Books like…

Books Like Nineteen Minutes

by Jodi Picoult · about this book

Loved Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult? If its mass shooting, bullying and multiple pov hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with We Need to Talk About Kevin, Columbine and Thirteen Reasons Why. 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 Nineteen Minutes: Mass Shooting · Bullying · Multiple POV · Small Town · Emotional

1. 

   We Need to Talk About Kevin

   Lionel Shriver

   Mass Shooting · Nonlinear Narrative · Death of a Child · Tragic · Grief and Mourning

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   Columbine

   Dave Cullen

   Mass Shooting · Bullying · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Emotional

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   Thirteen Reasons Why

   Jay Asher

   Bullying · Nonlinear Narrative · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Multiple POV

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   Human Acts

   Han Kang

   Death of a Child · Nonlinear Narrative · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Multiple POV

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5. 

   Quicksand

   Malin Persson Giolito

   Mass Shooting · Courtroom · Nonlinear Narrative · Courtroom Drama · Teen Protagonist

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   Hate List

   Jennifer Brown

   Mass Shooting · Grief and Mourning · Bullying · Nonlinear Narrative · Emotional

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7. 

   Everything I Never Told You

   Celeste Ng

   Nonlinear Narrative · Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Emotional · Multiple POV

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8. 

   In Cold Blood

   Truman Capote

   Courtroom · Tragic · Courtroom Drama · Death of a Child · Small Town

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9. 

   Midwives

   Chris Bohjalian

   Courtroom · Courtroom Drama · Small Town · Death of a Child · Emotional

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10. 

    A Map of the World

    Jane Hamilton

    Courtroom Drama · Death of a Child · Grief and Mourning · Tragic · Emotional

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11. 

    Defending Jacob

    William Landay

    Courtroom · Courtroom Drama · Death of a Child · Small Town · Emotional

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12. 

    We Were the Mulvaneys

    Joyce Carol Oates

    Tragic · Grief and Mourning · Emotional · Small Town · Multiple POV

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13. 

    The Joy Luck Club

    Amy Tan

    Nonlinear Narrative · Death of a Child · Tragic · Emotional · Multiple POV

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14. 

    Stillwater Rising

    Steena Holmes

    Mass Shooting · Death of a Child · Grief and Mourning · Small Town · Emotional

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15. 

    Snow Falling on Cedars

    David Guterson

    Courtroom · Courtroom Drama · Nonlinear Narrative · Small Town · Emotional

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16. 

    Mad Honey

    Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan

    Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Nonlinear Narrative · Small Town · Multiple POV

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17. 

    The Husband's Secret

    Liane Moriarty

    Death of a Child · Nonlinear Narrative · Tragic · Emotional · Multiple POV

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18. 

    Monster

    Walter Dean Myers

    Courtroom · Courtroom Drama · Nonlinear Narrative · Emotional · Teen Protagonist

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19. 

    Night Road

    Kristin Hannah

    Tragic · Death of a Child · Grief and Mourning · Multiple POV · Emotional

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20. 

    Beloved

    Toni Morrison

    Nonlinear Narrative · Tragic · Death of a Child · Grief and Mourning · Emotional

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