Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by the Chicago Review of Books

"In her debut story collection of force and insight, Madden crafts a way into the interior lives of women young and old, empowered and repressed, exhausted, determined, and enraged." --Booklist

"Madden lets visceral, tangled-up emotions shine with unwavering, clear prose that manages to immerse the reader immediately into the handful of paragraphs that sometimes comprise the entire story . . . Amidst vignettes that feel wildly plausible, Madden intervenes with a demand to suspend your disbelief." --Chicago Review of Books

"Many of the characters and situations featured in You Know Nothing, exist in the charged space between intimacy and alienation. The collection's title foregrounds a contradiction that reverberates throughout the book: the desire to know and be known, set against the stubborn limits of human perception, experience and empathy . . . a knowing, unsentimental, at times darkly comic examination of contemporary American life." --Newcity

"Yasmina Din Madden's stories weave through the lives of women with some of the most distinct voices on the page. She has a masterful grasp on how to make a large cast of characters, though a wide berth of stories, each of which feels wholly unique. Each of them feel fully realized." --Debutiful

"Readers, I gasped. You Know Nothing is a triumph of imagination, heart, and understated emotion. These are tales you'd trade on the playground in an alternate universe--a universe you won't want to leave after reaching the last page. Each story unsettles as much as it entertains." --Kelly Luce, author of Pull Me Under

"The propulsive, heart-wrenching stories of You Know Nothing explore the messy interiority of women who are on the brink of realization. With knife-sharp prose and unforgettable detail, Yasmina Din Madden pushes on her characters' bruises until the reader also feels the ache." --Maggie Su, author of Blob: A Love Story

"You Know Nothing is a wonder. At times electrifyingly surreal, at times achingly realistic, these raw and vulnerable stories feature women brimming with desire and rage. A haunting debut." --Vanessa Hua, author of Forbidden City