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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER BY VOGUE, HARPER'S BAZAAR, LA TIMES AND BOSTON GLOBE - AND ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS FOR 2026

The first ever collection of short stories from the New York Times bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend

'Once you discover Sigrid Nunez, you don't look back' ANNE ENRIGHT
'Among the most interesting writers of our generation' INDEPENDENT
'Nunez [has] a no-nonsense honesty, a matchless intelligence, an unswerving empathy, and a breathtaking intimacy of voice' JENNY MUSTARD
'One of the great writers of our time...Reading [Nunez's] work feels like having lunch with your smartest, wisest, most empathetic friend' LOS ANGELES TIMES

It Will Come Back to You takes in thirteen stories - never before collected together - from a career spanning three decades, which has seen Nunez become one of contemporary fiction's most distinctive voices. Moving from an inappropriate teenage crush to a therapist's second chance at love, in this collection Nunez maintains her irrepressible humour, bite, and insight, while exploring the philosophical questions we have come to expect from her writing.

'Nunez injects these stories with a deep tenderness and a wry sense of humor, all the while challenging our conceptions of what it means to live an ordinary life' HARPERS BAZAAR, 'Best Summer Books 2026'

'Nunez is one of American fiction's most crisp and realized voices. Like the food in a good restaurant, her prose is excellent but unfussy' NEW YORK TIMES

'The stories show [Nunez's] gift for turning apparently ordinary lives into something stranger, funnier and more searching than they first appear' iPAPER, 'The best new books to read in July 2026'

'It Will Come Back to You should make you want to imbibe every word Nunez has ever written' TLS

'Long live Sigrid Nunez' LAURA MARLING

'A treat' OPRAH DAILY, 'Best Books of the Summer 2026'

'There are two kinds of people in the world, people who haven't read Sigrid Nunez, and people who love Sigrid Nunez' CLAIRE KOHDA

'Wonderful . . . Her uncertain protagonists in an uncertain world are the perfect literary creations: vexed in their own lives but delightful to encounter' BIDISHA

Critics Review

Sigrid Nunez is one of American fiction's most crisp and realized voices. Like the food in a good restaurant, her prose is excellent but unfussy
New York Times
It Will Come Back to You should make you want to imbibe every word Nunez has ever written
TLS
One of the great writers of our time ... With remarkable tenderness, Nunez navigates themes of aging, death and mental illness. Reading her work feels like having lunch with your smartest, wisest, most empathetic friend
Los Angeles Times
The stories show Nunez's gift for turning apparently ordinary lives into something stranger, funnier and more searching than they first appear
The i Paper, 'The best new books to read in July 2026'
Typical of Nunez's astonishing precision as a writer, of which this collection provides a dazzling display
Esquire, 'The 18 Best Summer Books of 2026'
Nunez injects these stories with a deep tenderness and a wry sense of humor, all the while challenging our conceptions of what it means to live an ordinary life
Harpers Bazaar, Best Summer Books 2026
With It Will Come Back to You, Nunez wonderfully accomplishes in her stories what we have come to expect of her from her marvellous novels: a no-nonsense honesty, a matchless intelligence, an unswerving empathy, and a breathtaking intimacy of voice. Her prose manages at once to be absolutely singular, yet so easy to love. Every page is a joy, not a single sentence is wasted. Nunez has long since established herself as one of my favourite authors
Jenny Mustard
A treat ... each story showing how Nunez can turn the everyday into something quietly devastating, then slip in a line that makes you laugh despite yourself. Expect grief, art, love, mortality, and the strange intimacy of ordinary conversation-now in perfectly tart, bite-size form
Oprah Daily, Best Books of the Summer 2026
There are two kinds of people in the world, people who haven't read Sigrid Nunez, and people who love Sigrid Nunez'
Claire Kohda
This is a wonderful collection and brilliant showcase for Sigrid Nunez's many talents. She excels in the intriguing start, the curious setting and the mischievous end. Her uncertain protagonists in an uncertain world are the perfect literary creations: vexed in their own lives but delightful to encounter
Bidisha
Masterful ... Nunez's sharp wit remains a steady presence across the collection, roaming freely from one heavy subject to the next without ever slipping into sentimentality. It's a treasure trove
Publishers Weekly, starred review
Nunez is a strong writer at every level, but she's especially good at closings that nail their points in place, from the everyday to the sublime ... Nunez's stories make a welcome addition to an already much esteemed body of work
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A dazzling collection ... Each of these stories, even the most ostensibly wispy, reverberates long after it ends
Booklist (starred review)
Author Sigrid Nunez
Narrator Catherine Ho, Gabra Zackman, Hillary Huber, Rebecca Lowman
Duration 6 hours and 12 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781405566353
Format Audiobook
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Genre Fiction: general and literary, Short stories
Availability AU, GB, IE

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