Jodi Picoult’s Favorite Books of All Time

Bestselling author Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors to read in my spare time. Her characters and plots are fresh and you’ll be unable to put her book down. And today, we will be looking at Jodi Picoult’s favorite books of all time!

If you are anything like me, then you also love to know what books your favorite authors like to read. I want to know what novels inspired them, made them love reading, and what they have lying around at home. Picoult is an amazing author and I am always going to read her latest books.

In an interview with Parade, Picoult shared her some of her favorite books. There might be more and I wouldn’t be surprised. Her list includes classics as well as newer novels that tackle all kinds of subjects. Picoult is known to right about complex topic so that doesn’t come as a surprise. You can see the full list of Jodi Picoult’s favorite books below!

Jodi Picoult’s Favorite Books

• Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
• All-of-a-Kind Family by Sydney Taylor
• Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

Romeo & Juliet

“The funniest thing is, it was the first Shakespeare play I ever read. So here we are again,” said Picoult. “That’s my favorite, right? Most people think it’s a really pedantic play. But I will always have a soft spot for the play because I’ve been very happily married for 35 years and I’m still waiting for the guy who walks up to me and we automatically speak sonnets together. It hasn’t happened, but I haven’t lost hope yet.

“I saw the Tom Holland production in England several months ago. He was great. He did a totally serviceable job. Honestly, his Juliet [actor Francesca Anewudah-Rivers] was phenomenal. But the show itself was so highly stylized, and I’d never seen that director’s work before–Jamie Lloyd. Everyone I was with was like, oh, that’s just Jamie Lloyd. I think I might prefer a classic version.”

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

“You know, there are lots of books from my childhood that read very differently today,” says Picoult “Little House is one of them, for multiple reasons that have to do with race and with indigenous people. The book that made me want to be a writer was Gone With The Wind. And I stand by that. It’s what made me want to create worlds out of words. But when I have gone back and reread it as an adult, I’m very conscious of a lot of the racial flaws in that book, right? But you know what? What I love about books is that books stay the same, and because of that, you get to see how far you’ve come since you first read them, and how much you’ve grown as a person.

“I think I was 12 when I read it and it was a big, long book and I just…I was such a nerd. I memorized huge, sweeping passages, and I could recite them out loud at the time. This is probably why I didn’t have a boyfriend until I was 15. But I just loved it, it was the language in that book that blew me away. Oh my gosh, this is how you do it. This is how you make a world in someone else’s mind.”

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

“I think it came from an aunt or my grandmother and it’s a book that I’ve read multiple times,” said Picoult. “You know, it’s a very subversive book. Jane Austen is such a careful observer of society. Of course, when I first read it I’m looking at this swoony love story. And now you look at it and you’re like, okay, so headstrong girl and guy who’s probably on the autism spectrum! You’re looking at how they are negotiating the terms of that relationship and how they have to learn how to communicate with each other. But you’re also looking at the mores and the strictures that kept people apart at the time. So it’s one of those books that to me reads differently every time I look at it.”

Conclusion

These are some of Jodi Picoult’s favorite books of all time and what a list. From Romeo & Juliet to Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Picoult’s list has it all. How many of these books have you read or plan to read? What did you think of her list? Let us know in the comments below!