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A darkly hilarious, deeply romantic romp through the cosmos that makes you fall in love with the messy, imperfect business of being alive. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Reincarnation blues.
- whimsical
- bittersweet
- cosmic
- absurdist
- 01
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
Claire North
A sweeping, time-looping cat-and-mouse thriller that wrestles with the crushing weight of infinity and the fierce bonds of rivalry.
- 02
Half-resurrection blues
Daniel José Older
A shadowy, supernatural mystery that explores the eerie, liminal space between the living and the dead.
- 03
Secondhand Souls
Christopher Moore
A hilariously macabre romp through San Francisco where the afterlife is just another bureaucratic nightmare managed by lovable misfits.
- 04
Bloodsucking Fiends
Christopher Moore · 1995
A nocturnal romp through a neon-lit city where supernatural horror meets slacker comedy.
- 05
Death
Neil Gaiman
A compassionate, gothic-tinged meditation on love, fame, and the beautiful, terrifying fragility of being alive.
- 06
My Name is Memory
Ann Brashares
An epic, centuries-spanning romance that aches with the weight of remembered pasts and the suspense of a love constantly thwarted by fate.
- 07
Replay
Ken Grimwood · 1986
A bittersweet, thought-provoking journey through the endless possibilities and inevitable heartbreaks of living the same life over and over.
- 08
Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell
A breathtaking, genre-hopping puzzle box that spans centuries to reveal the invisible threads connecting all of human history.
- 09
Life After Life
Kate Atkinson
A sweeping, beautifully fractured tapestry of a single life lived over and over against the backdrop of a world at war.
- 10
The Everything Box
Richard Kadrey
A chaotic, laugh-out-loud supernatural heist where the fate of the world rests in the hands of the most unqualified misfits imaginable.
- 11
Jitterbug Perfume
Outlet
A wild, philosophical romp through time that smells of earth, magic, and the secret essence of the universe.
- 12
Permutation City
Greg Egan
A dizzying plunge into the deep end of hard science fiction that will leave you questioning the fundamental nature of your own consciousness.
