Books written by Patricia Engel

  • The Best American Short Stories 2017
    The Best American Short Stories 2017

    Presents a selection of the best works of short fiction of the past year from a variety of acclaimed sources.

  • The Veins of the Ocean
    The Veins of the Ocean

    The extraordinary new novel from award-winning author, Patricia Engel, The Veins of the Ocean is a heartrending story of one woman's devotion to her death row-convicted brother and her journey away from a painful past.

  • Infinite Country: A Novel
    Infinite Country: A Novel

    Rich with Bogotá urban life, steeped in Andean myth, and tense with the daily reality of the undocumented in America, Infinite Country “is as much an all-American story as it is a global one” (Booklist, starred review).

  • The Veins of the Ocean: A Novel
    The Veins of the Ocean: A Novel

    In this “profound, daring” tale of loss and faith, a woman haunted by tragedy begins to find healing in the waters—and love—that surround her (San Francisco Chronicle).

  • It's Not Love, It's Just Paris: A Novel
    It's Not Love, It's Just Paris: A Novel

    A spellbinding story of a young American abroad and a star-crossed relationship: “This is a novel to get lost in.” —The Miami Herald Lita del Cielo is the daughter of two Colombian immigrants who arrived in America with nothing and ...

  • Vida
    Vida

    These linked stories follow Sabina as she navigates her shifting identity as a daughter of the Colombian diaspora, and struggles to find her place within and beyond the net of her strong, protective, but embattled family.

  • The Veins of the Ocean

    Through Nesto's love of the sea and capacity for faith, Reina comes to understand her own connections to the life-giving and destructive forces of the ocean that surrounds her as well as its role in her family's troubled history, and in ...

  • The Veins of the Ocean: 2017 WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE
    The Veins of the Ocean: 2017 WINNER OF THE DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE

    Set in the vibrant coastal and Caribbean communities of Miami; the Florida Keys; Havana, Cuba; and Cartagena, Colombia, The Veins of the Ocean is a wrenching exploration of what happens when life tests the limits of compassion, and a ...