Books written by Ann Patchett
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The Lonely Planet Travel Anthology
We make our way slowly into the assembly hall, where 26 identical pillars cut from one rock line the sides. A fat stupa cut of the same rock stands at the innermost part of the hall; 20 feet high, it's shaped like an overturned bowl ...
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Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
Nixon's attorney general, John N. Mitchell, had famously threatened the Post's owner, Katharine Graham, in a call to reporter Carl Bernstein. “All that crap you're putting in the paper?” said Mitchell, as both Graham and Bernstein later ...
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Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
Foremost among the pirates of Ulysses was the legendary New York pornographer Samuel Roth. A semitragic, almost Dostoevskian figure, widely reviled, often imprisoned, a lifelong Orthodox Jew who wrote the notorious anti- Semitic screed ...
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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
The author describes her twenty-year friendship with Lucy Grealy, tracing their introduction at a writer's workshop, the integral part their friendship played in their writing careers, and her witness to Grealy's medical deterioration.
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The 10 Best Books to Read for Easter: Selections to Inspire, Educate, & Provoke: Excerpts from new and classic titles...
The 10 Best Books to Read for Easter: Selections to Inspire, Educate, and Provoke includes: An Introduction from James Martin, SJ And excerpts from: Together on Retreat by James Martin, SJ Mere Christianity by C. S. Lewis Simply Jesus by N. ...
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Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
These powerful stories, along with essays from Neil Gaiman, Meg Wolitzer, Salman Rushdie, Ann Patchett, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Louise Erdrich, George Saunders, and many more, remind us that the issues the ACLU has engaged over the past one ...
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Nashville: Scenes from the New American South
Nashville: Scenes from the New American South beautifully captures my home city of Nashville in this exciting moment of change and growth.— AL GORE This book is excruciatingly gorgeous.
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State of Wonder
The #3 New York Times Bestseller
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The Dutch House: A Novel
The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.
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Commonwealth
“Exquisite... Commonwealth is impossible to put down.” — New York Times #1 New York Times Bestseller | NBCC Award Finalist | New York Times Best Book of the Year | USA Today Best Book | TIME Magazine Top 10 Selection | Oprah Favorite ...
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Run
Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle.
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Truth & Beauty: A Friendship
Through love, fame, drugs, and despair, this is what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined...and what happens when one is left behind. This is a tender, brutal book about loving the person we cannot save.
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What Now?
Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from ...
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Bel Canto: A Novel
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.
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This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage
This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer.
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Taft
A repackage of Ann Patchett's novel Taft, about a middle-aged black man who runs a blues club in Memphis.
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These Precious Days: Essays
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
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Run: A Novel
Suspenseful and stunningly executed, Run is ultimately a novel about secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths we will go to protect our children.
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The Magician's Assistant
Sabine—twenty years a magician's assistant to her handsome, charming husband—is suddenly a widow.
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The Patron Saint of Liars
In 1992, celebrated novelist Ann Patchett launched her remarkable career with the publication of her debut novel, The Patron Saint of Liars.