House Rules : a Novel
The Washington Post – Maureen Corrigan Throughout the long unfolding of House Rules, Picoult keeps so many storyline streamers whirling in the air that it would be easy just to praise her technical mastery. But though the multiple plots and narrators are, indeed, adroitly managed, what most readers will cherish is the character of Jacob […]
My Sister's Keeper
The Pact : a Love Story
Plain Truth
Salem Falls
Second Glance : a Novel
Handle With Care
The Washington Post – Perri Klass It's well written, it's conscientiously researched and, most important, it presents a character who is a child instead of a disability personified?Handle With Care is a great read, with strong characters, an exciting lawsuit to pull you along and really good use of the medical context. Picoult does a […]
By Any Other Name
Change of Heart : a Novel
Publishers Weekly: Picoult bangs out another ripped-from-the-zeitgeist winner, this time examining a condemned inmate's desire to be an organ donor. Freelance carpenter Shay Bourne was sentenced to death for killing a little girl, Elizabeth Nealon, and her cop stepfather. Eleven years after the murders, Elizabeth's sister, Claire, needs a heart transplant, and Shay volunteers, which […]
Nineteen Minutes
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Bestseller Picoult (My Sister's Keeper) takes on another contemporary hot-button issue in her brilliantly told new thriller, about a high school shooting. Peter Houghton, an alienated teen who has been bullied for years by the popular crowd, brings weapons to his high school in Sterling, N.H., one day and opens […]