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Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds

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... the time-loop redo of a disastrous first meeting-turned-love story?

See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon

If Jack getting snapped back to that basement party stairwell—right after losing Kate—hooked you, you’ll love how Barrett and Miles keep reliving the first day of college in See You Yesterday. Like Jack’s trial-and-error attempts to save Kate and fix things with Jillian and Franny, they use each reset to make braver choices, sharpen their banter, and let real feelings in. It’s funny, romantic, and full of those small tweaks that change everything.

... a swoony, fate-tinged romance unfolding over ticking-clock stakes?

The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

If you fell for how Jack and Kate click fast—those stairwell jokes about cereal turning into late-night talks and hospital runs while time runs out—The Sun Is Also a Star delivers that same whirlwind intensity. Daniel and Natasha meet with one day to change everything, weighing fate versus choice the way Jack keeps asking what one decision might save the person he loves.

... a funny, self-aware voice that jokes through big feelings?

Frankly in Love by David Yoon

If Jack’s quippy narration and stairway-cereal banter made you grin even as he kept looping through heartbreak, Frank Li’s voice in Frankly in Love will feel like a friend whispering jokes in your ear. Like Jack juggling Kate with the fallout between Jillian and Franny, Frank’s fake-dating plan spirals into real consequences, testing loyalty, identity, and first love—without losing the laugh-out-loud moments.

... a loop that forces a teen to grow up, one reset at a time?

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver

If watching Jack use each reset to be kinder, braver, and more honest with Kate, Jillian, and Franny hit you hard, Before I Fall takes that growth to a gut-punching place. Sam Kingston relives the day of her death seven times, testing different choices the way Jack does each time he’s flung back to the party—until she confronts who she’s been and who she wants to be.

... a tear-jerking meditation on love when time is short?

They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera

If Kate’s illness and Jack’s desperate do-overs left you teary, They Both Die at the End will give you that same cathartic ache. Mateo and Rufus meet on their final day, trading jokes, fears, and big confessions—much like Jack’s hospital vigils and late-night talks with Kate—while squeezing lifetimes of meaning into the hours they have left.

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