Books like Small Great Things
If you liked Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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An American Marriage
Because shares tags: race, justice.
Newlywed Roy is wrongly imprisoned and Celestial loves Andre while waiting.
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Everything I Never Told You
Because shares tags: race, motherhood.
In 1977 Ohio, sixteen-year-old Lydia Lee is found dead in a lake, forcing her interracial family to face the secret pressures around race,…
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A Time to Kill
Because shares tags: race, courtroom.
Lawyer Jake Brigance defends a father who killed his daughter's attackers.
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Little Fires Everywhere
Because shares tags: motherhood, race.
In planned Shaker Heights, Elena Richardson rents to drifting artist Mia Warren, and a custody fight over baby May Ling splits friends and…
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The Push
Because shares tag: motherhood.
Blythe fears daughter Violet is dangerous while husband Fox doubts her.
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Between the World and Me
Because shares tag: race.
Coates writes to his son about the Black body in America, from Howard to the loss of Prince Jones.
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Americanah
Because shares tag: race.
Ifemelu leaves Nigeria for America on a scholarship, blogs about race and hair, while Obinze endures undocumented London until they reunite…
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Such a Fun Age
Because shares tag: race.
A late-night grocery store clash pulls sitter Emira Tucker and her employer Alix Chamberlain into a tense fight over race, money, and good…
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Because shares tag: motherhood.
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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Yellowface
Because shares tag: race.
Struggling writer June steals her dead friend Athena's manuscript and publishes it as Juniper Song.
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The Vanishing Half
Because shares tag: race.
Twin sisters split as one lives Black and one passes as white.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Because shares tag: race.
The cells of a poor Black tobacco farmer revolutionized medicine, taken without her knowledge in 1951.
