Nineteen Minutes
by Jodi Picoult
★ Top 25 book of 2007 · #16 on Best Books of 2007
A small town reels after a horrific school shooting in this emotionally charged novel by Jodi Picoult. A lawyer and a detective return, and a judge's daughter becomes key witness, as questions about justice, power and being different emerge.
Best for: Readers who like emotionally charged novels exploring justice after a school shooting
Nineteen Minutes is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar.
What Nineteen Minutes is about
On a March morning in 2007, a small New Hampshire town learns that violence can arrive without warning. A bomb goes off in a car at Sterling High, gunshots follow, and ten people are dead. The student behind it is Peter Houghton, a boy who has been bullied for years and who once had a close friend in Josie Cormier, until she drifted into the popular crowd.
The story moves back and forth between the years leading up to that day and the long aftermath. Josie was found unhurt but cannot recall what happened. Readers who want a thoughtful, emotional look at bullying, family blame and what justice can mean will find plenty to think about.
Nineteen Minutes on the Best Books of 2007
Nineteen Minutes came out in 2007. Of the 53 books first published in 2007 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 2007 list.
Why it made the list: 320 readers have shelved it on Open Library. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2007 list
- Eclipse Stephenie Meyer, #14
- The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Sherman Alexie, #15
- Schooled Gordon Korman, #17
- Burned Ellen Hopkins, #18
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 276 want to read it, 12 are reading it now and 32 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 70 | 55% |
| Reader love | 47 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 58 | 20% |
Questions about Nineteen Minutes
When was Nineteen Minutes published?
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult was first published in 2007.
Was Nineteen Minutes one of the best books of 2007?
Nineteen Minutes is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2007, out of 53 2007 books that cleared our data bar. 320 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
Why is Nineteen Minutes on the Best Books of 2007 list?
320 readers have shelved it on Open Library.
More of the best books of 2007
- Dog Days Jeff Kinney, #1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows J. K. Rowling, #2
- The Titan's Curse Rick Riordan, #3
- A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini, #4
- Rodrick Rules Jeff Kinney, #5
- The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, #6
See the full Best Books of 2007, the Top 100, or new books on Rising.
How we know
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