Books Like Handle with Care

Loved Handle with Care by Jodi Picoult? If its contemporary fiction, courtroom drama and disabled protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Fault in Our Stars, The Second Life of Mirielle West and The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Handle with Care: Contemporary Fiction · Courtroom Drama · Disabled Protagonist · Chronic Illness · Emotional

The Fault in Our Stars
John Green

Chronic Illness · Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter

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The Second Life of Mirielle West
Amanda Skenandore

Chronic Illness · Disability Representation · Marriage in Trouble · Mother and Daughter · Emotional

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The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
Robert Dugoni

Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Friendship and Betrayal · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional

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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin

Disabled Protagonist · Chronic Illness · Contemporary Fiction · Friendship and Betrayal · Multiple POV

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Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah

Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Friendship and Betrayal · Marriage in Trouble · Multiple POV

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The Last Mrs Parrish
Liv Constantine

Infidelity · Friendship and Betrayal · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter

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The Bee Sting
Paul Murray

Contemporary Fiction · Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Mother and Daughter · Emotional

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Broken Country
Clare Leslie Hall

Courtroom Drama · Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Emotional · Tearjerker

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Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros

Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Mother and Daughter · Sisters · Twisty

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All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr

Disabled Protagonist · Disability Representation · Emotional · Multiple POV · Teen Protagonist

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The Seamstress
Frances de Pontes Peebles

Disability Representation · Marriage in Trouble · Sisters · Emotional · Multiple POV

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The Wedding People
Alison Espach

Infidelity · Marriage in Trouble · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Female Lead

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The Radium Girls
Kate Moore

Courtroom Drama · Chronic Illness · Emotional · Tearjerker · Medicine

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A Kind of Spark
Elle McNicoll

Disabled Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Sisters · Emotional · Female Lead

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A Crown of Ivy and Glass
Claire Legrand

Chronic Illness · Disability Representation · Sisters · Female Lead

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Wreck
Catherine Newman

Chronic Illness · Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Emotional · Female Lead

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Daisy Jones & the Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid

Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV

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The Wife Between Us
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Marriage in Trouble · Multiple POV · Twisty

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Goodnight Beautiful
Aimee Molloy

Marriage in Trouble · Infidelity · Contemporary Fiction · Multiple POV · Female Lead

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That Night
Chevy Stevens

Sisters · Contemporary Fiction · Mother and Daughter · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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