Anne Tyler
Anne Tyler is an American novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. She has published twenty-four novels, including Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (1982), The Accidental Tourist (1985), and Breathing Lessons (1988). All three were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Breathing Lessons won the prize in 1989. She has also won the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize, the Ambassador Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In 2012 she was awarded The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Tyler's twentieth novel, A Spool of Blue Thread, was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2015, and Redhead By the Side of the Road was longlisted for the same award in 2020. She is recognized for her fully developed characters, her "brilliantly imagined and absolutely accurate detail", her "rigorous and artful style", and her "astute and open language."
Books by Anne Tyler
6 books available
A Patchwork Planet
by Anne Tyler
3.8(15,471)
Barnaby Gailtin, the family outcast, hopes for a new life with the arrival of Sophia, but his past and a lost family threaten his fragile hope.
A Spool of Blue Thread
by Anne Tyler
3.4(83,448)
Four generations of the Whitshank family navigate their intricate bonds, revealing the tender moments, quiet jealousies, and guarded secrets that truly connect them within their sprawling Baltimore home.
Digging to America
by Anne Tyler
3.6(20,043)
An Iranian-American grandmother, Maryam, defines herself as an 'outsider,' but when her family's yearly adoption party connects them with a loud American family, she must rethink what it means to belong.
The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
3.9(98,221)
A heartbroken travel writer, whose life is a fortress against change, finds his world upended by an unlikely, boisterous dog trainer who teaches him that even accidental detours can lead to fulfilling destinations.
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
by Anne Tyler
3.8(25,151)
With an absent father, an independent mother, and a complicated family history, the Tull children spend their lives navigating misunderstandings, resentments, and brief moments of connection, all while trying to find their own place in a family that is never quite in sync.
Saint Maybe
by Anne Tyler
3.9(15,893)
Haunted by his brother's sudden death, a guilt-ridden teenager finds solace and a path to redemption in the 'Church of the Second Chance,' where forgiveness requires sacrifice and love.