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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
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)