Hollow Bones: The deeply moving, page-turning new novel from the bestselling author of My Sister’s Keeper

· Penguin · Narrated by Jodi Picoult, Rebecca Soler, MacLeod Andrews, and Julia Whelan
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15 hr 39 min
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THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL, AND INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER

I reach up and unravel my braid. When my hair is loose and whipping around my face, I take the red ribbon I’ve woven through it and press it just beneath my mother’s etched name, underlining. She was here. She was mine.

When Molly Fitzgerald was two months old, her mother went to a morning appointment in downtown New York.

Like so many who left their homes on September 11th, 2001, Molly’s mother never came home.
Now Molly saves lives for a living, running a department for when disasters strike.

Molly and her husband Jesse—a police polygraph expert with his own fractured family—have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world.

But then Molly’s whole world is turned on its head. She’s spent her life preparing for catastrophe. But nothing could prepare her when a disaster strikes too close to home.

In this powerful novel, Jodi Picoult tells an epic story of the lies we tell ourselves, the plans we design to protect ourselves at the worst moments, and the ties that bind mothers and daughters.

‘Jodi Picoult is that rare, one-in-a-million writer whose books both squeeze your heart and expand your mind’ EMILY HENRY

'Impressive, important, and fun to read' KIRKUS REVIEW, starred review

'A powerful and deeply affecting exploration of grief, loss, guilt, and enduring love' BOOKLIST, starred review

© Jodi Picoult 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026

THE DAZZLING NEW NOVEL, AND INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE STORYTELLER I reach up and unravel my braid. When my hair is loose and whipping around my face, I take the red ribbon I’ve woven through it and press it just beneath my mother’s etched name, underlining. S...

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Jodi Picoult is the author of 30 novels, with 60 million copies sold worldwide. She has had 17 Sunday Times number one bestsellers. Five novels have been made into movies and Between The Lines (co-written with daughter Samantha van Leer) has been adapted as a musical. She is the recipient of multiple awards, including the New England Bookseller Award for Fiction, the Alex Award from the YA Library Services Association, and the NH Literary Award for Outstanding Literary Merit. She is also the co-librettist for the musicals BREATHE and THE BOOK THIEF. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.
Jodi Picoult is the author of 30 novels, with 60 million copies sold worldwide. She has had 17 Sunday Times number one bestsellers. Five novels have been made into movies and Between The Lines (co-written with daughter Samantha van Leer) has been adapted as a musical. She is the recipient of mult...

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