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Picoult's novel was published in 2000 by Pocket Books, and the British Library catalogued that edition with a joint New York and London imprint (ISBN 0671776126; Open Library gives 405 pages). That shared printing is the first edition issued in Britain. Hodder & Stoughton's own British hardback (ISBN 0340836563) did not follow until 2004, and the BNB record for it notes the earlier Pocket publication. Look for the Pocket Books name with the London place on the title page; a Hodder 2004 copy is a later British edition.
The single most useful fact: Pocket Books was founded as a paperback reprint line. For most Pocket titles, above all before the 1970s, the Pocket copy is a later paperback and the first edition is a hardback from another publisher. The exceptions are paperback originals and the hardcovers it issued from 1989.
Read the full guide to Pocket Books first editions, decade by decade, and check your copy's copyright page against it. Our number line decoder reads the printing from the row of numbers.
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Pocket Books, New York, in 2000, in paperback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 29 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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