10 books for fans of Nineteen Minutes
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My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
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Anna was born to be a genetic match for her cancer-stricken sister, but at 13, she sues her parents for the right to her own body.
★ 4.11 Goodreads (1.3M ratings) - 2
Perfect Match
by Jodi Picoult
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Picoult explores how far maternal love extends when prosecutor Nina Frost discovers her young son has been molested. The legal thriller examines justice versus revenge through a mother's devastating moral crisis.
★ 3.98 Goodreads (85.4K ratings) - 3
The Tenth Circle
by Jodi Picoult
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Fourteen-year-old Trixie accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape, fracturing her already strained family and forcing her father to confront his violent past. Picoult examines how far parents will go to protect their children.
★ 3.54 Goodreads (137.5K ratings) - 4
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) - 5
Handle with Care
by Jodi Picoult
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Picoult explores every parent's nightmare: Charlotte sues her doctor for not detecting her daughter's brittle bone disease, claiming she would have terminated the pregnancy—a case that destroys her marriage and friendship.
★ 4.01 Goodreads (140.1K ratings) - 6
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) - 7
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) - 8
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) - 9
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) - 10
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)