Gary Shteyngart

Gary Shteyngart’s Followers (1,836)

member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
member photo
Matt Tr...
1,284 books | 59 friends

Sorin H...
1,642 books | 685 friends

John
859 books | 803 friends

Loes Di...
973 books | 211 friends

Adam Wi...
1,537 books | 245 friends

Christo...
767 books | 31 friends

Emily V...
2,132 books | 286 friends

Lena Ka...
456 books | 39 friends

More friends…

Gary Shteyngart

Goodreads Author


Born
in Leningrad, Russian Federation
Genre

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.
...more

Average rating: 3.44 · 93,485 ratings · 11,561 reviews · 29 distinct worksSimilar authors
Super Sad True Love Story

3.44 avg rating — 40,074 ratings — published 2010 — 68 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Our Country Friends

3.23 avg rating — 14,177 ratings — published 2021 — 20 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Absurdistan

3.31 avg rating — 13,486 ratings — published 2006 — 67 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Lake Success

3.62 avg rating — 10,673 ratings — published 2018 — 32 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Little Failure

3.66 avg rating — 7,429 ratings — published 2014 — 44 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Russian Debutante's Han...

3.55 avg rating — 7,049 ratings — published 2002 — 43 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
Absurdistan and Super Sad T...

3.81 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions
Rate this book
Clear rating
The Luck of Kokura

3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
Onze vrienden

did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
Landpartie: Roman. Der groß...

by
did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
More books by Gary Shteyngart…

Related News

Not normal, new normal, super-spreading, and socially distant. Yup, it's been a couple years of COVID and pandemic-centric stories are...
37 likes · 13 comments
  Mateo Askaripour is a Brooklyn-based writer whose first novel, Black Buck—which Colson Whitehead calls a “mesmerizing novel, executing a high...
29 likes · 3 comments
His Favorite Satires: The comic novelist skewers American consumerism in Super Sad True Love Story and pegs his five favorite satires.
18 likes · 5 comments
Quotes by Gary Shteyngart  (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)

“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

“If you stop thinking, if you stop wondering, you die.”
Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

“There's nothing wrong with her except she's completely fucked up.”
Gary Shteyngart, Super Sad True Love Story

Polls

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics posts views last activity  
South Shore Readers: Discussion Book: Absurdistan 6 27 Dec 31, 2009 05:51AM  
The Seasonal Read...: 10.10 (FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE) 28 316 Jan 10, 2010 07:52AM  
The Seasonal Read...: This topic has been closed to new comments. 5.3 (S.P.R.I.N.G) 29 204 Feb 25, 2010 10:42AM  
The Life of a Boo...: Nominating Books for March! 158 382 Mar 18, 2010 05:17PM  
The Next Best Boo...: April's Group Read Are!!! 118 601 Apr 02, 2010 04:42PM  
Challenge: 50 Books: Katia is addicted to books 85 221 Dec 22, 2010 10:34AM  
127770 Ask Gary Shteyngart - Friday, March 7th! — 188 members — last activity Mar 08, 2014 09:10PM
Join us on Friday, March 7th, for a special discussion with author Gary Shteyngart! The author will be discussing his book Little Failure. Become a f ...more



No comments have been added yet.