by Jamie Killen
Reincarnation is one of my favorite things to encounter in fiction. If you also love the idea of following characters as they appear and reappear in new lives, check out the list below. Some of these are typical depictions of reincarnation, in which the same soul is born into different bodies over the course of history. Others are unconventional takes on the idea, featuring things like clones, possession, or parallel universes. No matter what, though, all of these books will make you think about what it means for one person to live multiple lives and experience the world over and over again.
1. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
2. Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
3. The Heavens by Sandra Newman
4. The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
5. The Actual Star by Monica Byrne
6. The Salt Roads by Nalo Hopkinson
7. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
8. The Incarnations by Susan Barker
9. Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
10. Vellum by Hal Duncan
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