Twice by Mitch Albom

Twice

A Novel

Mitch Albom

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 7, 2025

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if you got to do everything in your life—twice?

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Who it’s for
A time-slip love story with enough edge to keep the discussion lively.
Genres
Magical Realism, Time Travel Fiction, Contemporary Romance
Published
HarperCollins, October 7, 2025

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About this book

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK • AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER What if you got to do everything in your life—twice? The heart of Mitch Albom’s newest novel—charmingly narrated by Mitch himself—is a stunning love story that dares to explore how our unchecked desires might mean losing what we’ve had all along. When he is eight years old, Alfie Logan discovers the magical ability to get a second chance at everything. He can undo any moment and live it again.

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The one catch: he must accept the consequences of his second try—for better or worse. He grows up correcting his mistakes and saving himself from adolescent embarrassments. He even takes foolishly dangerous risks, just to see what it’s like to come close to death, before tapping back to safety. Eventually, Alfie turns his gift to his love life, studying his crushes and going back to make himself more appealing. In time, he falls deeply in love with Gianna, the woman he believes is the one. He seems to find contentment. But as the years pass, Alfie’s eye begins to wander. Which is when he learns a lone caveat to his power: once he undoes a love, that person can never fall in love with him again. Knowing if he gives into to temptation, he will risk losing what he has with Gianna, Alfie makes a choice that changes his life forever. The book begins many years later, after an ailing Alfie is arrested for allegedly cheating and winning millions at a casino roulette wheel. As a curious detective interrogates him, he slowly uncovers Alfie’s incredible story, and its most unlikely conclusion. In Twice, America’s favorite storyteller, Mitch Albom, is at the top of his powers. A love story that is enchanting, probing, and clairvoyant in matters of the heart, Twice will make you think, weep, and overflow with love from beginning to end.

Time-Bent Hearts

A time-slip love story with enough edge to keep the discussion lively.

Come here for

  • time-bending romance
  • book-club fuel

Expect

  • later-life feeling
  • big, talkable questions

Where it sits

Contemporary Romance78%
Time Travel Fiction66%
Magical Realism61%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Contemporary Fantasy
  • Fantasy Romance
  • Literary Fiction
  • Psychological Fiction
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  • Contemporary Romance
  • Time Travel Fiction
  • Coming-of-Age
  • Magical Realism
Authors
Mitch Albom
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 7, 2025
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Contemporary Fantasy