By Any Other Name: The No.1 New York Times bestseller from the author of My Sister’s Keeper and Mad Honey

Name: By Any Other Name: The No.1 New York Times bestseller from the author of My Sister’s Keeper and Mad Honey
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

Jodi Picoult

Oct 2024 · Random House

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They Never Met. But Their Lives Are Bound by a Secret, a Sacrifice, and a Story That Demands to Be Told...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller

'Her best one yet' JOJO MOYES

'A timeless classic' CHRIS WHITAKER

'[An] inspiring work of feminist literature' ELLE

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New York playwright Melina Green fights to have her voice heard in a man’s world - forced to hide behind a lie to get her work on stage.

Centuries before, her ancestor Emilia Bassano, mistress to one of Elizabeth I’s nobles, faced the same silence. Her bold act of rebellion changed everything - but at a great cost.

Two women, separated by time, united by defiance. Together, they challenge a world built to keep them quiet.

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PRAISE FOR BY ANY OTHER NAME

‘A likeable heroine and a fun, readable evocation of Elizabethan court life and theatre’ THE TIMES

'Stunning. So interesting, clever, educational and moving. One of the best books I've read in recent times' GILLIAN McALLISTER

'Had me absolutely captivated . . . I loved all the questions this novel raised about who gets to tell which stories and how complex that can become. Jodi Picoult is a genius' JENNIFER SAINT

‘A fun jaunt through Elizabethan London, full of literary easter eggs’ INDEPENDENT

PRAISE FOR JODI PICOULT

'A writer the world needs to be reading right now' Independent

'It is hard to exaggerate how well Picoult writes' Financial Times

'She is the master of her craft' Daily Telegraph

'There are writers who try and do what Picoult does, and then there's Picoult' Marie Claire

Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestseller, April 2023
Jodi Picoult's books have sold 40 million copies worldwide, BBC May 2024
Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestseller, September 2024

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4.0

5 reviews

Kath Crolla

February 2, 2025

I enjoyed the book. I don't know if I can be convinced of its premise, that Emilia Bassano wrote many of Shakespeare's greatest plays - Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice, for example - but without doubt, there has been most scholarly, careful research put into its arguments and narrative. I found the modern day story - of a descendant of Bassano in the USA who is a female playwright forced to submit her play under a male name - a little unecessary, maybe? I love Picoult's books. I look forward to each one 's publication, with their sensitive take on very important matters. I must confess though to being a ittle irritated by one little thing in the book. The dialogue. English people nowadays often refer to others as "you lot"; they may say they are "headed to" somewhere; they may refer to someone as "smart"; they may say "he bought me a pint." I do not belive they would have in Tudor times! The name Joyce was not a common one then. There was a small stock of commonly used names, due to literacy levels. While someone may have the rank of "baron" they are typically addressd as "lord" and not referred to a "The Baron" as the character in this story is.

Preslava Polendakova

October 27, 2024

I haven't read something this exceptional in a very long time! 3 days to devour this masterpiece.

Sylvain Pasquier

March 26, 2025

just beautiful from start to finish

About the author

Jodi Picoult is the author of 29 novels, with 40 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, which debuted in the UK in 2022.
She lives in New Hampshire with her husband.

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