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A bittersweet, thought-provoking journey through the endless possibilities and inevitable heartbreaks of living the same life over and over. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Replay.
- nostalgic
- bittersweet
- existential
- reflective
- 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
Reincarnation blues
Michael Poore
A darkly hilarious, deeply romantic romp through the cosmos that makes you fall in love with the messy, imperfect business of being alive.
- 03
How to stop time
Matt Haig
A bittersweet, time-hopping meditation on the courage it takes to stop hiding from the past and finally risk living in the present.
- 04
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.
- 05
The Accidental Time Machine
Joe Haldeman
A wry, fast-paced temporal road trip where the only way out of a problem is to jump further into an increasingly bizarre future.
- 06
Time and Again
Jack Finney · 1970
A wistful, deeply immersive love letter to a bygone era that makes the past feel close enough to touch.
- 07
Lightning
Dean Koontz · 1999
A breathless, genre-bending thriller that wraps time travel and relentless suspense around a core of fierce, protective love.
- 08
Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin
A bittersweet, imaginative exploration of what it means to live, even after life has ended.
- 09
Before I Fall
Lauren Oliver · 2010
A poignant, time-bending exploration of teenage cruelty and the desperate search for redemption before time runs out.
- 10
When I Fall in Love
Lynn Kurland · 2007
A sweet, fish-out-of-water time-travel romance that proves chivalry is alive and well in the thirteenth century.
- 11
Thrice Upon a Time
James Patrick Hogan · 1980
A cerebral exploration of temporal physics that accelerates into a tense, high-stakes dilemma of ultimate sacrifice.
- 12
Marooned in Realtime
Vernor Vinge · 1986
A high-stakes locked-room mystery played out across millions of years of empty, post-human Earth.
