New York Times Bestsellers
Ann Patchett has placed one book on the New York Times bestseller lists, spending a combined 4 weeks on the charts. One title reached #1.
4 weeks on the Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction list · peaked at #1 · debuted Jun 2026
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Reading Order
| ✓ | # | Book Title | Year | Awards | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whistler | 2026 | Buy from Amazon U.S / Intl. Buy from Amazon Australia |
Ann Patchett was born in Los Angeles, California, and moved with her family to Nashville, Tennessee at age six. She attended Sarah Lawrence College and the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. In 1990, during a residential fellowship at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, she wrote her first novel, The Patron Saint of Liars, which was named a New York Times Notable Book for 1992. Her second novel, Taft (1994), was awarded the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize for fiction.