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Books Like Small Great Things

by Jodi Picoult · about this book

Loved Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult? If its racism, multiple pov and courtroom drama hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with A Calamity of Souls, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Widow. 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 Small Great Things: Racism · Multiple POV · Courtroom Drama · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead

1. 

   A Calamity of Souls

   David Baldacci

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Hate Speech Depicted · Racism · Character-Driven

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   To Kill a Mockingbird

   Harper Lee

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Racism · Emotional · Character-Driven

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   The Widow

   John Grisham

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Contemporary Fiction · Working-Class Protagonist · Legal Thriller

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   Poison

   John Lescroart

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Contemporary Fiction · Framed for a Crime · Multiple POV

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5. 

   The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

   Stieg Larsson

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Hospital · Multiple POV · Female Lead

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   Th1rt3en

   Steve Cavanagh

   Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Multiple POV · Framed for a Crime · Legal Thriller

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   The Dead Don't Dance

   Charles Martin

   Infant Loss Content · Hospital · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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8. 

   Beautyland

   Marie-Helene Bertino

   Single Mother · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead

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9. 

   The Warmth of Other Suns

   Isabel Wilkerson

   Racism · Hate Speech Depicted · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Emotional

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10. 

    Long Bright River

    Liz Moore

    Single Mother · Working-Class Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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11. 

    Sabrina & Corina

    Kali Fajardo-Anstine

    Working-Class Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Female Lead · Emotional · Character-Driven

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12. 

    The Radium Girls

    Kate Moore

    Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional · Female Lead

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13. 

    Pachinko

    Min Jin Lee

    Racism · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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14. 

    Night Watch

    Jayne Anne Phillips

    Hospital · Emotional · Character-Driven · Multiple POV · Female Lead

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15. 

    To the Moon and Back

    Eliana Ramage

    Contemporary Fiction · Working-Class Protagonist · Emotional · Character-Driven · Female Lead

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16. 

    Black Cake

    Charmaine Wilkerson

    Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Multiple POV · Character-Driven · Racism

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17. 

    The Second Life of Mirielle West

    Amanda Skenandore

    Hospital · Emotional · Character-Driven · Female Lead · Mother and Daughter

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18. 

    Gather

    Kenneth M. Cadow

    Single Mother · Working-Class Protagonist · Contemporary Fiction · Emotional · Character-Driven

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19. 

    The Last Train to London

    Meg Waite Clayton

    Hate Speech Depicted · Racism · Emotional · Multiple POV · Female Lead

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20. 

    Where the Crawdads Sing

    Delia Owens

    Courtroom Drama · Courtroom · Emotional · Female Lead · Classism

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