The Recurring Cast
Character guide · 6 books · 2001 to 2023

Ann Patchett

Literary and generalLiterary fictionFamily and book club

Ann Patchett writes generous novels about families and unlikely communities. In Bel Canto, guests at a birthday party in South America are held hostage with an opera singer; The Dutch House follows a brother and sister cast out of the house they loved.

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Ann Patchett books in order

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Novels

6 booksLiterary fictionFamily and book club
  1. 1Bel Canto2001With Roxane Coss and Mr Hosokawa · Set in a South American capitalBuy on Amazon
  2. 2Run2007With Tip Doyle · Set in BostonBuy on Amazon
  3. 3State of Wonder2011With Marina Singh · Set in the AmazonBuy on Amazon
  4. 4Commonwealth2016With Franny Keating · Set in California and VirginiaBuy on Amazon
  5. 5The Dutch House2019With Danny Conroy and Maeve Conroy · Set in PhiladelphiaBuy on Amazon
  6. 6Tom Lake2023With Lara Nelson · Set in MichiganBuy on Amazon

Characters

10 recurring and key characters, with the book each one first appears in.

Leads