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Books Like Plain Truth

by Jodi Picoult · about this book

Loved Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult? If its contemporary fiction, female lead and teen pregnancy hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Widow, Poison and Broken Country. 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 Plain Truth: Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · Teen Pregnancy · Emotional · Courtroom Drama

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   The Widow

   John Grisham

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Small Town · Crime · Contemporary Fiction

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   Poison

   John Lescroart

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Family Secrets · Crime · Contemporary Fiction

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   Broken Country

   Clare Leslie Hall

   Death of a Child · Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Secret Past · Emotional

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   Strange Sally Diamond

   Liz Nugent

   Family Secrets · Small Town · Crime · Contemporary Fiction · Tense and Suspenseful

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   Looking for Jane

   Heather Marshall

   Teen Pregnancy · Women's Fiction · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Emotional

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6. 

   Remarkably Bright Creatures

   Shelby Van Pelt

   Death of a Child · Contemporary Fiction · Small Town · Family Secrets · Emotional

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7. 

   The Last Letter

   Rebecca Yarros

   Death of a Child · Women's Fiction · Child Death Depicted · Contemporary Fiction · Small Town

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8. 

   A Calamity of Souls

   David Baldacci

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Crime · Tense and Suspenseful · Small Town

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9. 

   Where the Crawdads Sing

   Delia Owens

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Small Town · Emotional · Mystery

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10. 

    No One Saw a Thing

    Andrea Mara

    Contemporary Fiction · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Plot-Driven · Female Lead

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11. 

    The Missing Half

    Ashley Flowers

    Small Town · Contemporary Fiction · Family Secrets · Crime · Plot-Driven

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12. 

    The Missing Sister

    Lucinda Riley

    Women's Fiction · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead

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13. 

    We Begin at the End

    Chris Whitaker

    Rural Farm · Small Town · Crime · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction

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14. 

    The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

    Stieg Larsson

    Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Crime · Tense and Suspenseful · Multiple POV

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15. 

    A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

    Holly Jackson

    Crime · Small Town · Contemporary Fiction · Plot-Driven · Female Lead

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    Th1rt3en

    Steve Cavanagh

    Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Crime · Mystery · Multiple POV

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17. 

    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

    Family Secrets · Cultural Identity · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Secret Past

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18. 

    The Dead Don't Dance

    Charles Martin

    Death of a Child · Rural Farm · Contemporary Fiction · Small Town · Religious Identity

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19. 

    The Birthday Party

    Laurent Mauvignier

    Rural Farm · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Contemporary Fiction · Small Town

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20. 

    The Echo of Old Books

    Barbara Davis

    Women's Fiction · Family Secrets · Secret Past · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction

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