Jodi Picoult's Books That Made a Difference

Books That Made a Difference to Jodi Picoult

O, The Oprah Magazine | From the January 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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The best-selling writer handpicks five 20th-century novels that provoke, haunt, enchant, and upend her thinking (in the best way possible).

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