Books like My Sister's Keeper

If you liked My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. Nineteen Minutes

    Jodi Picoult · 2007

    Because also by Jodi Picoult; shares tags: fiction, family.

    Sterling High student Peter Haddon commits a school shooting and lawyer Jordan McAfee defends him while Josie Cormier hides truth.

  2. Still Alice

    Lisa Genova · 2007

    Because shares tags: fiction, family.

    Harvard professor Alice Howland faces early onset Alzheimer's and her family must adapt as memory fades.

  3. Yours Truly

    Abby Jimenez · 2023 · Part of Your World #2

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Divorced ER doctor Briana Ortiz fake dates anxious newcomer Jacob Maddox, trading honest letters while her brother waits for a kidney donor.

  4. What Alice Forgot

    Liane Moriarty · 2009

    Because shares tags: family, contemporary.

    After a gym fall erases ten years, Alice, 39, wakes as her 29 year old self and must relearn her three kids and failing marriage as a…

  5. The Kiss Quotient

    Helen Hoang · 2018 · The Kiss Quotient #1

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Stella Lane hires escort Michael Phan to practice dating and learns logic fails where touch and family press in.

  6. Part of Your World

    Abby Jimenez · 2022 · Part of Your World #1

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    ER doctor Alexis Montgomery falls for carpenter Daniel Grant in Wakan while her surgeon family presses duty.

  7. Just for the Summer

    Abby Jimenez · 2024 · Part of Your World #3

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Emma and Justin date to break a matching curse, then face sudden guardianship and illness on Lake Minnetonka.

  8. The Rosie Project

    Graeme Simsion · 2013 · Don Tillman #1

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Melbourne genetics professor Don Tillman launches the Wife Project to find a partner by questionnaire, then meets chaotic Rosie Jarman and…

  9. The Memory Keeper's Daughter

    Kim Edwards · 2005

    Because shares tags: family, contemporary.

    On a snowy night a doctor gives away his newborn daughter and tells his wife she died.

  10. The Last Song

    Nicholas Sparks · 2009

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Angry teen Ronnie spends a summer in Wilmington with her pianist father, finding first love, family repair, and loss.

  11. The Art of Racing in the Rain

    Garth Stein · 2008

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    A dying dog named Enzo retells the life of his race car driver owner Denny, from love and fatherhood to loss and a custody fight.

  12. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood

    Rebecca Wells · 1996

    Because shares tags: contemporary, family.

    Sidda Walker, a theater director, fights with her mother Vivi after a New York Times interview, then learns Vivi's past through the Ya-Ya…

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