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If you loved Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult, these books share similar qualities — same genre, comparable themes, and the kind of reader ratings that signal something special. Whether you read on Kindle, in print, or on audio, these recommendations deliver the same kind of experience.

10 books for fans of Handle with Care

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    Small Great Things

    Ruth Jefferson • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

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    After twenty years as a labor nurse, Ruth Jefferson faces her most impossible case: a newborn whose parents refuse her care because she's Black.

    4.36 Goodreads (444.3K ratings)
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    The Storyteller

    by Jodi Picoult

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    A grief-stricken baker befriends an elderly man who reveals himself as a former Nazi guard seeking redemption through death. Picoult weaves together multiple generations affected by Holocaust trauma, examining forgiveness, justice, and the weight of inherited guilt.

    4.30 Goodreads (278.1K ratings)
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    Nineteen Minutes

    by Jodi Picoult

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    In nineteen minutes, Sterling High's quiet hallways became a crime scene, leaving a small town to grapple with how well they really knew their children.

    4.18 Goodreads (427.1K ratings)
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    Plain Truth

    by Jodi Picoult

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    An infant's death in an Amish barn forces eighteen-year-old Katie Fisher into a murder trial that exposes the tensions between religious tradition and modern justice. Picoult examines faith, family loyalty, and the price of protecting community secrets.

    4.01 Goodreads (199.8K ratings)
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    Leaving Time

    Leaving Time • Book 1

    by Jodi Picoult

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    Jenna teams up with a washed-up detective and a psychic to find her mother, an elephant researcher who vanished after a sanctuary tragedy years earlier.

    4.00 Goodreads (204.9K ratings)
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    Salem Falls

    by Jodi Picoult

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    Jack St. Bride reinvents himself in small-town New England until teenage accusations shatter his carefully constructed new life, forcing a woman to choose between love and doubt.

    3.84 Goodreads (91.5K ratings)
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    Sing You Home

    by Jodi Picoult

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    When Zoe remarries a woman after her divorce, her ex-husband fights for their frozen embryos in this contemporary custody battle.

    3.82 Goodreads (100.7K ratings)
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    Keeping Faith

    by Jodi Picoult

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    When seven-year-old Faith starts experiencing religious visions during her parents' bitter divorce, a custody battle becomes a test of belief itself.

    3.82 Goodreads (90.4K ratings)
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    The Book of Two Ways

    by Jodi Picoult

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    Picoult weaves together Egyptology and modern marriage as Dawn's near-death experience forces her to choose between the life she built and the path she abandoned decades ago.

    3.66 Goodreads (114.9K ratings)
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    Picture Perfect

    by Jodi Picoult

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    A woman with amnesia discovers she's married to a movie star, but recovering her memory reveals the abuse behind their perfect Hollywood marriage. Picoult examines how fame and wealth can hide domestic violence.

    3.57 Goodreads (72.2K ratings)