Best Jodi Picoult Books

Small Great Things

Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

by Jodi Picoult

After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.

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After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

Anna was born to be a genetic match for her cancer-stricken sister, but at 13, she sues her parents for the right to her own body.

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Anna was born to be a genetic match for her cancer-stricken sister, but at 13, she sues her parents for the right to her own body.

The Storyteller

by Jodi Picoult

A grief-stricken baker befriends an elderly man who reveals himself as a former Nazi guard seeking redemption through death. Picoult weaves together multiple generations affected by Holocaust trauma, examining forgiveness, justice, and the weight of inherited guilt.

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A grief-stricken baker befriends an elderly man who reveals himself as a former Nazi guard seeking redemption through death. Picoult weaves together multiple generations affected by Holocaust trauma, examining forgiveness, justice, and the weight of inherited guilt.

Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Picoult

In nineteen minutes, Sterling High's quiet hallways became a crime scene, leaving a small town to grapple with how well they really knew their children.

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In nineteen minutes, Sterling High's quiet hallways became a crime scene, leaving a small town to grapple with how well they really knew their children.

Mad Honey

by Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

When a teenager dies and her boyfriend is arrested for murder, the truth involves a transgender girl's hidden identity and the toxic masculinity that killed her. Picoult and Boylan craft a mystery that doubles as social justice.

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When a teenager dies and her boyfriend is arrested for murder, the truth involves a transgender girl's hidden identity and the toxic masculinity that killed her. Picoult and Boylan craft a mystery that doubles as social justice.

The Pact

by Jodi Picoult

Best friends since childhood, Chris and Emily are found in what appears to be a suicide pact, but when only Chris survives, he's charged with murder. Picoult dissects how well we really know the people closest to us through two families torn apart by tragedy.

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Best friends since childhood, Chris and Emily are found in what appears to be a suicide pact, but when only Chris survives, he's charged with murder. Picoult dissects how well we really know the people closest to us through two families torn apart by tragedy.

House Rules

by Jodi Picoult

When a teenager with Asperger's is accused of murder, his family must navigate the justice system's inability to understand his condition. Picoult explores how neurodivergent minds are misread in high-stakes situations.

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When a teenager with Asperger's is accused of murder, his family must navigate the justice system's inability to understand his condition. Picoult explores how neurodivergent minds are misread in high-stakes situations.

By Any Other Name

by Jodi Picoult

Did a woman write Shakespeare's plays? Picoult connects Elizabethan poet Emilia Bassano with contemporary playwright Melina Green in parallel stories about creative women erased by history.

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Did a woman write Shakespeare's plays? Picoult connects Elizabethan poet Emilia Bassano with contemporary playwright Melina Green in parallel stories about creative women erased by history.

Plain Truth

by Jodi Picoult

An infant's death in an Amish barn forces eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher into a murder trial that exposes the tensions between religious tradition and modern justice. Picoult examines faith, family loyalty, and the price of protecting community secrets.

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An infant's death in an Amish barn forces eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher into a murder trial that exposes the tensions between religious tradition and modern justice. Picoult examines faith, family loyalty, and the price of protecting community secrets.

Leaving Time

Leaving Time • Book 1

by Jodi Picoult

Jenna teams up with a washed-up detective and a psychic to find her mother, an elephant researcher who vanished after a sanctuary tragedy years earlier.

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Jenna teams up with a washed-up detective and a psychic to find her mother, an elephant researcher who vanished after a sanctuary tragedy years earlier.

Handle with Care

by Jodi Picoult

Picoult explores every parent's nightmare: Charlotte sues her doctor for not detecting her daughter's brittle bone disease, claiming she would have terminated the pregnancy—a case that destroys her marriage and friendship.

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Picoult explores every parent's nightmare: Charlotte sues her doctor for not detecting her daughter's brittle bone disease, claiming she would have terminated the pregnancy—a case that destroys her marriage and friendship.

Perfect Match

by Jodi Picoult

Picoult explores how far maternal love extends when prosecutor Nina Frost discovers her young son has been molested. The legal thriller examines justice versus revenge through a mother's devastating moral crisis.

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Picoult explores how far maternal love extends when prosecutor Nina Frost discovers her young son has been molested. The legal thriller examines justice versus revenge through a mother's devastating moral crisis.

A Spark of Light

by Jodi Picoult

Picoult tells a reproductive clinic hostage crisis in reverse chronology, showing how each character's morning led to the afternoon's violence.

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Picoult tells a reproductive clinic hostage crisis in reverse chronology, showing how each character's morning led to the afternoon's violence.

Salem Falls

by Jodi Picoult

Jack St. Bride reinvents himself in small-town New England until teenage accusations shatter his carefully constructed new life, forcing a woman to choose between love and doubt.

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Jack St. Bride reinvents himself in small-town New England until teenage accusations shatter his carefully constructed new life, forcing a woman to choose between love and doubt.

Sing You Home

by Jodi Picoult

When Zoe remarries a woman after her divorce, her ex-husband fights for their frozen embryos in this contemporary custody battle.

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When Zoe remarries a woman after her divorce, her ex-husband fights for their frozen embryos in this contemporary custody battle.

Keeping Faith

by Jodi Picoult

When seven-year-old Faith starts experiencing religious visions during her parents' bitter divorce, a custody battle becomes a test of belief itself.

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When seven-year-old Faith starts experiencing religious visions during her parents' bitter divorce, a custody battle becomes a test of belief itself.

The Book of Two Ways

by Jodi Picoult

Picoult weaves together Egyptology and modern marriage as Dawn's near-death experience forces her to choose between the life she built and the path she abandoned decades ago.

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Picoult weaves together Egyptology and modern marriage as Dawn's near-death experience forces her to choose between the life she built and the path she abandoned decades ago.

The Tenth Circle

by Jodi Picoult

Fourteen-year-old Trixie accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, fracturing her already strained family and forcing her father to confront his violent past. Picoult examines how far parents will go to protect their children.

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Fourteen-year-old Trixie accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, fracturing her already strained family and forcing her father to confront his violent past. Picoult examines how far parents will go to protect their children.

Picture Perfect

by Jodi Picoult

A woman with amnesia discovers she's married to a movie star, but recovering her memory reveals the abuse behind their perfect Hollywood marriage. Picoult examines how fame and wealth can hide domestic violence.

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A woman with amnesia discovers she's married to a movie star, but recovering her memory reveals the abuse behind their perfect Hollywood marriage. Picoult examines how fame and wealth can hide domestic violence.