Best Jodi Picoult Audiobooks

Jodi Picoult has made a career out of turning impossible moral dilemmas into compulsive reading. Her signature move — building a domestic crisis around an ethical fault line, then multiplying perspectives until the "right" answer dissolves — is on full display in My Sister's Keeper and Nineteen Minutes, two of the most emotionally gutting novels of the past two decades. She writes with urgency and precision, marshaling research on medicine, law, and social justice into narratives that feel rigorously real without ever losing their emotional grip. Small Great Things shows her at her most ambitious, tackling race and implicit bias with a structural boldness that most commercial fiction wouldn't dare. Picoult is the writer for readers who want to argue with a book long after they've finished it — someone who believes fiction can genuinely change how you think.

Where to Start with Jodi Picoult

19 audiobooks in collection
4.20 avg BLT rating
Literature & Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Best Jodi Picoult Audiobooks

  1. 1
    Small Great Things cover

    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos

    4.74 BLT Score (478.4K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K) ★ 4.75 Audible (34.1K)
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    The Storyteller cover

    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman

    4.57 BLT Score (299.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K) ★ 4.61 Audible (21.0K)
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    Multiple narrators bring genuine depth to this emotional story about complicity and forgiveness—each voice makes you feel like you're hearing a different person's truth.

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    My Sister's Keeper cover

    My Sister's Keeper

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Richard Poe, Julia Gibson, Barbara McCulloh, Tom Stechschulte, Carol Monda, Jennifer Ikeda, Andy Paris

    4.50 BLT Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.3M) ★ 4.7 Audible (3.0K)
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    Mad Honey

    by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Narrated by Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

    4.46 BLT Score (607.2K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (590.5K) ★ 4.45 Audible (16.7K)
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    Nineteen Minutes

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Carol Monda

    4.44 BLT Score (432.6K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (427.1K) ★ 4.58 Audible (5.5K)
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    House Rules cover

    House Rules

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Mark Turetsky, Rich Orlow, Nicole Poole, Christopher Evan Welch, Andy Paris

    4.36 BLT Score (191.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (189.0K) ★ 4.49 Audible (2.6K)
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    Leaving Time cover

    Leaving Time

    Leaving Time • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur, Mark Deakins

    4.32 BLT Score (225.7K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (204.9K) ★ 4.46 Audible (20.8K)
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    By Any Other Name

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West

    4.30 BLT Score (128.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (125.0K) ★ 4.53 Audible (3.0K)
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    A stellar ensemble cast brings dual narratives to life across centuries, making this meditation on hidden female genius feel urgent and immediate rather than historical.

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    Plain Truth cover

    Plain Truth

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Christina Moore, Suzanne Toren

    4.26 BLT Score (202.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (199.8K) ★ 4.52 Audible (2.1K)
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    Perfect Match

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Carol Monda, Susan Bennett, Michele O. Medlin

    4.24 BLT Score (89.7K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (85.4K) ★ 4.48 Audible (4.3K)
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    Handle with Care

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Cassandra Morris, Charlotte Perry, Alma Cuervo, Celeste Ciulla, Jessica Almasy, Jim Colby

    4.23 BLT Score (141.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (140.1K) ★ 4.52 Audible (1.4K)
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    The Pact cover

    The Pact

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by George Guidall

    4.18 BLT Score (332.7K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (328.9K) ★ 4.36 Audible (3.8K)
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    George Guidall's measured, penetrating narration transforms this gut-wrenching dual tragedy into something unbearably intimate—you're trapped inside the unreliable testimonies of two families torn apart by one devastating night.

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    Salem Falls

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Julia Gibson

    4.05 BLT Score (92.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (91.5K) ★ 4.37 Audible (1.4K)
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    Sing You Home cover

    Sing You Home

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Brian Hutchison, Mia Barrow, Michele O'Medlin

    4.00 BLT Score (102.3K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (100.7K) ★ 4.31 Audible (1.6K)
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    The Book of Two Ways

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Patti Murin

    3.94 BLT Score (119.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (114.9K) ★ 4.25 Audible (4.2K)
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    Keeping Faith

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Eliza Foss, Julia Gibson

    3.93 BLT Score (92.1K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (90.4K) ★ 4.21 Audible (1.7K)
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    Picture Perfect cover

    Picture Perfect

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Brian Hutchison, Amanda Cobb

    3.79 BLT Score (74.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.57 Goodreads (72.2K) ★ 4.14 Audible (2.2K)
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    A Spark of Light

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult

    3.75 BLT Score (172.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (167.4K) ★ 3.94 Audible (5.4K)
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    Picoult's multi-perspective hostage story comes alive through dual narration, with Bahni Turpin and the author herself navigating the characters' moral complexity with surgical precision. This is literary fiction disguised as a thriller. --- **Character count: 158** The recommendation hinges on the dual narration performance (the audiobook-specific element) and the book's real strength—its character work and moral ambiguity—rather than plot mechanics.

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    The Tenth Circle

    by Jodi Picoult

    Narrated by Carol Monda

    3.75 BLT Score (138.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (137.5K) ★ 4.11 Audible (966)

All Jodi Picoult Audiobooks (19)

Ruth Jefferson (1)

#1 Small Great Things narrated by Audra McDonald, Cassandra Campbell, Ari Fliakos
4.36 16h 14m

Leaving Time (1)

#1 Leaving Time narrated by Rebecca Lowman, Abigail Revasch, Kathe Mazur, Mark Deakins
4.00 15h 11m

Standalone Titles (17)

The Storyteller narrated by Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, Fred Berman
4.30 18h 13m
My Sister's Keeper narrated by Richard Poe, Julia Gibson, Barbara McCulloh, Tom Stechschulte, Carol Monda, Jennifer Ikeda, Andy Paris
4.11 13h 41m
Mad Honey narrated by Carrie Coon, Key Taw, Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan
4.07 15h 12m
Nineteen Minutes narrated by Carol Monda
4.18 21h 4m
House Rules narrated by Mark Turetsky, Rich Orlow, Nicole Poole, Christopher Evan Welch, Andy Paris
4.04 19h 55m
By Any Other Name narrated by Billie Fulford-Brown, Laura Benanti, Jodi Picoult, Jayne Entwistle, Andrew Fallaize, Joe Jameson, John Lee, Nicholas Guy Smith, Simon Vance, Steve West
4.11 18h 25m
Plain Truth narrated by Christina Moore, Suzanne Toren
4.01 16h 44m
Perfect Match narrated by Carol Monda, Susan Bennett, Michele O. Medlin
3.98 14h 3m
Handle with Care narrated by Cassandra Morris, Charlotte Perry, Alma Cuervo, Celeste Ciulla, Jessica Almasy, Jim Colby
4.01 18h 13m
The Pact narrated by George Guidall
4.03 16h 49m
Salem Falls narrated by Julia Gibson
3.84 18h 45m
Sing You Home narrated by Thérèse Plummer, Brian Hutchison, Mia Barrow, Michele O'Medlin
3.82 17h 24m
The Book of Two Ways narrated by Patti Murin
3.66 15h 47m
Keeping Faith narrated by Eliza Foss, Julia Gibson
3.82 18h 58m
Picture Perfect narrated by Brian Hutchison, Amanda Cobb
3.57 15h 2m
A Spark of Light narrated by Bahni Turpin, Jodi Picoult
3.75 13h 3m
The Tenth Circle narrated by Carol Monda
3.54 13h 12m