Ann's Latest Picks

Here are Ann Patchett's most recent suggestions. Read more about them over at our blog, Musing, or listen to Ann talk about them on Instagram!

Autobiography Of A Face By Lucy Grealy, Suleika Francey Jaouad (Foreword by) Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780544837393
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Published: Harper Perennial - September 13th, 2016

This Boy's Life (30th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir By Tobias Wolff Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802149077
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Published: Grove Press - December 17th, 2019

The Duke of Deception: Memories of My Father By Geoffrey Wolff Cover Image
$15.95
ISBN: 9780679727521
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Published: Vintage - February 19th, 1990

The Night In Question: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) By Tobias Wolff Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679781554
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Published: Vintage - September 30th, 1997

A Day at the Beach By Geoffrey Wolff, Ann Patchett (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Geoffrey Wolff, Ann Patchett (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780804170093
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Published: Vintage - November 5th, 2013

A Perfect Spy: A Novel By John le Carré Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780143119760
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Published: Penguin Books - July 20th, 2011

The Blue Flower: A Novel By Penelope Fitzgerald Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780544359451
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Published: Harper Paperbacks - October 14th, 2014

Hippos Go Berserk!: The 45th Anniversary Edition By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781665926034
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Published: Boynton Bookworks - August 30th, 2022

Good Night, Good Night: The original longer version of The Going to Bed Book By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781534499744
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Published: Boynton Bookworks - September 14th, 2021

Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar By Cheryl Strayed Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593685211
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Published: Vintage - November 1st, 2022

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Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World By Todd Doughty, Josie Portillo (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Todd Doughty, Josie Portillo (Illustrator)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143136569
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Published: Penguin Life - October 12th, 2021

The Book of Delights: Essays By Ross Gay Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781643753287
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Published: Algonquin Books - August 16th, 2022

The Country Girls: Three Novels and an Epilogue: (The Country Girl; The Lonely Girl; Girls in Their Married Bliss; Epilogue) (FSG Classics) By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Edna O'Brien, Eimear McBride (Introduction by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780374537357
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - November 14th, 2017

Angela's Ashes: A Memoir By Frank McCourt Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780684842677
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Published: Scribner - May 25th, 1999

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Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story By Bono Cover Image
By Bono
$34.00
ISBN: 9780525521044
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Published: Knopf - November 1st, 2022

The Story of Lucy Gault: A Novel By William Trevor Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780142003312
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Published: Penguin Books - August 26th, 2003

The All of It: A Novel By Jeannette Haien Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062090096
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Published: Harper Perennial - June 7th, 2011

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Foster By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160140
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Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022

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Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
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Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother By James McBride Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594481925
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 7th, 2006

Song of Solomon: A Novel (Vintage International) By Toni Morrison Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400033423
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Published: Vintage - June 8th, 2004

Pilgrims By Elizabeth Gilbert Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143113379
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 25th, 2007

Unless: A Novel By Carol Shields Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9780060874407
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Published: Harper Perennial - January 3rd, 2006

The Stone Diaries: Pulitzer Prize Winner (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Carol Shields, Penelope Lively (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Carol Shields, Penelope Lively (Introduction by)
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143105503
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Published: Penguin Classics - September 30th, 2008

Brother, I'm Dying: National Book Award Finalist (Vintage Contemporaries) By Edwidge Danticat Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781400034307
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Published: Vintage - September 9th, 2008

So Long, See You Tomorrow: National Book Award Winner (Vintage International) By William Maxwell Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780679767206
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Published: Vintage - January 3rd, 1996

A High Wind in Jamaica By Richard Hughes, Francine Prose (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Richard Hughes, Francine Prose (Introduction by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780940322158
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Published: NYRB Classics - September 30th, 1999

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The Great Believers: A Novel By Rebecca Makkai Cover Image
$19.00
ISBN: 9780735223530
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Published: Penguin Books - June 4th, 2019

So Big: A Novel By Edna Ferber Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780061859984
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Published: Harper Perennial Modern Classics - April 23rd, 2019

Mrs. Caliban By Rachel Ingalls, Rivka Galchen (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Rachel Ingalls, Rivka Galchen (Introduction by)
$13.95
ISBN: 9780811226691
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Published: New Directions - November 28th, 2017

A Little Devil in America: In Praise of Black Performance By Hanif Abdurraqib Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9781984801203
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - March 8th, 2022

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All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience By Jay Wellons Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593243367
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Published: Random House - June 28th, 2022

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Horse: A Novel By Geraldine Brooks Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9780399562969
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Published: Viking - June 14th, 2022

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The Candy House: A Novel By Jennifer Egan Cover Image
$28.00
ISBN: 9781476716763
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Published: Scribner - April 5th, 2022

The Pursuit of Love; Love in a Cold Climate: Introduction by Laura Thompson (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series) By Nancy Mitford, Laura Thompson (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Nancy Mitford, Laura Thompson (Introduction by)
$25.00
ISBN: 9780593321270
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Published: Everyman's Library - March 22nd, 2022

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The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life By Mark Epstein, M.D. Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593296615
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Published: Penguin Press - January 11th, 2022

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The Sentence By Louise Erdrich Cover Image
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062671127
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Published: Harper - November 9th, 2021

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating By Elisabeth Tova Bailey Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781616206420
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 6th, 2016

The Days of Afrekete: A Novel By Asali Solomon Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781250858832
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Published: Picador - October 18th, 2022

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Five Tuesdays in Winter By Lily King Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802159496
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Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022

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Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South By Margaret Renkl Cover Image
$26.00
ISBN: 9781571311849
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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 14th, 2021

Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It By Maile Meloy Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594484650
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Published: Riverhead Books - July 6th, 2010

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Sorrow and Bliss: A Novel By Meg Mason Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063049598
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Published: Harper Perennial - March 1st, 2022

The Go-Between By L.P. Hartley, Colm Toibin (Introduction by) Cover Image
By L.P. Hartley, Colm Toibin (Introduction by)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780940322998
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Published: NYRB Classics - March 31st, 2002