The Winner
(May 28, 2024 US/June 6, UK)

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Vogue Best Books of 2024 So Far

Literary Hub, New York Post Most Anticipated of 2024

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“A page-turning story of sex, power, and money.”—Vogue, The Best Books of 2024 So Far

“Readers will zoom through Wayne’s…bitingly satirical literary thriller.”—Booklist

“Be prepared to fully lose yourself in The Winner—a book I started and then simply couldn’t stop reading. Teddy Wayne has written a timely, topical novel that still somehow feels like a classic.”—Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Long Bright River

“The Winner is a harrowing romp through the bedrooms of the rich and entitled. Teddy Wayne takes us behind the gates of a super-exclusive community, an enclave of grotesque wealth where everyone gets what they want—with disastrous consequences. A gripping, provocative, and delightfully shocking novel.”—Nathan Hill, New York Times bestselling author of Wellness

“A riveting novel about how to have the rich and eat them, too. Sexy, breathless, and brutal.”—Julia May Jonas, author of Vladimir

“The Winner is a lean, careening thrill of a book that kept me awake half the night and away from work the following day. Conor O’Toole’s steady embroilment with the wealthy people he teaches tennis to is drawn with exquisite dread. Wayne has a genius for brief observations that reveal whole reams of truth about class, poverty, and competition, while also never allowing the hideously compelling story to let up for a moment. Exhilarating, cutting, and funny, The Winner is already one of my favorite books of the year.”—Megan Nolan, internationally bestselling author of Acts of Desperation and Ordinary Human Failings

FOREIGN EDITIONS:

Germany (June 4, 2024)


The Netherlands (June 24, 2024)