Catherine Ryan Hyde Books in Order

When her brother Simon vanishes, troubled Ella Ginsberg sets out across California and Arizona to find him. Her search, helped by strangers and an old paint horse, becomes a hard, strange journey toward strength and understanding.

This story collection gathers eighteen sharp, emotionally charged tales about people standing on shaky ground. Across losses, temptations, and sudden turns, Hyde maps the fault lines that run through ordinary lives.

Twelve-year-old Trevor McKinney takes a school assignment seriously and invents a simple plan to change the world, help three people, then ask them to do the same. His idea spreads further, and costs more, than anyone expects.

Hayden Reese is angry, violent, and stuck in old wounds he cannot outfight. After a brutal confrontation leaves him broken, he has to face his past, his family, and the daughter who suddenly needs him.

Michael Steeb is an aimless young man until the spirit of a World War II soldier crashes into his life. To help Walter find peace, Michael must convince the dead man's loved ones that memory can outlast death.

Two abandoned teens, Jordy and Chloe, meet while squatting in Manhattan and form a fierce bond. Their cross-country trip becomes a desperate attempt to keep Chloe alive and show her that beauty still exists.

After Pearl disappears, five-year-old Leonard is left with Mitch, the neighbor who has been helping care for him. Told through three voices, this novel follows a fragile, unlikely family learning what love really asks.

Cynnie is used to surviving her alcoholic mother, and losing her little brother is the last straw. A reckless spiral lands her in AA, where she begins the hard work of saving herself.

Sebastian, a sheltered seventeen-year-old, falls for Maria, a young mother trapped in an abusive relationship. Their plan to run away into the desert is fueled by love, secrecy, and the hope of starting over.

Teresa cannot shake the guilt she feels after her neighbor James dies in a motorcycle crash. She runs up the California coast, but grief follows her until an unexpected friendship forces her to face it.

Ernie and Will are teenage outsiders under relentless attack from school bullies. As the pressure builds and Will starts to break, Ernie must choose between loyalty to his best friend and stopping disaster.

Nathan McCann finds an abandoned newborn in the woods and never forgets him. Years later, the troubled teenager comes to Nathan's door, and the bond between rescuer and rescued becomes something much deeper.

Dumped into an apartment of her own at fifteen, Elle is lonely, angry, and easy to wound. Her growing friendship with her transgender neighbor Frank pushes her toward a wider, kinder understanding of love and identity.

Nineteen-year-old Vida survives because of a donor heart, then becomes fixated on the widower who lost his wife. Hyde turns grief, second chances, and the question of what a heart remembers into a tender, unusual love story.

Nine-year-old Grace is being failed by her drug-addicted mother, so her damaged neighbors step in. What follows is a fierce found-family story about protection, attachment, and the cost of trying to save a child.

In this practical, funny guide, Hyde and Anne R. Allen tackle the chaos of modern publishing. It is less about quick hacks than surviving the business, finding trustworthy advice, and keeping your writing life intact.

On September 11, Russell returns to his Kansas hometown after his mother's death and becomes responsible for his brain-injured brother. In a town raw with fear and blame, he must sort truth from prejudice and choose who he is.

This collection centers on a novella that returns to Jordy and Chloe after Becoming Chloe. Living in Morro Bay, they face love, dependence, and the painful work of learning how to care for each other without disappearing themselves.

This collection brings together Hyde's later short fiction, much of it first published in major literary magazines. The stories are compact, humane, and often unsettling, built around characters caught at emotional breaking points.

Part memoir, part inspiration, this nonfiction collection links Hyde's hikes, life experiences, and creative turning points. It is a reflective book about paying attention, changing perspective, and finding a better way to live.

After their mother's death, sisters Carly and Jen set out across the Southwest hoping to reach the only adult they trust. Hunger, secrets, and the threat of foster care turn their journey into a test of love.

Angie longs for a real home while her family drifts from place to place, always one crisis from homelessness. A huge dog, a lonely older man, and one risky dream give her a chance to imagine belonging.

This photo collection pairs images from Hyde's travels and daily life with short gratitude reflections. It is a simple, thoughtful invitation to notice beauty, slow down, and build a habit of appreciation.

Inspired by Hyde's real dog Ella, this children's book turns everyday kindness into a lesson kids can grasp. It is a warm, true story about helping others and passing that kindness along.

Grieving teacher August Shroeder plans a summer trip to Yellowstone with his son's ashes, then unexpectedly ends up traveling with two vulnerable children. The road changes all three lives, and turns sorrow into a new kind of family.

A foster family and their bitter neighbor are pushed into conflict when troubled teen Star bonds with the neighbor's horse. When Star disappears with Comet, old griefs and grudges have to give way to compassion.

When Joseph comes home from Iraq in disgrace and then disappears, his younger siblings are left chasing answers. Their search uncovers old family wounds and asks how love survives judgment, betrayal, and silence.

Nineteen years after a devastating loss, Virginia thinks her chance at one particular family is gone forever. A missing dog and a shy young man reopen the past, and give several damaged lives another shot at connection.

Seventeen-year-old Ethan heads into a brutal wilderness to search for the father who may have betrayed him. With an unlikely rescue team beside him, the journey becomes as much about forgiveness as survival.

In 1959 Texas, a woman doctor, a neglected boy, and a Black father and son form an unlikely bond around a wounded wolf-dog. Their fragile family is tested by racism, gossip, and violence.

Bea has been wiped out by a scam, and teenager Allie has nowhere safe to land. Their uneasy trip up the Pacific Coast slowly becomes a funny, tender found-family story about trust and starting again.

Aiden Delacorte has spent years shut off from feeling, until a hunting trip jolts open his buried sensitivity to the pain around him. That strange gift forces him to rethink cruelty, love, and the family he might still build.

After her best friend dies, Manhattan lawyer Roseanna flees to a run-down Adirondack farm looking for solitude. Instead she finds squatters, stray connections, and the slow creation of a life that finally feels like home.

Faith leaves a troubled marriage and gets drawn into the life of Sarah, a teenage girl running from grief and danger. Their search for Sarah's beloved black mare becomes a road trip toward truth and recovery.

Outcast teenager Raymond forms an unlikely friendship with Mildred, a blind ninety-two-year-old neighbor searching for her missing caretaker. Their bond becomes a quiet answer to loneliness, fear, and the ugliness growing around them.

In the summer of 1969, fourteen-year-old Lucas finds peace running in the woods with two huge dogs. Meeting their damaged owner, Zoe, pushes him to fight for her, for his troubled friend Connor, and for hope.

Brooke's toddler disappears during a carjacking, and the child is found by Molly, a homeless teen with no safety of her own. The crisis throws two very different young women into an unexpected, life-changing bond.

In 1965, grieving eighteen-year-old Anton sees that his older neighbor Edith is in danger and helps her flee an abusive marriage. Their brief connection shapes both lives, and lingers long after they part.

During World War II, Steven Katz hides his friend Nick in a root cellar while the people around them are torn apart by war, prejudice, and fear. It is a coming-of-age story about loyalty, identity, and lasting love.

Abby rescues seven puppies tossed into a river and hides them in an abandoned cabin. When widower Elliot discovers her secret, the puppies become the start of a friendship that could change both their lives.

Stewie, an eleven-year-old farm boy grieving his grandmother, meets his match in Marilyn, a guarded older woman with painful secrets. Their unlikely friendship becomes a lifeline for both of them.

Lewis only agrees to care for his cruel, homophobic neighbor Chester for the money. Then Chester asks for one last road trip, and the long drive to Arizona turns irritation into understanding.

Search volunteer Norma knows the missing girl is alive, because she is the one who hid her from an abuser. Years later, when an innocent man is accused of murder, silence becomes its own danger.

Raised off the grid by a survivalist father, young Remy reaches civilization terrified, silent, and almost feral. A foster mother and her family try to show him the world is survivable, and maybe even kind.

Thirteen-year-old prodigy Ru finally finds a true friend in Gabriel, another outsider. After tragedy upends her life, the two take off for Canada on a wild trip toward puffins, northern skies, and freedom.

Disaster relief doctor Maggie brings two hurricane-orphaned sisters and a puppy into her already strained household. The resulting clash forces her daughters, and Maggie herself, to learn empathy the hard way.

Addie, a sixty-two-year-old veteran and security guard in recovery, gives a homeless teen temporary shelter in her shed. What begins as rescue becomes a two-way bond that helps them both keep going.

Scarred since childhood, film student Michael hides behind shame until a teacher with visible scars challenges him to look harder. A documentary project opens the door to self-acceptance, and to the harder questions about his past.

A literary journalist and her young son travel to Mexico looking for a vanished novelist who chose life as a hermit. The search becomes a tender story about privacy, connection, and the ways people return to life.

In 1970 California, war widow Shirley Bennett takes notice of Cash, a neglected boy drawn to her animals and her kindness. Their bond grows across decades into a powerful story of chosen family.