Books Like Small Great Things

10 books for fans of Small Great Things

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   The Storyteller

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   461 pages • 2013

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   My Sister's Keeper

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   423 pages • 2004

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   Plain Truth

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   416 pages • 2000

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   Handle with Care

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   477 pages • 2009

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   Leaving Time

   Leaving Time • Book 1

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   398 pages • 2014

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   Perfect Match

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   368 pages • 2002

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   Salem Falls

   by Jodi Picoult

   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.

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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)

   434 pages • 2001

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   Sing You Home

   by Jodi Picoult

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

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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)

   466 pages • 2011

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   Keeping Faith

   by Jodi Picoult

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

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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)

   422 pages • 1999

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    A Spark of Light

    by Jodi Picoult

    Picoult tells a reproductive clinic hostage crisis in reverse chronology, showing how each character's morning led to the afternoon's violence.

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    Picoult tells a reproductive clinic hostage crisis in reverse chronology, showing how each character's morning led to the afternoon's violence.

    ★ 3.75 Goodreads (167.4K ratings)

    381 pages • 2018

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