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 the Laydown Diaries!

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A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance Cover Image

A Little Devil in America: Notes in Praise of Black Performance (Hardcover)

By Hanif Abdurraqib
$27.00
ISBN: 9781984801197
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Published: Random House - March 30th, 2021
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The Candy House: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Jennifer Egan
$28.00
ISBN: 9781476716763
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Scribner - April 5th, 2022
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Cress Watercress (Hardcover)

By Gregory Maguire, David Litchfield (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781536211009
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Published: Candlewick - March 29th, 2022
The Pursuit of Love; Love in a Cold Climate: Introduction by Laura Thompson (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series) Cover Image

The Pursuit of Love; Love in a Cold Climate: Introduction by Laura Thompson (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series) (Hardcover)

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 (Hardcover)

By Mark Epstein, M.D.
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593296615
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Published: Penguin Press - January 11th, 2022
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The Sentence (Hardcover)

By Louise Erdrich
$28.99
ISBN: 9780062671127
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Published: Harper - November 9th, 2021
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The Whole Language: The Power of Extravagant Tenderness (Hardcover)

By Gregory Boyle
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982128326
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - October 19th, 2021
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On Animals (Hardcover)

By Susan Orlean
$28.00
ISBN: 9781982181536
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - October 12th, 2021
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Scientist: E. O. Wilson: A Life in Nature (Hardcover)

By Richard Rhodes
$30.00
ISBN: 9780385545556
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Published: Doubleday - November 9th, 2021
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The Book of Delights: Essays (Hardcover)

By Ross Gay
$24.95
ISBN: 9781616207922
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Published: Algonquin Books - February 12th, 2019
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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating (Paperback)

By Elisabeth Tova Bailey
$14.95
ISBN: 9781616206420
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 6th, 2016
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The Days of Afrekete: A Novel Cover Image

The Days of Afrekete: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Asali Solomon
$26.00
ISBN: 9780374140052
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - October 19th, 2021
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Oh William!: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Elizabeth Strout
$27.00
ISBN: 9780812989434
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Published: Random House - October 19th, 2021
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Five Tuesdays in Winter (Hardcover)

By Lily King
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802158765
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Published: Grove Press - November 9th, 2021
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Little Pieces of Hope: Happy-Making Things in a Difficult World (Paperback)

By Todd Doughty, Josie Portillo (Illustrator)
$16.00
ISBN: 9780143136569
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Published: Penguin Life - October 12th, 2021
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Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South Cover Image

Graceland, at Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache from the American South (Hardcover)

By Margaret Renkl
$26.00
ISBN: 9781571311849
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Published: Milkweed Editions - September 14th, 2021
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Because of Winn-Dixie Anniversary Edition (Hardcover)

By Kate DiCamillo
$18.99
ISBN: 9781536214345
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Published: Candlewick - December 1st, 2020
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John Updike: The Collected Stories: A Library of America Boxed Set (Boxed Set)

By John Updike, Christopher Carduff (Editor)
$75.00
ISBN: 9781598532500
Availability: Availability to be confirmed
Published: Library of America - September 12th, 2013
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Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (Paperback)

By Maile Meloy
$16.00
ISBN: 9781594484650
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Published: Riverhead Books - July 6th, 2010
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Jungle Night (comes with 2 free audio downloads, Yo-Yo Ma, cello) (Boynton on Board) (Board book)

By Sandra Boynton, Yo-Yo Ma (Editor)
$7.95
ISBN: 9781523513604
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Published: Workman Publishing Company - March 23rd, 2021
So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures Cover Image

So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures (Paperback)

By Maureen Corrigan
$18.99
ISBN: 9780316230063
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Published: Back Bay Books - May 12th, 2015
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The Go-Between (Paperback)

By L.P. Hartley, Colm Toibin (Introduction by)
$16.95
ISBN: 9780940322998
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Published: NYRB Classics - March 31st, 2002
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Little: A Novel (Paperback)

By Edward Carey
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525534334
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Published: Riverhead Books - October 22nd, 2019
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A High Wind in Jamaica (Paperback)

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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Atonement: A Novel (Paperback)

By Ian McEwan
$16.95
ISBN: 9780385721790
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Published: Anchor - February 25th, 2003
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The Dictionary of Lost Words: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Pip Williams
$28.00
ISBN: 9780593160190
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Published: Ballantine Books - April 6th, 2021
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Klara and the Sun: A novel (Vintage International) (Paperback)

By Kazuo Ishiguro
$16.95
ISBN: 9780593311295
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Published: Vintage - March 1st, 2022
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Sorrow and Bliss: A Novel (Paperback)

By Meg Mason
$16.99
ISBN: 9780063049598
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Published: Harper Perennial - March 1st, 2022
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Infinite Country: A Novel (Paperback)

By Patricia Engel
$17.00
ISBN: 9781982159474
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - October 5th, 2021
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My Year Abroad: A Novel (Paperback)

By Chang-rae Lee
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634581
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Published: Riverhead Books - February 1st, 2022
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The All of It: A Novel (Paperback)

By Jeannette Haien
$13.99
ISBN: 9780062090096
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Published: Harper Perennial - June 7th, 2011
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The Lying Life of Adults (Paperback)

By Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein (Translator)
$18.00
ISBN: 9781609457150
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Published: Europa Editions - September 21st, 2021
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The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here Cover Image

The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where to Go from Here (Paperback)

By Hope Jahren
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525563389
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Published: Vintage - March 3rd, 2020
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The Souvenir Museum: Stories (Paperback)

By Elizabeth McCracken
$16.99
ISBN: 9780062971258
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Published: Ecco - February 1st, 2022