The long-awaited first novel from George Saunders, the author of TENTH OF DECEMBER: a moving and original father-son story featuring none other than Abraham Lincoln, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, living and dead, historical and invented.

The cast of LINCOLN IN THE BARDO,  in order of their appearance:

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Cassandra Campbell as THE NARRATOR
Nick Offerman as HANS VOLLMAN
David Sedaris as ROGER BEVINS III
Adenrele Ojo as ELIZABETH KECKLEY
Lorna Raver as MARGARET LEECH
Rebecca Lowman as DOROTHY MESERVE KUNHARDT
Kimberly Farr as MRS. MARGARET GARRETT
Benjamin Dreyer as DAVID VON DREHLE
Justine Eyre as JO BRUNT
Stephen Hoye as ALBERT SLOANE
Sam Tweedy as E.G. FRAME
Scott Brick as DANIEL MARK EPSTEIN
John H. Mayer as PETERSEN WICKETT
Ed Franco as STANLEY KIMMEL
Barbara Fillon as MRS. KATE O’BRIEN
Esther Newberg as EDWINE WILLOW
Stephen Mendel as MELVIN CARTER
Mika Kasuga as ANN BRIGHNEY
Nicky Weinstock as EDWARD HOLT
Dhara Parikh as BERNADETTE EVON
Molly Turpin as DOLORES P. LEVENTROP
Greg Kubie as I.B. BRIGG III
Lane Jantzen as ALBERT TRUNDLE
Kaela Meyers as D.V. FEATHERLY
Caitlin Saunders as ABIGAIL SERVICE
Sheri Lindbloom as BARBARA SMITH-HILL
Carrie Brownstein as ISABELLE PERKINS
Richard Romaniello as MAXWELL FLAGG
Kirby Heyborne as WILLIE LINCOLN
George Saunders as THE REVEREND EVERLY THOMAS
Miranda July as MRS. ELIZABETH CRAWFORD
Mark Deakins as SAM “SMOOTH-BOY” LONGSTREET
Lena Dunham as ELISE TRAYNOR
Deborah Treisman as DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN
Joe Lindbloom as JOHN G. NICOLAY
Katharine McEwan as SOPHIE LENOX
Arthur Morey as NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS
Holiday Reinhorn as RUTH PAINTER RANDALL
Jeff Kenyon as TYRON PHILIAN
Amanda D’Acierno as A SPRINGFIELD NEIGHBOR
Mary Karr as MRS. ROSE MILLAND
Mike Chamberlain as JAMES MORGAN
Maggie Holcombe as JULIA TAFT BAYNE
Robertson Dean as PHINEAS D. GURLEY
Amanda Beesley as LAURA SEARING
Michael Goldsmith as SIMON WEBER
Joan Saunders as OPAL STRAGNER
Joe Scalora as SIMON IVERNESS
Dominic Hoffman as D. STRUMPHORT
Andy Hughes as BENJAMIN BROWN FRENCH
Eric Martin as ELLIOT STERNLET
Grant Hier as STANLEY HOHNER
Ben Stiller as JACK MANDERS
Julianne Moore as JANE ELLIS
Susan Sarandon as MRS. ABIGAIL BLASS
Andy Ward as MR. MAXWELL BOISE
Bradley Whitford as LT. CECIL STONE
Bill Hader as EDDIE BARON
Megan Mullally as BETSY BARON
Rainn Wilson as PERCIVAL “DASH” COLLIER
Fred Sanders as MR. BENJAMIN TWOOD
Marc Cashman as JASPER RANDALL
Danny Campbell as L.B. PAPERS
John Lee as FLANDERS QUINN
Jeff Tweedy as CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRINCE
Dan Musselman as JASON TUMM
Col. Kevin Madden as FIRST LIEUTENANT DANIEL BROWER
Spencer Tweedy as MARSHALL TURNBULL
Pat Pacino as CORPORAL LUCIUS W. BARBER
Noah Eaker as A SOLDIER (from Bell/Trust)
Jarrod Robbins as PRIVATE EDWARD GATES
Bob Walter as ROBERT HANSWORTHY
Louise Quayle as C.R. DEPAGE
Paul Boehmer as PAUL RILES
Hilary Redmon as JAYNE COSTER
Jeff Cohen as KEVIN SWARNEY
Ben Greenberg as JAMES R. GILMORE
J.T. Holcombe as ISAAC N. ARNOLD
Aaron Blank as MARTIN P.S. RINDLAUB
Gildart Jackson as THE MARQUIS DE CHAMBRUN
Robert Guzman as ROBERT WILSON
Peter Mendelsund as F.B. CARPENTER
Simon Katz as JOHN S. BARNES
Phil David as EDWARD DALTON MARCHANT
Michael Gentile as JOHN WIDMER
Richard Wylde as THE UTICA “HERALD”
Phil Stamper-Halpin as ORLANDO B. FICKLIN
Mike Murray as JAMES MINER
Sean Baker as A JOURNALIST (from Piatt)
Cesar Guadamuz as HORACE WHITE
Eric Lovaas as SENATOR JAMES HARLAN
David McLaughlin as NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
Susan Kamil as CORDELIA A.P. HARVEY
Patrick Billard as CHARLES A. DANA
Oliver Mundy as ABRAHAM M. GORDON
Ann Marie Lee as PRINCESS FELIX SALM-SALM
Tom Russell as EDWARD J. KEMPF
Mark Holcombe as A SOLIDER (from Randall)
Kaleo Griffith as ABNER ELLIS
Simon Tepas as REV. GEORGE C. NOYES
Bill Rood as CLARK E. CARR
Bob Quinto as COLONEL THEODORE LYMAN
Mike Musselman as A SOLDIER (from Donald)
Henry Williams as W.A. CROFFUT
Adam Lisagor as SAM HUME
Liz Farrell as LILLIAN FOSTER
Thomas Perry as ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE
Dan Zitt as DAVID LOCKE
Sara Holcombe as A QUOTE (from Brown)
Ted Scott as ANDY THORNE
Heather Scott as JANICE P. DWIGHTSON
Dan Woren as ROBERT G. TWISTINGS
Lincoln Hoppe as LANCE DURNING
Kat Dennings as MISS TAMARA DOOLITTLE
Mark Bramhall as TOBIN “BADGER” MULLER
Macleod Andrews as VESPER JOHANNES
Jeffrey Tambor as PROFESSOR EDMUND BLOOMER
Mike O’Brien as LAWRENCE T. DECROIX
Keegan-Michael Key as ELSON FARWELL
Don Cheadle as THOMAS HAVENS
Bahni Turpin as LITZIE WRIGHT
Robin Miles as MRS. FRANCIS HODGE
David Weller as LARRY TAGG
Hugo Bressin as GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN
Kevin Thomsen as SHERRARD CLEMENS
Pat Stango as EDWARD EVERETT
David Haase as CONGRESSMAN CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS
Bruce Mann as THE LONDON “MORNING POST”
Brad Garrett as S.W. OAKEY
David Phethean as TOBIAN CLEARLY
Johnathan McClain as A QUOTE (from Holzer)
Ben Waters as P. MALLON
Nancy Bruns as THE ALLENTOWN “FIELD-GAZETTE”
Jane Billings as THE CLEVELAND “TRUTH-SENTINEL”
Tyler Whitlatch as A NEW YORK INFANTRYMAN (from Strait)
Brent Rogers as DARREL CUMBERLAND
Charles de Montebello as GEORGE BANCROFT
George Saunders Sr. as THE “LA CROSSE DEMOCRAT”
Greg Wilson as JAMES SPICER
Robin Schiff as B. MILBANK
Ray Porter as WILLIAM H. HERNDON
Paula Saunders as MARY LINCOLN
Michael Rotondo as THEODORE BLASGEN
Tony Hudz as NORMAN G. GRAND
Scott Kolwitz as JOSHUA FREEWELL
Jennifer Rubins as MAUREEN H. HEDGES
Patrick Wilson as STANLEY “PERFESSER” LIPPERT
Max Adler as GENE “RASCALL” KANE
Michael Crouch as JACK “MALARKEY” FULLER
Alaina Waagner as ELIZABETH TODD GRIMSLEY
Russ Gorsline as JOSHUA FRY SPEED
Sam Nicholson as LEONARD SWETT
Matt Cartsonis as JOHN H. LITTLEFIELD
Leigh Marchant as “LINCOLN LORE: BULLETIN OF THE LINCOLN LIFE FOUNDATION”
Jeff Weber as THOMAS J. CRAUGHWELL
Caitlin McKenna as EMILY WEDGE
Dr. Andrew Fiedler as DONOVAN G. ROOT, M.D.
Arthur G. Insana as “ILLINOIS STATE JOURNAL”
Avideh Bashirrad as MATHILDE WILLIAMS
Alena Saunders as FRANCINE CANE
Tyler Holcombe as MR. SAMUEL PIERCE
Christopher Grove as MR. LEONARD REEDY
Julia Whelan as MRS. CAROLINE REEDY
Rob Shapiro as RICHARD CRUTCHER
Ryan Gesell as MATTHEW CRUTCHER
Kelly Gildea as MRS. ANTOINETTE BOXER

Want to see exactly where your favorite narrator is in the story?  See our Character Key.