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Nineteen Minutes

  • 579 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 2007
  • 33 editions

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1 About this book

Nineteen Minutes (2007) is the fourteenth novel by the American author Jodi Picoult. It was Picoult's first book to debut at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list. This novel follows the unfolding of a school shooting, including the events leading up to the incident and the aftermath of the incident.

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  • Psychological fiction
  • Crimes against
  • Crime
  • Victims of crimes
  • Lawyers
  • High school students
  • Bullying
  • School shootings

2 About Jodi Picoult

Born 1966

Jodi Lynn Picoult ( PEE-koh; born 1966) is an American writer. As of 2026, Picoult has published 30 novels, several short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of her books are in print worldwide and have been translated into 34 languages. In 2003, she was awarded the New England Bookseller Award for fiction.

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