Books Like The Storyteller

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The Storyteller uses a full ensemble cast — Mozhan Marno, Jennifer Ikeda, Edoardo Ballerini, Suzanne Toren, and Fred Berman — and the 18-hour runtime is structured so each owns a distinct perspective, which means the shifts in time and moral register are felt rather than explained. The interplay between the voices does the argumentative work the novel demands. Seven of the recommendations also feature members of this cast, and several are highly rated — titles that trust the same kind of multi-threaded performance to carry weight that a single couldn't.

10 books for fans of The Storyteller

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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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    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)
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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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    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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    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)
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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)