Hollow Bones - Jodi Picoult

New Release from Jodi Picoult - Hardcover

On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn't have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters.

Now an adult, she runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse--a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis--have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.

Moving between past and present, Hollow Bones is an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves as we write the narratives of our lives, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.

Biographical Note:
Jodi Picoult is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of thirty novels, including By Any Other Name, Mad Honey (co-authored with Jennifer Finney Boylan), Wish You Were Here, The Book of Two Ways, A Spark of Light, Small Great Things, Leaving Time, and My Sister's Keeper, and, with daughter Samantha van Leer, two young adult novels, Between the Lines and Off the Page. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.

Reading Line:
#1 New York Times bestselling author of My Sister's Keeper

Review Quotes:
Praise for Hollow Bones

"Impressive, important, and fun to read . . . An intricate, twisty family drama spanning decades . . . Fans of My Sister's Keeper will . . . be glad to hear a character from that book is back. . . . The queen of social activist novels has done it again." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Praise for By Any Other Name

"Jodi Picoult's books always start passionate conversations, and this one is sure to get people talking." --Kristin Hannah

"[An] inspiring work of feminist literature." --Elle

"Stunning . . . so interesting, clever, educational, and moving . . . one of the best books I've read in recent times." --Gillian McAllister

"Her best one yet . . . Jodi Picoult has combined her trademark research with an astonishing and heartrending story, embedded in truth, and turned it into a gripping novel." --Jojo Moyes

Praise for My Sister's Keeper

"Expect to be kept up all night by Picoult's latest novel, but it's much more than a page-turner; it's a fascinating character study framed by a complex, gripping story." --Booklist, starred review

"Picoult explores a complex subject with bravado and clarity, and comes up with a heart-wrenching, unexpected plot twist at the book's conclusion." --Publishers Weekly

"A powerfully poignant, page-turning read." --San Antonio Express-News

Review Citations:

• Library Journal 07/01/2026 pg. 52 (EAN 9780593726259, Hardcover)
• Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2026 (EAN 9780593726259, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
• Publishers Weekly 07/20/2026 (EAN 9780593726259, Hardcover)
• Booklist 08/01/2026 (EAN 9780593726259, Hardcover) - *Starred Review