Wednesday's Child is a 2023 short story collection by Chinese writer Yiyun Li, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

"[7] Also in a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it a "splendid and elegantly observed collection" and wrote that "these stories find Li at the top of her game.

[11] One reviewer in The Guardian called the stories "bruising, beautiful tales"; another observed Li's approach to themes of grief.

[12][13] The Chicago Review of Books lauded Li's consistent writing of her subject matter, stating that "she’s once again shown us why she’s remained such a treasured guide to the lands of grief over the past twenty-plus years.

"[14] NPR noted that "compassion, coupled with Li's gorgeous prose and painstaking attention to detail, is what makes these stories so beautiful, so accomplished.