Jodi Picoult

Jodi Picoult Biography

Jodi Picoult was born on May 19th, 1966 and is currently 57 years old. Jodi Picoult was born in Nesconset, New York, USA. Picoult attended Princeton University where she received a B.A. English and Harvard University where she received a Master of Fine Arts.

Jodi Picoult is probably best known for her Standalone Novels. There are currently 26 novels available. The first standalone was released in 1992 with the novel Songs of the Humpback Whale. The most recently released novel was Mad Honey which was released in 2022. There are no upcoming standalone novels by Jodi at this time.

Picoult was inducted into the Nielsen Bestseller Awards' 21st Century Platinum Hall of Fame for her Platinum Bestseller My Sister's Keeper.

Jodi Picoult Awards & Accolades

Picoult's books have won multiple awards, My Sister's Keeper won the Alex Awards, Best Book, in 2005 as well as the BookBrowse Awards - Best Book in 2005, Audie Award - Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award in 2005. Small Great Things won the Audie Award, Best Multi-Voiced Performance Award, in 2017.

The following novels by Jodi Picoult were also nominated for these awards:

• Plain Truth: Edgar Award, Mary Higgins Clark Award (2001).
• Change of Heart: Audie Award, Best Fiction (2009).
• Sing You Home: Goodreads Awards, Favorite Book of 2011 (2011). Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2011).
• The Storyteller: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2013). RUSA Awards, Women's Fiction Award (2014).
• Leaving Time: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2014).
• Small Great Things: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2016).
• A Spark of Light: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2018).
• Wish You Were Here: Goodreads Awards, Best Fiction (2022).

Jodi Picoult Lists & Other Mentions

• Nineteen Minutes was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2007.
• Change of Heart was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2008.
• Handle with Care was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2009.
• House Rules was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2010.
• A Spark of Light was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2018.
• The Book of Two Ways was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2020.
• Wish You Were Here was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 2021.

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Michael K.

1 year ago

A relative described Jodi Picoult’s novels as chick-lit, which, to my ears, meant that her books were primarily targeted towards women. Having read them, I don’t know if that is true.

I was inclined to agree after reading ‘My Sister’s Keeper.’ The book was well-written, but it also felt emotionally manipulative. I did not appreciate how Picoult was fighting to artificially tag at my heartstrings.

Every other novel I’ve read since then has felt more subtle and measured in the way it tackles complicated subjects. It is not difficult to understand why so many people love this author. She is not afraid to wade into the most challenging corners of human existence. She touches on topics that most fiction writers avoid like the plague, which I appreciate.

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Susan Miller

2 months ago

I just finished reading “Change of Heart”. Wow, it was a book that really makes you think. A carpenter working on the house of a police officer and young daughter is accused of killing them leaving the pregnant wife alone. He is on death row for eleven years and now has the date of his execution. He wants to donate his heart to the woman’s child who needs a transplant. I highly recommend this novel.

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Denis M

2 months ago

I read Handle With Care years ago. I wouldn’t classify it as chick lit, however it did try hard to tug at the heartstrings. I haven’t read any other of her works.

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azangie

1 month ago

I have not read many of Jodi Picoult’s novels but have always thought of them as fluff. I just finished House Rules and found it good reading. I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I expected too much info about Asperger’s syndrome – there was a lot but it worked in ok with the story. Characters were good and the underlining story about a murder kept my interest.

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