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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books
  • First Book:
    October 1994
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • This second novel from the author is narrated by John Nickel, an ex-drummer who manages a Memphis bar that is a sort of anti-Cheers. He is also African American, a fact you can soon forget. For one thing, in Patchett's Tennessee, everyone, regard...



  • "Beautifully written...Ann Patchett has produced a first novel that second- and third-time novelists would envy for its grace, insight, and compassion."

    BOSTON HERALD

    St. Elizabeth's is a home for unwed mothers in the 1960s. Life there ...



  • Sabine -- twenty years a magician's assistant to her handsome, charming husband -- is suddenly a widow. In the wake of his death, she finds he has left a final trick; a false identity and a family allegedly lost in a tragic accident but now revealed ...



  • Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with...



  • "A loving testament to the work and reward of the best friendships, the kind where your arms can’t distinguish burden from embrace.” -- PeopleNew York Times Bestselling author Ann Patchett’s first work of nonfiction chronicling her decad...



  • Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argume...





  • Ann Patchett has dazzled readers with her award-winning books, including The Magician's Assistant and the New York Times bestselling Bel Canto. Now she raises the bar with State of Wonder, a provocative and ambitious novel set deep in the Amazon jung...



  • The acclaimed, bestselling author -- winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize -- tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families’ lives. One Sunday afternoon in Southern Californi...






  • From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and Commonwealth, Ann Patchett, and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious children’s story about a slide made just for lambs. Nicolet...



  • Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a pa...



  • From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious children’s story about a scapegoat who escapes blame just i...



  • In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. In the spring of 2020, Lara's three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Mic...



  • From the New York Times bestselling duo of award-winning author Ann Patchett and Fancy Nancy illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser comes an empathetic story about introverts and extroverts, and two siblings who learn to be themselves.The Vert family is ce...



  • “Patchett’s tragicomic novel—a fantasia of guns and Puccini and Red Cross negotiations—invokes the glorious, unreliable promises of art, politics, and love.” — New Yorker“Elegantly alluring. . . . A novel tha...


Award-Winning Books by Ann Patchett

Bel Canto
2002 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction -- Fiction
2002 PEN/Faulkner Award -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ann Patchett has published 15 books.

The next book by Ann Patchett, Bel Canto Annotated Edition, will be published in November 2024.

The first book by Ann Patchett, Taft, was published in October 1994.

No. Ann Patchett does not write books in series.