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Premise labels used: choice and consequence, alternate lives, road not taken, regret, self-discovery, college crisis, campus life, fate, what if

Themes labels used: regret, fate, free will, self-acceptance, identity, missed opportunities, grass is greener, college regret, purpose, choice and consequence, coming of age, desire, happiness, self-delusion, growth

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Cover of What If It's You? by Jilly Gagnon

What If It's You?

Jilly Gagnon · 2025

A tech worker uses alternate-reality software to explore a different love choice, then gets trapped between two lives.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate reality · what if · love triangle · second chance · road not taken · commitment fears · relationship crossroads · self-discovery · alternate lives · parallel worlds

Themes labels: choice · regret · grass is greener · self-discovery · identity · commitment · marriage anxiety · life paths · fulfillment · emotional maturity · communication · personal growth · happiness · destiny · appreciating what you have · what ifs

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Distance: 0.1482

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Cover of The '86 Fix by Keith A. Pearson

The '86 Fix

Keith A. Pearson · 2021 · The '86 Fix

A regretful middle-aged man gets one brief chance to revisit 1986 and try to rewrite the life that followed.

Why this is here

Premise labels: second chance · midlife regret · time travel redo · nostalgia trip · alternate life · past mistakes · what if

Themes labels: regret · second chances · choice and consequence · agency · nostalgia · midlife crisis · forgiveness · reconciliation · personal growth · butterfly effect · self-knowledge · identity · loss · redemption · free will vs fate

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1749

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The Midnight Library

Matt Haig · 2020 · The Midnight World

A woman in a library between life and death explores alternate versions of her life to confront regret and choose whether to live.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate lives · regret · choice · do-over · what if

Themes labels: regret · life worth living · mental health · depression · suicide · choice · acceptance · self-worth · kindness · identity · purpose · grief · possibility · perspective · present moment · human connection

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1767

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Cover of Future Proof by David Atkinson

Future Proof

David Atkinson · 2023

An experimental treatment sends a damaged man back through his own past, where each fix reshapes his future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time travel · second chances · life redo · regret reversal · experimental treatment · personal reset · butterfly effect · what if

Themes labels: regret · redemption · free will · consequences · self-improvement · trauma · mental health · love · hope · fate · choice · what if · moral responsibility · personal growth · second chances

Semantic match: ranked by premise + themes

Distance: 0.1788

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Cover of The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng

The Other Me

Sarah Zachrich Jeng · 2021

A Chicago artist wakes in a different life with another set of memories and must uncover why reality has shifted.

Why this is here

Premise labels: alternate life · do-over · identity crisis · memory conflict · choice and consequence · mystery setup · reality shift · time travel

Themes labels: free will · choice · identity · women's choices · regret · self-determination · career vs marriage · relationships · autonomy · technology and ethics · memory · fate · alternate paths · gender roles

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Distance: 0.1805

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Cover of Hitchhikers by Ben H. Winters

Hitchhikers

Ben H. Winters · 2025

A woman’s ordinary life is disrupted when her future self arrives with a warning that could change everything.

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Premise labels: time travel · future self · self rescue · life choice · relationship warning · domestic tension · fate vs choice · regret

Themes labels: choice · fate · regret · identity · self-discovery · life path · conformity · domestic abuse · control · agency · habit · break the pattern

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Distance: 0.1864

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Cover of Five First Chances by Sarah Jost

Five First Chances

Sarah Jost · 2023

A woman stuck in regret gets five time-loop chances to reshape her life, love, and future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: time loop · second chances · what ifs · life do-over · self-discovery · love story · course correction

Themes labels: regret · choice · personal growth · self-acceptance · grief · loss · bereavement · mental health · anxiety · miscarriage · cancer · death · friendship · family · kindness · forgiveness · acceptance · living fully · no regrets · what-ifs · fate · destiny · change · healing · love

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Distance: 0.1867

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Mr. Breakfast

Jonathan Carroll · 2023

A failed comedian on a cross-country drive gets a magical tattoo that reveals three possible lives he can choose from.

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Premise labels: midlife crisis · road trip · alternate lives · parallel lives · life choices · second chances · magical tattoo · what if · crossroads

Themes labels: choice · regret · fate · destiny · free will · alternate selves · identity · meaning of life · mortality · compromise · contentment · roads not taken · consequence · connection · love · success · failure · what if

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Distance: 0.1888

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Cover of The Journey by John A. Heldt

The Journey

John A. Heldt · 2012 · Northwest Passage

A widowed woman is thrown back to her own high school year and must choose whether to change her past.

Why this is here

Premise labels: second chance · self-meeting · time slip · past revisitation · life reset · alternate choices · midlife reevaluation

Themes labels: second chances · regret · choice and consequence · fate · free will · self-discovery · love · friendship · courage · commitment · loss · moving on · life balance · nostalgia · sacrifice · personal growth

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Cover of All This & More by Peng Shepherd

All This & More

Peng Shepherd · 2024

A middle-aged woman joins a reality show that lets her rewrite her life—while the reader chooses her next move.

Why this is here

Premise labels: second chance · life rewrite · alternate lives · reality show · quantum technology · perfect life · what if

Themes labels: choice and consequence · regret · second chances · happiness · perfectionism · FOMO · identity · agency · motherhood · career vs family · ethics · consent · free will · self-worth

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Distance: 0.1932

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Cover of The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik by David Arnold

The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik

David Arnold · 2018

After a hypnotic encounter, a teen notices tiny changes in everyone around him and starts questioning reality and his future.

Why this is here

Premise labels: hypnosis · altered reality · teen existential crisis · coming of age · identity crisis · search for self · college decision

Themes labels: identity · growing up · loneliness · alone vs loneliness · change · choice · free will · forgiveness · family · friendship · love and compassion · self-discovery · future anxiety · decision-making · belonging · nostalgia · interconnected lives · kindness

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Distance: 0.1942

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Cover of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Dark Matter

Blake Crouch · 2016

A kidnapped physics professor wakes in a different life and must fight to return to the family he knows.

Why this is here

Premise labels: abduction mystery · alternate reality · parallel worlds · identity crisis · road not taken · family rescue · lost life · what if

Themes labels: choice · regret · identity · happiness · fate · free will · family · love · alternate lives · existentialism · selfhood · road not taken · sacrifice · humanity · acceptance · what if

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Distance: 0.1951

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