10 Top science fiction books like The Day Tripper by James Goodhand

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The Day Tripper

By: James Goodhand

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazi…

"People who pursue money are those with nothing better to pursue."

-James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

"People who pursue money are those with nothing better to pursue."

-James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

If you liked the science fiction plot in The Day Tripper by James Goodhand , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) by Kristen Perrin

1. How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

By: Kristen Perrin

3.80

Format: 358 pages, Hardcover

Frances Adams always said she'd be murdered. She was right. It’s 1965 and teenage Frances Adams … read more

Similar categories in Kristen Perrin's How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1) book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"My favourite chess saying is very simple: You can play without a plan, but you’ll probably lose.’ - Rutherford Gravesdown"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You stupid b*tch, you think you're so worthy? You deserve nothing but a hole in the ground. You're a wh*re and a liar, and I swear if you don't stop this I'll snap your scrawny neck like a twig."

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"Don’t worry, Annie, I’m not going to murder you.’ ‘I appreciate that, Saxon,’ I reply. ‘I’m not going to murder you either.’ And then we both smile, because this is such a strange thing to say ten mi…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

"You little b*tch, you think you can stand in my way? You're so used to getting what you want, with your perfect pretty face. If you don't stop I swear I'll ruin that face. I'll put your bones in a bo…"

-Kristen Perrin, How to Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files, #1)

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2. The Husbands

By: Holly Gramazio

3.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An exuberant debut, The Husbands delights in how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world … read more

Similar categories in Holly Gramazio's The Husbands book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Last Murder at the End of the World by Stuart Turton

3. The Last Murder at the End of the World

By: Stuart Turton

3.68

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle and The Devil and the Dark Wat… read more

Similar categories in Stuart Turton's The Last Murder at the End of the World book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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4. If Something Happens to Me

By: Alex Finlay

3.79

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open… read more

Similar categories in Alex Finlay's If Something Happens to Me book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
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5. Baby X

By: Kira Peikoff

3.87

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest b… read more

Similar categories in Kira Peikoff's Baby X book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
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6. A Short Walk Through a Wide World

By: Douglas Westerbeke

3.56

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue meets Life of Pi in this dazzlingly epic debut that charts the in… read more

Similar categories in Douglas Westerbeke's A Short Walk Through a Wide World book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Begin Again

By: Helly Acton

3.80

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Have you ever wanted to change the past and discover the result of choices not taken? Now, in this … read more

Similar categories in Helly Acton's Begin Again book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Book of Doors

By: Gareth Brown

4.04

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

If you could open a door to anywhere, where would you go? In New York City, bookseller Cassie An… read more

Similar categories in Gareth Brown's The Book of Doors book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"It's not the number of books that matters, is it? It's what one does with them."

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

"One does not look at a dog and assume it is the only animal to exist. ~ Edmund Fox"

-Gareth Brown, The Book of Doors

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9. The Other Valley

By: Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A literary speculative novel about an isolated town neighbored by its own past and future Sixtee… read more

Similar categories in Scott Alexander Howard's The Other Valley book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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10. The Ministry of Time

By: Kaliane Bradley

3.62

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the natu… read more

Similar categories in Kaliane Bradley's The Ministry of Time book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And then when she was given a second chance, she caught the sword and came up singing."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"You'll have lived through heat waves by now, and you'll know that they make time go utterly Dali clocks."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"What was it like, to be the only one who came back? The only one who still had a body to touch, to hurt, to yearn with? The last one still able to die?"

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

"He was here, by and with and in my body. He lives in me like trauma does. If you ever fall in love, you’ll be a person who was in love for the rest of your life."

-Kaliane Bradley, The Ministry of Time

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11. A Quantum Love Story

By: Mike Chen

3.67

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The only thing harder than finding someone in a time loop is losing them. Grieving her best friend… read more

Similar categories in Mike Chen's A Quantum Love Story book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)

By: L.M. Sagas

3.92

Format: 407 pages, Paperback

L. M. Sagas' debut, Cascade Failure, is a highly commercial, sci-fi adventure blending J. S. Dewes'… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Sagas's Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1) book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

By: Samuel Burr

3.86

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties th… read more

Similar categories in Samuel Burr's The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • audiobook
"As far as she was concerned, it was something people didn't do enough of: to take a few moments to yourself, when your mind was at its clearest. To reflect on the endless possibilities of the day str…"

-Samuel Burr, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

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14. I Hope This Finds You Well

By: Natalie Sue

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to h… read more

Similar categories in Natalie Sue's I Hope This Finds You Well book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • audiobook
"All the shit inside me hardens."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"Shit. This is already a toothpaste-out-of-the-tube situation."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"You can't legally brag about your son since you named him "Carl"."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

"He nods and names everyone he passes like the damn president of Clown Town."

-Natalie Sue, I Hope This Finds You Well

Cover of Escape Velocity by Victor Manibo

15. Escape Velocity

By: Victor Manibo

3.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Space Habitat Altaire is the premier luxury resort in low Earth orbit, playground of the privileged… read more

Similar categories in Victor Manibo's Escape Velocity book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • science fiction
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Stars Turned Inside Out by Nova Jacobs

16. The Stars Turned Inside Out

By: Nova Jacobs

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The discovery of a suspicious death at a famous Swiss physics laboratory sparks a mystery that merg… read more

Similar categories in Nova Jacobs's The Stars Turned Inside Out book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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17. The Lost Story

By: Meg Shaffer

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, this wild and wondrous novel is a fairy tale fo… read more

Similar categories in Meg Shaffer's The Lost Story book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • mystery
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Day Tripper by James Goodhand

18. The Day Tripper

By: James Goodhand

3.80

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It’s 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazi… read more

Similar categories in James Goodhand's The Day Tripper book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • romance
  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
"People who pursue money are those with nothing better to pursue."

-James Goodhand, The Day Tripper

Cover of All This & More by Peng Shepherd

19. All This & More

By: Peng Shepherd

3.47

Format: 469 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of The Cartographers and The Book of M comes an i… read more

Similar categories in Peng Shepherd's All This & More book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • magical realism
  • time travel
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart

20. Assassins Anonymous

By: Rob Hart

3.96

Format: 308 pages, Hardcover

In this clever, surprising, page-turner, the world’s most lethal assassin gives up the violent life… read more

Similar categories in Rob Hart's Assassins Anonymous book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • mystery
  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"The difference between humility and humiliation is willingness. Ultimately, it's not for them. It's for me."

-Rob Hart, Assassins Anonymous

Cover of The Life Impossible by Matt Haig

21. The Life Impossible

By: Matt Haig

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight L… read more

Similar categories in Matt Haig's The Life Impossible book and James Goodhand's The Day Tripper

  • magical realism
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"And, like so many of life's fun things, it will begin with minimally invasive radiofrequency-based vein ablation surgery."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

"When you grieve someone you see their message in everything. Even in the sunlight on a blade of grass. The whole world becomes their translator."

-Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

7 Top time travel books like The Day Tripper by James Goodhand

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Begin Again

Helly Acton

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Book of Doors

Gareth Brown

4.04

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The Other Valley

Scott Alexander Howard

3.90

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The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

3.62

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20 best-selling fiction books like Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart

Transform Your Habits

The Last Murder at the End of the World

Stuart Turton

3.68

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If Something Happens to Me

Alex Finlay

3.79

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Horror Movie

Paul Tremblay

3.45

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Tell Me Who You Are

Louisa Luna

3.57

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