEKat Dennings as MISS TAMARA DOOLITTLEJeffrey Tambor as PROFESSOR EDMUND BLOOMERMike O’Brien as LAWRENCE T. DECROIXKeegan-Michael Key as ELSON FARWELLDon Cheadle as THOMAS HAVENSandPatrick Wilson as STANLEY “PERFESSER” LIPPERTwithKirby Heyborne as WILLIE LINCOLN,Mary Karr as MRS. ROSE MILLAND,and Cassandra Campbell as Your Narrator Read more