Ann Patchett

5 summariesLiterary Fiction, Romance, Mystery

Ann Patchett is an American author. She received the 2002 PEN/Faulkner Award and the Orange Prize for Fiction in the same year, for her novel Bel Canto. Patchett's other novels include The Patron Saint of Liars (1992), Taft (1994), The Magician's Assistant (1997), Run (2007), State of Wonder (2011), Commonwealth (2016), and The Dutch House (2019). The Dutch House was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Books by Ann Patchett

5 books available

Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
3.9 (240k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
During a hostage crisis in an unnamed South American country, an opera singer, a devoted fan, and their captors find harmony and love through music.
State of Wonder
Ann Patchett
3.9 (164k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In the Amazon, Dr. Marina Singh searches for her vanished mentor, confronting scientific marvels and personal demons, uncovering a mystery that blurs groundbreaking medicine with ethical sacrifice.
Run
Ann Patchett
3.6 (39k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
After a Boston snowstorm and a sudden accident, a former mayor faces the complex reality of his unconventional family when his biological and adopted sons' lives intersect with a stranger, making him rethink what it means to protect those he loves.
The Patron Saint of Liars
Ann Patchett
3.8 (36k) average on GoodreadsLiterary Fiction
In a secluded Kentucky home for unwed mothers, a mysterious woman's past as a married runaway threatens to unravel her carefully constructed new life and the bond with the daughter she initially intended to abandon.
Truth and Beauty
Ann Patchett
4.0 (35k) average on GoodreadsBiography
A memoir about the deep, twenty-year friendship between two writers, one disfigured by cancer, as they deal with ambition, addiction, and the lasting grief of a life intertwined with another's.