Small Great Things
Novel by Jodi PicoultWikipedia
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Oct 15, 2026
Annie JonesHOST
Now, it was unsettling, but I think you could argue that of a lot of Jodi Picoult books.
Annie JonesHOST
But one of my favorite of hers over the last decade has been Small Great Things.
Annie JonesHOST
We listened to this.
Annie JonesHOST
Back in the day, we had an audiobook book club with our local yarn shop, and so we would listen to audiobooks while we knitted.
Annie JonesHOST
Jodi Picoult books are really plot-driven, in my opinion.
Annie JonesHOST
Um, they have great character development, but a lot happens in her books, so they easily hold your attention.
Annie JonesHOST
And Small Great Things in particular, just so intense.
Annie JonesHOST
I loved it as an audiobook.
speaker_2HOST
We are moving from personal grief into a story about deeply systemic societal trauma, a scenario that forces a character and the reader into an absolute modern moral vice grip.
speaker_3HOST
We're talking about the 2016 novel, Small Great Things.
speaker_2HOST
This one is intense.
speaker_3HOST
Extremely.
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speaker_3HOST
Yes.
speaker_3HOST
Moving on to number three.
speaker_2HOST
If Small Great Things asks you to judge modern bigotry and the terrifying flaws of our current justice system, the 2013 novel The Storyteller takes us back to the historical epicenter of organized hate.
speaker_3HOST
It really pushes the boundaries.
David PerellHOST
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Jodi PicoultGUEST
And it wasn't really until I was much older And I was doing research on my own for a book about racism and white privilege, Small Great Things, that I went and revisited that.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
And I was like, ooh, ooh, there are some real flaws in this book.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
But it took me a while to get there.
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Jodi PicoultGUEST
So I think where I am in my life sort of informs the what if questions that I'm looking at.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
You know what I mean? When my kids all became sort of viable adults and were contributing members of society, that's when I feel like my scope broadened a little bit.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
And I started looking at things like the nature of good and evil in the storyteller or abortion rights in Spark of Light or racism in Small Great Things or gender discrimination in By Any Other Name.
Jodi PicoultGUEST
So I feel like now that I'm not worried on a very personal level anymore as much, the things that concern me are more global issues, yeah.
JennyHOST
There is another book, um, "Wish You Were Here," that talks about the COVID-19 pandemic in a very interesting, specific angle.
JennyHOST
There's a book, uh, "Small Great Things," which talks about racism in a very specific way.
JennyHOST
Um, but even "My Sister's Keeper" talks about, for those who are not in the know, talks about this idea of bodily autonomy-
DaniHOST
Mm-hmm