The Nightingale 10th Anniversary Edition

Available February 18, 2025

A #1 New York Times bestseller and Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year, the stunning 10th Anniversary Edition of this unforgettable novel of love and strength in the face of war that has enthralled a generation.

Limited edition hardcover jacket with foil and embossing, gorgeous designed edges, a ribbon bookmark, exclusive four color endpapers, and a decorative, gold foil stamp on the front case.

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The Women

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The missing. The forgotten. The brave…

The Women.

From master storyteller Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds, comes the story of a turbulent, transformative era in America: the 1960s. The Women is that rarest of novels—at once an intimate portrait of a woman coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided by war and broken by politics, of a generation both fueled by dreams and lost on the battlefield.

PRAISE FOR ‘THE WOMEN’

  • Amazon Best of the Year – So Far
  • Bill Gates’ Summer Book Selection 
  • Book of the Month Club Main Selection
  • Indie Next Selection for February
  • Library Read Hall of Fame Selection for February
  • Goodreads Readers’ Most Anticipated Pick for February
  • Amazon Spotlight Pick
  • New York Times Featured Book Coming in February
  • Today Show Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2024
  • Time: Most Anticipated Books of 2024
  • ET Best Winter Reads for 2024
  • Nerd Daily: Most Anticipated Books of 2024

“Hannah again shines her light on overlooked women in history”
People Magazine (Book of the Week)

“Hannah’s tale, rich with period detail, is an impassioned tribute to the heroism of the many thousands who did serve, as well as a hymn to female solidarity in the darkest of settings. It’s a surprisingly original take on a well-trodden subject.”
The Times (London)

“One of the greatest storytellers of our time, Kristin Hannah, tackles one of the most cruel and despicable wars of the last century, the Vietnam War. The Women reveals the powerful contributions and horrific sacrifices of the American military nurses who served in a war whose agencies refused to acknowledge that they were even there. Perhaps no words can bring closure to a nation still ashamed of booing our returning heroes, but the heroine, Frances McGrath, stirs a deep, overdue compassion and tears for every single soldier—and especially the forgotten women who sacrificed so much. Never has a novel of war metamorphosed so profoundly into a story of the human heart.”
—Delia Owens, author of Where the Crawdads Sing

“Hannah enjoys the authorial reach to educate legions of readers about the significant subjects she dramatizes. In doing so she demonstrates that, just like the women she writes about, she deserves to be recognized.”
Minneapolis Star Tribune

“Stuns with sacrifice; uplifts with heroism . . . an important, long overdue tribute to the brave women nurses who served in Vietnam.”
—Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry

“Hannah is in top form here… Hannah’s real superpower is her ability to hook you along from catastrophe to catastrophe, sometimes peering between your fingers, because you simply cannot give up on her characters. She gathers women into the (Vietnam) experience with moving conviction.”
The New York Times

“Hannah tells the story of real but unsung heroes”
The Washington Post

The Women is historical fiction at its very best. So moving, so wrenching, and yet, in the end, uplifting. Brava! I loved The Nightingale and The Four Winds, but The Women is my favorite.”
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize–winning coauthor of Half the Sky

“Women can be heroes too is the message at the core of Kristin Hannah’s amazing book The Women. With profound insight and a vivid sense of the time and place, she focuses not only on three nurses who served in the hell of Vietnam and came home to be ignored and forgotten, but the fierce courage it took to triumph over both. It’s about time we gave these women their due. Kristin Hannah has done it with a powerful portrait of ordinary women who were, indeed, heroes.”
—Eileen Dreyer, RN, BS, Author of Soldier’s Heart

“Many would say that the nurses who helped fight the Vietnam War were forgotten. Believe me, for those of us who were there, these women were never forgotten—and never will be. Kristin Hannah honors them with this novel.“
—Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn

The Four Winds

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Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with a vengeance.

  • #1 New York Times Bestseller
  • #1 USA Today Bestseller
  • #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller

The Great Alone

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Alaska, 1974. Untamed. Unpredictable. And for a family in crisis, the ultimate test of the human spirit.

Goodreads Best Historical Novel of 2018

An Instant #1 New York Times Print and Print/eBook Bestseller

New York Times Audiobook Bestseller

The Nightingale

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Elle Fanning and Dakota Fanning

In love we find out who we want to be.
In war we find out who we are.

Goodreads Best Historical Novel of 2015

People’s Choice Favorite Fiction Winner

Amazon Best Book of the Year

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Warner Bros Pre-Buys Kristin Hannah Book ‘The Women,’ Developing Portrait Of Vietnam Nurses For Film - EXCLUSIVE to Deadline : Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has preemptively acquired rights to The Women, a new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah, which is up for publication by St. Martin’s Press in ... Read more
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Kristin Hannah Reinvented Herself. She Thinks America Can Do the Same. - NEW YORK TIMES: In “The Four Winds,” the author of “The Nightingale” and “The Great Alone” takes readers back to another era of environmental disaster, economic collapse and fresh starts. Read the article on the ... Read more

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Last November, I was fortunate to attend the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC with Memorial founder Diane Carlson Evans and hundreds of her sister and brother veterans. It was a profoundly emotional weekend. The stories told by the vets were enlightening, emotionally resonant, and deeply moving. I will always be grateful for the help I received from many Vietnam vets in writing The Women. Especially Diane, Professor Beth Parks, Dr. Mike Evans, and Doug and Debby Moore. Thank you, today and always, to the veterans and their families for your service and sacrifice. #thewomen #veterans #veteransday #nurses #vietnamveterans ... See MoreSee Less

Last November, I was fortunate to attend the 30th anniversary of the Women’s Vietnam Memorial in Washington DC with Memorial founder Diane Carlson Evans and hundreds of her sister and brother veterans. It was a profoundly emotional weekend. The stories told by the vets were enlightening, emotionally resonant, and deeply moving. I will always be grateful for the help I received from many Vietnam vets in writing The Women. Especially Diane, Professor Beth Parks, Dr. Mike Evans, and Doug and Debby Moore. Thank you, today and always, to the veterans and their families for your service and sacrifice. #thewomen #veterans #veteransday #nurses #vietnamveteransImage attachmentImage attachment+3Image attachment

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My husband is a Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart Recipient with Oak Leaf Cluster. His experiences include the 1968 Tet Offensive during which he was first wounded. He thanks you for having written The Women. 🙏❤

Just an amazing eye opening book.Beautifully written and a wonderful tribute to the women who served in that war. My husband is a Vietnam vet and gave me insight into what he saw and went through over there. Thank you. Can’t wait till your next book.

This book was amazing, thank you for writing such a TRUE story and bringing light to our women who fought too. Coincidentally my book club is meeting tonight of all nights with this book!!!!

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Love Paris! Was there this summer

The best!! Great shot!💗

Wonderful! Enjoy!

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I am a huge fan of the @goodreads choice awards. Every year I look forward to seeing what readers really, really loved. I use it as a reading list for books I might have missed. The opening round of finalists were announced today and I am THRILLED to say that #thewomen is up for best historical fiction novel of the year, AND up for best audio book, as narrated by the brilliant @justjuliawhelan. What an honor!!! Thank you, goodreads readers. Please vote for ALL of your faves.  We authors appreciate it.  #goodreadschoice #goodreadschoiceawards #historicalfiction #bestbooksof2024 #nurses #veterans #kristinhannah #kristinhannahbookclub