Best Jodi Picoult Books

The best books by Jodi Picoult — 19 titles spanning Literature & Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery, averaging 4.20 BLT stars.

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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.

Jodi Picoult's highest-rated book in our collection is Small Great Things (4.74 BLT stars). Browse the full list below.

Where to Start with Jodi Picoult

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    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.74 BLT Score (444.3K ratings)
    ★ 4.36 Goodreads (444.3K)
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    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.57 BLT Score (278.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.3 Goodreads (278.1K)
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    My Sister's Keeper

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.50 BLT Score (1.3M ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.3M)
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    Mad Honey

    by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

    4.46 BLT Score (590.5K ratings)
    ★ 4.07 Goodreads (590.5K)
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    Nineteen Minutes

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.44 BLT Score (427.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.18 Goodreads (427.1K)
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    House Rules

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.36 BLT Score (189.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.04 Goodreads (189.0K)
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    Leaving Time

    Leaving Time • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.32 BLT Score (204.9K ratings)
    ★ 4 Goodreads (204.9K)
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    By Any Other Name

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.30 BLT Score (125.0K ratings)
    ★ 4.11 Goodreads (125.0K)
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    Plain Truth

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.26 BLT Score (199.8K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (199.8K)
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    Perfect Match

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.24 BLT Score (85.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.98 Goodreads (85.4K)
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    Handle with Care

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.23 BLT Score (140.1K ratings)
    ★ 4.01 Goodreads (140.1K)
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    The Pact

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.18 BLT Score (328.9K ratings)
    ★ 4.03 Goodreads (328.9K)
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    Salem Falls

    by Jodi Picoult

    4.05 BLT Score (91.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.84 Goodreads (91.5K)
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    Sing You Home

    by Jodi Picoult

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

    by Jodi Picoult

    3.94 BLT Score (114.9K ratings)
    ★ 3.66 Goodreads (114.9K)
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    Keeping Faith

    by Jodi Picoult

    3.93 BLT Score (90.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.82 Goodreads (90.4K)
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    Picture Perfect

    by Jodi Picoult

    3.79 BLT Score (72.2K ratings)
    ★ 3.57 Goodreads (72.2K)
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    A Spark of Light

    by Jodi Picoult

    3.75 BLT Score (167.4K ratings)
    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (167.4K)
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    The Tenth Circle

    by Jodi Picoult

    3.75 BLT Score (137.5K ratings)
    ★ 3.54 Goodreads (137.5K)

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