Patrick Ryan

‘I’ve been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two Wars – one of Omaha Beach, the other of the Ia Drang Valley. Buckeye is that book, and it soars’ TOM HANKS ‘Funny and tender ... Patrick Ryan has long been one of my favourite writers’ ANN PATCHETT ‘I love this novel with my...

New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2025 A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick September 2025 One town. Two families. A secret that changes everything. ‘Poignant, powerful’ Independent ‘Omniscient, sweeping, almost defiantly sentimental’ New York Times ‘It’s not just a great Midwestern novel, it’s a great novel, period’ Financial Times MAY, 1945. As news of the Allied victory in...

For readers of Tom Perrotta and Lorrie Moore, these nine unforgettable stories, all set in and around Cape Canaveral, showcase Patrick Ryan’s masterly understanding of regret and hope, relationships and family, and the universal longing for love. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY St. Louis Post Dispatch • Refinery 29 • Electric Literature The Dream Life...

[A] luminous and tender 20th-century saga of wounded souls and small-town secrets GUARDIAN ‘A thing of wonder’ CHRIS WHITAKER ‘I’ve been yearning for a novel that connects the American generations who dealt with our two wars - one of Omaha Beach, the other of the Ia Drang Valley. Buckeye is that book, and it soars’ TOM HANKS THE BIG-HEARTED BESTSELLING...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY • “A glorious sweep of a novel” (Ann Patchett) that weaves the intimate lives of two midwestern families across generations, from World War II to the late twentieth century. “Mesmerizing.”—People “Captivating.”—The New York Times Book Review “A once-in-a-decade novel . . . I fell in...