AboutSign inJoin
User photo

Yiyun Li

About

Yiyun Li is a Chinese-born writer and professor in the United States. Her short stories and novels have won several awards, including the PEN/Hemingway Award and Guardian First Book Award for A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, and the 2020 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award for Where Reasons End. She is an editor of the Brooklyn-based literary magazine A Public Space.

Books

The Book of Goose
The Book of Goose
Yiyun Li
Where Reasons End
Where Reasons End
Yiyun Li
Must I Go
Must I Go
Yiyun Li
Wednesday's Child
Wednesday's Child
Yiyun Li
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Yiyun Li
The Vagrants
The Vagrants
Yiyun Li
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Yiyun Li
Kinder Than Solitude
Kinder Than Solitude
Yiyun Li
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
Yiyun Li
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China
Yiyun Li, Lu Xun
Wednesday's Child
Wednesday's Child
Yiyun Li
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li
Yiyun Li, A Public Space
Where Reasons End
Where Reasons End
Yiyun Li
Must I Go
Must I Go
Yiyun Li
A Sheltered Woman
A Sheltered Woman
Yiyun Li
If You Are Lonely and You Know It
If You Are Lonely and You Know It
Yiyun Li
Złoty chłopak, szmaragdowa dziewczyna
Złoty chłopak, szmaragdowa dziewczyna
Yiyun Li
Łaskawszy niż samotność
Łaskawszy niż samotność
Yiyun Li
Ragazzo d'oro, ragazza di smeraldo
Ragazzo d'oro, ragazza di smeraldo
Yiyun Li
Kazkafanın Kitabı
Kazkafanın Kitabı
Yiyun Li

Join the club

Track what you're reading, see what your friends are into and explore the ideas of the world's greatest authors together.

Download on the App StoreDownload on the Google Play Store
... or sign up right here
Company
  • About
  • Partners
  • Careers
  • Press
  • Legal
  • Privacy
Social
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • TikTok
Support
  • FAQ
  • Changelog
  • Feature ideas
  • API
  • Widget
  • Contact
App
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
Help us
  • Become a Patron
  • Become a Librarian