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These books are ranked using the tone + premise labels extracted for The Day Tripper. Books rank higher when they are close on every selected axis.

Tone labels used: emotional, heartbreaking, hopeful, heartwarming, melancholy, dark, uplifting, thought-provoking, poignant

Premise labels used: time slip, out-of-order life, second chances, redemption arc, life redo, cause and effect, butterfly effect, altered future

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The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

Shawn Inmon · 2016 · Middle Falls Time Travel

A guilt-ridden man dies by suicide and wakes in his teenage body, given one strange chance to redo his life.

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Tone labels: thought-provoking · nostalgic · tense · emotional · heartwarming · uplifting · feel-good · funny · sarcastic · wry · dramatic · dark

Premise labels: second chance · do-over · life reliving · time travel twist · midlife reset · teenage body, adult mind · redo the past · change the future · prevention mission · redemption arc

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1375

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The Redemption of Michael Hollister

Shawn Inmon · 2017 · Middle Falls Time Travel

A convicted killer gets a second chance at childhood, and must decide whether he can change without becoming monstrous again.

Why this is here

Tone labels: dark · bleak · emotional · heartwarming · hopeful · witty · funny · heart-wrenching · satisfying · surprising

Premise labels: second chance · time travel reset · reincarnation · redemption arc · villain protagonist · childhood do-over · nature vs nurture · forgiveness

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Distance: 0.1410

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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

Tone labels: heartbreaking · hopeful · wholesome · charming · uplifting · emotional · bittersweet · lighthearted · thought-provoking · feel-good · tense · nostalgic · humorous

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

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Distance: 0.1448

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Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 2

Ichigo Takano · 2016 · Orange: The Complete Collection

Future letters push a shy high schooler and her friends to try to save a troubled boy and rewrite regret.

Why this is here

Tone labels: heartbreaking · sweet · cute · emotional · uplifting · bittersweet · warm · melancholic · angsty · hopeful

Premise labels: future letters · time travel · fate change · suicide prevention · friendship support · second chance

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1582

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Replay

Ken Grimwood · 1986

A man dies at 43 and wakes up at 18 with his future memories intact, forced to relive and rethink his life.

Why this is here

Tone labels: emotional · wistful · philosophical · melancholy · thought-provoking · uplifting · haunting · nostalgic · gut-wrenching · hopeful

Premise labels: time loop · second chance · relived life · future knowledge · midlife reset · memory retention

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1584

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Future Proof

David Atkinson · 2023

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

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Tone labels: emotional · sad · heartbreaking · fun · humorous · warm · hopeful · quirky · uplifting · romantic · light-touch

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

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1584

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The Clay Lion

Amalie Jahn · 2013 · The Clay Lion

A grieving teen uses a once-only time trip to try to save her brother, risking the past, present, and her future.

Why this is here

Tone labels: heartbreaking · heartwarming · uplifting · bittersweet · hopeful · emotional · touching · thoughtful · gripping · satisfying

Premise labels: time travel · save a loved one · prevent death · grief journey · second chances · family crisis · change the past · fate versus free will

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1597

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Oona Out of Order

Margarita Montimore · 2020

A young woman begins leaping through her own life out of order each New Year’s, forced to navigate love, memory, and fate.

Why this is here

Tone labels: thought-provoking · emotional · heart-wrenching · heartwarming · fun · quirky · bittersweet · uplifting · sad · melancholy · lighthearted (mixed)

Premise labels: time travel · random leap · out of order life · birthday loop · future self · past self · one life · nonlinear life

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Distance: 0.1598

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Five First Chances

Sarah Jost · 2023

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

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Tone labels: heartbreaking · bittersweet · emotional · moving · sad · poignant · tender · reflective · beautiful

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

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One Way Ticket to Earth

Daniele Vaccaro · 2023

A grieving boy is reborn on an alien world and must choose between a perfect new life and the home he remembers.

Why this is here

Tone labels: emotional · heartbreaking · heartwarming · bittersweet · touching · sad · hopeful · thought-provoking · tender · wholesome · moving · reflective

Premise labels: reincarnation · life after death · afterlife · child protagonist · alien planet · return home · memory retention

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

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She Wouldn't Change a Thing

Sarah Adlakha · 2021

A psychiatrist wakes up in her 17-year-old body and must choose between restoring her life and changing a devastating fate.

Why this is here

Tone labels: thought-provoking · heartbreaking · bittersweet · emotional · suspenseful · mysterious · mind-bending · eerie · anxious · hopeful · meditative

Premise labels: second chance · time travel · alternate life · moral dilemma · impossible choice · fate versus free will · change the past · protect family · save a life · purpose quest · butterfly effect · destiny

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A Gift of Time

Jerry Merritt · 2016

An aging, suicidal man gets a chance to relive his life from age ten and tries to fix the mistake that haunts him.

Why this is here

Tone labels: heartfelt · funny · weird · bizarre · emotional · thought-provoking · bittersweet · adventurous · dark · introspective · feel-good

Premise labels: time travel · second chances · regret · suicidal protagonist · altered timeline · life relived · future knowledge · repair mission · immortality

Semantic match: ranked by tone + premise

Distance: 0.1691

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