18 Interesting Books with Multiple POVS

Few things sell me on a book faster than finding out it has multiple POVs. Whether it’s different characters or different timelines, I’m all in. I love getting to dive into a story from different points of view because you can feel the world better. I DEVOUR Jodi Picoult novels and a big part of why is the multiple POVs from different characters, all of which seem disparate but eventually come together in a really cool way. Other books, like Sometimes I Lie and Young Jane Young, have different POVS that go through different timelines. Recently, I read Pivot Point and Split Second by Kasie West and she had the same character going through two separate timelines in the first book, which was really unique. Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid does the same thing, though with less paranormal activity.  So, in celebration of my love for these books, here are eighteen books that utilize multiple POVs to tell the story in a more interesting way!

Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

The Power by Naomi Alderman

One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus

Tradition by Brendan Kiely

My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand et al

The Book of Essie by Meghan Maclean Weir

Pivot Point and Split Second by Kasie West

The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee

The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins

Young Jane Young by Gabrielle Zevin

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Beware That Girl by Teresa Toten

What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

First Light by Rebecca Stead

Red Clocks by Leni Zumas

Sometimes I Lie by Alice Fenney