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This Time Tomorrow: A Novel Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Emma Straub (Author, Narrator), Marin Ireland (Narrator), Penguin Audio (Publisher)
4.1 out of 5 stars 12,330 ratings
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER

“The pages brim with tenderness and an appreciation for what we had and who we were. I could not have loved it more."—Ann Patchett

“One of the most moving and intelligent time travel novels I have ever read. Nostalgic, wise, funny, and filled with love."—Gabrielle Zevin

“The kind of book that will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you call the people you love. Exceptional."—Emily Henry

What if you could take a vacation to your past?

With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes and a different kind of love story.

On the eve of her fortieth birthday, Alice’s life isn’t terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn’t exactly the one she expected. She’s happy with her apartment, her romantic status, and her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her sixteenth birthday. But it isn’t just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush—it’s her dad, the vital, charming, forty-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?

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  1. Listening Length
    8 hours and 37 minutes
  2. Author
    Emma Straub
  3. Narrator
    Marin Ireland, see all
  4. Audible release date
    May 17, 2022
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Penguin Audio
  7. ASIN
    B09HST51ZG
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 8 hours and 37 minutes
Author Emma Straub
Narrator Marin Ireland, Emma Straub
Whispersync for Voice Ready
Audible.com Release Date May 17, 2022
Publisher Penguin Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B09HST51ZG
Best Sellers Rank #16,952 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#53 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)
#56 in Time Travel Fiction
#453 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Customers find this novel engaging and thought-provoking, with well-written descriptions of NYC life and a beautiful ode to a father. Moreover, the story is heartfelt and poignant, with one customer describing it as a deeply moving journey of self-discovery. However, customers disagree on the pacing, with some finding it a fast read while others describe it as slow moving. Additionally, character development receives mixed reviews, with some praising the well-developed characters while others find them one-dimensional.

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118 customers mention "Story quality"106 positive12 negative

Customers find the book's story engaging and thought-provoking, with one customer describing it as a deeply moving journey of self-discovery.

"This is a very magical book....it will smack you in the face with all of the feels and it you are a fan of time travel, you will be rewarded in..." Read more

"I really enjoyed this book. The mixture of slight sci tropes and the focus on the relationship between Leonard and Alice really got me...." Read more

"...It's a quick read. The premise is intriguing, but the author's particular spin on time travel keeps protagonist Alice ping-ponging..." Read more

"...Time travel fantasies are common enough, and its predecessors are referenced throughout the book, but in this author’s hands that magic is a device..." Read more

90 customers mention "Enjoyment"90 positive0 negative

Customers find the book enjoyable, describing it as a good summer read and exceptionally brilliant.

"...I laughed, I cried. It's a fun read and I'll easily recommend it going forward." Read more

"I really enjoyed this book. The mixture of slight sci tropes and the focus on the relationship between Leonard and Alice really got me...." Read more

"...Overall, a best seller of substance that is highly enjoyable. Like an earlier reviewer, I too learned of this book through a NYT review." Read more

"...I recommend for a reader who wants a more emotional, literary read and loves time travel!" Read more

45 customers mention "Writing quality"33 positive12 negative

Customers praise the writing quality of the book, noting its readability and effective portrayal of NYC life, with one customer particularly appreciating the loving attention to details.

"...As a native New Yorker, the reference points for UWS grounded and put a smile on my face...." Read more

"...This book was well-written with an interesting plot that kept me hooked...." Read more

"...The friend just gave guidance, help, and advise past and present. Very well written and it had some crazy twists...." Read more

"...The book fails to answer the question. Although the first third of the book kept me engaged, the remainder lacked energy and surprise...." Read more

33 customers mention "Heartfelt"33 positive0 negative

Customers find the book heartfelt and tender, with realistic portrayals of grief, and one customer describes it as a beautiful story about choice and grief.

"...There is as well an emotional depth to the characters’ relationships that is uncommonly effective...." Read more

"...Incredible plot, ideas, emotions, and life metaphors. I’m being vague, I know, because I don’t want to risk any spoilers...." Read more

"...But nevertheless, it’s fresh, sweet, sad, funny, and compelling...." Read more

"...There are also some very realistic portrayals of grief…I always appreciate realism when practical...." Read more

16 customers mention "Beauty"16 positive0 negative

Customers find the book lovely and thoughtful, with one customer particularly appreciating the beautiful ode to a father, while another notes how the meta references add to its charm.

"...Alice grew up, Pomander Walk, is a real place, and it was fun to look at the photos and read about the street's history." Read more

"...The emotion that Straub plants throughout the novel is subtle and really very beautiful. . Overall, I really enjoyed this book...." Read more

"...The relationship the main character had with her father was beautiful. I wished I had that type of relationship with my father...." Read more

"...is well-written and beautifully presented. Insightful, nostalgic, humorous and tender. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️" Read more

31 customers mention "Character development"21 positive10 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the character development in the book, with some praising the well-developed characters while others find them one-dimensional.

"...a fan of time travel, you will be rewarded in spades...I really liked the characters and as usual, i went in without knowing a thing about the book...." Read more

"...There is as well an emotional depth to the characters’ relationships that is uncommonly effective...." Read more

"...Alice, though pleasant enough, comes across as a flat character. She's driven by her love for her father, but what else does she care about?..." Read more

"...It was a cool take and I found myself getting attached to the protagonist (Alice). It was good enough to have a hard time putting it down...." Read more

31 customers mention "Pacing"19 positive12 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the pacing of the book, with some finding it a fast read while others note a slow beginning.

"...It's a quick read...." Read more

"Started off incredibly slow. I had to re listen twice in the beginning because I was super confused at what was going on...." Read more

"...This quote from This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub REALLY resonated with me. Wow...." Read more

"...But nevertheless, it’s fresh, sweet, sad, funny, and compelling...." Read more

19 customers mention "Boredom"0 positive19 negative

Customers find the book boring.

"...the first third of the book kept me engaged, the remainder lacked energy and surprise...." Read more

"...The last 1/4 of the book was boring and ii was just pushing myself to get thru it." Read more

"...It was plain boring and really nothing was going on...." Read more

"...But Alice herself is listless and bland. There is no character arc. Writer needs to work on this. The book falls flat...." Read more

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  • Kip Gire
    5.0 out of 5 stars a very magical book
    Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2024
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    This is a very magical book....it will smack you in the face with all of the feels and it you are a fan of time travel, you will be rewarded in spades...I really liked the characters and as usual, i went in without knowing a thing about the book. The surprise first twist was great, but honestly, I felt the book was moving along well before that point. I laughed, I cried. It's a fun read and I'll easily recommend it going forward.
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  • Prince Swaray
    4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful and emotional
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2025
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    I really enjoyed this book. The mixture of slight sci tropes and the focus on the relationship between Leonard and Alice really got me. As a native New Yorker, the reference points for UWS grounded and put a smile on my face. I also enjoyed the fact that Alice and Sam’s friendship never changed.
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  • JoAnne Goldberg
    3.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Future meets Groundhog Day
    Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2022
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    I'm a sucker for time travel lit, and after reading the sample and the reviews, ordered the book and polished it off in a couple of nights. It's a quick read.

    The premise is intriguing, but the author's particular spin on time travel keeps protagonist Alice ping-ponging between two birthdays -- her 16th and her 40th -- hoping to do or say something on the earlier birthday that will result in a different (presumably better) 40th birthday. Here the reader encounters a couple of problems:

    * Constraining the travel to such a narrow timeframe limits the opportunities for Alice to achieve anything enduring or meaningful. The reader has to suspend disbelief to accept that a single choice at a teenager's birthday party will irrevocably set the course for her future.

    * Alice, though pleasant enough, comes across as a flat character. She's driven by her love for her father, but what else does she care about? If she has no particular aspirations for herself, how will she know when she's made enough tweaks (at age 16) so that she's happy at age 40? The book fails to answer the question.

    Although the first third of the book kept me engaged, the remainder lacked energy and surprise. Time travel books generally excel in spooling out info about the protagonist -- the character arc evolves as we see the person moving through time -- but Alice never feels three-dimensional.

    What I liked the most: the loving attention to NYC details. The street where Alice grew up, Pomander Walk, is a real place, and it was fun to look at the photos and read about the street's history.
    57 people found this helpful
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  • K. K. Henson
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Book of Surprising Depth
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2022
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    This novel did not catch my interest instantly; but, after a few chapters of set-up, when the magic began, the novel really delivered. Time travel fantasies are common enough, and its predecessors are referenced throughout the book, but in this author’s hands that magic is a device, not to save the world, but to explore the ways in which the choices made by the central character, Alice, in a repeating single day, alter her future. Along the way, Alice, a thoughtful Everywoman with echoes from Lewis Carroll, learns both the limits of her ability to direct her future and what to value of the opportunities she, wittingly and unwittingly, creates. This is a novel of introspection, but there are other satisfactions here, novels within the novel, a crowd of SF/F authors in convention talking shop, the ever-present cat Ursula (of Le Guin), the setting in the vast and ever-evolving NYC, and a host of other delights. There is as well an emotional depth to the characters’ relationships that is uncommonly effective. Overall, a best seller of substance that is highly enjoyable. Like an earlier reviewer, I too learned of this book through a NYT review.
    12 people found this helpful
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  • D. Dunstock
    4.0 out of 5 stars Thought-Provoking - Fun Time Travel
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022
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    "Once you had proof of the sudden cruelty of life, how could you ever relax? How could you just let things happen?"
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    This quote from This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub REALLY resonated with me. Wow. I spend a LOT of time worrying about things in every day life, even though I know from a rational standpoint that worrying does nothing to help a situation. That being said, once you know about all the things that can go wrong in any given situation, how do you avoid the worry?
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    Now, on to the review...
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    Time travel books are my favorite. The Chronicles of St Mary's, Outlander, Oona Out of Order... just name to name a few - these books are my jam! This particular book delves into all the different time travel stories we are familiar with and how there are multiple ways to "time travel" within fiction. It kinda makes my head hurt, but that's also why I love exploring the idea of time travel; it is endlessly thought-provoking. When you alter the past, does it affect your future? Are there multiple lines of time (like in Dark Matter by Blake Crouch)? Can you drastically affect the future with one simple action (like in 11/22/63 by Stephen King)? I enjoyed this element in this novel, but I also felt like there were a few plot holes and things about the actual time travel that didn't really make sense. My advice to the reader: just go with it. You'll enjoy the book a lot more if you don't spend too much time trying to figure it out.
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    Another thing I really loved about this book: the main focus of the plot is on the father/daughter relationship. Alice and Leonard's relationship really tugged at my heartstrings. Being very close to my own dad, I felt I could really relate to what Alice went through seeing her dad age. Additionally, I think anyone would would take advantage of the ability to go back in time to see a loved one happy and healthy and in their prime. The emotion that Straub plants throughout the novel is subtle and really very beautiful.
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    Overall, I really enjoyed this book. I recommend for a reader who wants a more emotional, literary read and loves time travel!
    28 people found this helpful
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  • Jeremiah
    5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamite
    Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2024
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    This book brought together a number of things that have intrigued me my entire life. It got to me in a way that most books don’t, or can’t. Incredible plot, ideas, emotions, and life metaphors. I’m being vague, I know, because I don’t want to risk any spoilers. If you enjoy character-driven books about life and humanity, I highly recommend this novel. My thanks to Emma Straub … I raced to the end, even though I didn’t want it to end.
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  • Ana
    3.0 out of 5 stars Quase não terminei de ler, mas a mensagem do livro é bonita
    Reviewed in Brazil on July 2, 2022
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    Gostei do tema e da mensagem, mas não gostei da forma como foi escrito
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  • Aaron P.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
    Reviewed in Australia on January 11, 2025
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    This book was recommended and did not disappoint- easy read but make sure you have time as you want want to put this one down!
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  • Helene
    1.0 out of 5 stars Plus que décevant
    Reviewed in France on July 6, 2022
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    J'ai acheté ce roman parce que j'avais aimé les autres livres d'Emma Straub - mais là, quelle déception. Insipide, ennuyeux... c'est un roman à l'eau de rose.
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  • Michael A. Tamayo
    4.0 out of 5 stars Touching at the deepest level
    Reviewed in Germany on June 23, 2024
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    First I wasn’t sure if the main character was my cupboard tea. After some time as the story picks up she really grew on me. The relationship with her dad, her friends and herself was really relatable to me and was understandable.
    Sure - I could image a few things that would have made the plot mir interesting but in the end that was not the Point. She is finding out things and wants time with her dad. Time is sacred and a commodity at the same time.
    I was devastated when the book was over.
    I could have stayed there for weeks longer.
    Thank you for the book, dear author.
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  • Rasha
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
    Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on January 14, 2024
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    Felt sorry I didn’t read it sooner really good book i enjoyed every second at some point didn’t want it to finish I cried I laughed and I felt alive
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