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Gary Shteyngart

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Born
in Leningrad, Russian Federation
Genre
Literature & Fiction, Humor

Influences
Vladimir Nabokov

Member Since
January 2014


Gary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR (he alternately calls it "St. Leningrad" or "St. Leninsburg"). Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.

His first novel, The Russian Debutante's Handbook (2002), received the Stephen Crane Award for First Fiction and the National Jewish Book Award.
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Average rating: 3.48 · 111,421 ratings · 13,865 reviews · 26 distinct works • Similar authors
Super Sad True Love Story
3.45 avg rating — 42,615 ratings — published 2010 — 70 editions
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Our Country Friends
3.20 avg rating — 16,944 ratings — published 2021 — 30 editions
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Absurdistan
3.33 avg rating — 14,119 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Lake Success
3.64 avg rating — 12,332 ratings — published 2018 — 35 editions
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Vera, or Faith
3.87 avg rating — 9,282 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions
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Little Failure: A Memoir
3.67 avg rating — 7,858 ratings — published 2014 — 47 editions
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The Russian Debutante's Han...
3.57 avg rating — 7,509 ratings — published 2002 — 41 editions
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3.86 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions
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The Luck of Kokura
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“Remember this... develop a sense of nostalgia for something, or you'll never figure out what's important.”
― Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story
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“There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up.”
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“If you stop thinking, if you stop wondering, you die.”
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