I just finished Ken Grimwood’s *Replay*, and while I did enjoy it, I feel like I’ve played out the time-travel genre a bit, having read many similar books including Blake Crouch’s *Recursion* and *Dark Matter*. I’d like something with a similar vibe but with an intriguing and more unique premise – e.g. like a well-written book-length version of a prompt from /r/WritingPrompts.
An example of something I enjoyed recently was *Flowers for Algernon*. I tend to enjoy TV shows like *Black Mirror* and *The Twilight Zone* (though they can be hit-and-miss).
I tend to find it hard to get into anything that gets *too* far away from a realistic setting. I just can’t really get into any kind of space opera, for example, and aren’t too keen on paranormal creatures like zombies and werewolves.
Something that I have been missing lately though is the feeling of a really awe-inspiring twist ending. I’ve forever been trying to capture the sense of amazement I had when reading the ending of *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* at age 10. (Yes, I’m now aware that said ending has widely been criticised as unnecessarily complicated – but at the time it seemed like an incredible reveal).
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The Door into Summer, by Robert Heinlein. It plays with the time travel premise again, but nothing outlandish. Its really about a man wronged trying to set the record straight, and its really good. Oh, there’s also a cat, can’t forget that.
The Ferryman – Justin Cronin
Also The Islanders or The Prestige (It’s different from the movie enough to be worth it) by Christopher Priest
The Future by Naomi Alderman