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24 alternatives to The Incredible Intergalactic Journey Home

An incredible journey from outer space… back home.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Incredible Intergalactic Journey Home launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   2001: A Space Odyssey▲70

   The #1 in the most exciting space science fiction ever

   2015 · goodreads.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy▲75

   Characters frolic through the galaxy with infectious joy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Red Mars▲74

   A future history of Martian colonization

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy▲18

   If you have to start from somewhere... Start here.

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   The Road to Relativity▲55

   The History and Meaning of Einstein's Masterpiece

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage▲68

   Saga of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton's journeys

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Black Hole Focus▲70

   freaking awesome self improvement/motivational book

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   What's It Like in Space? Stories from Astronauts Who've Been There▲77

   Weird, funny and awe-inspiring stories from astronauts

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   What's It Like in Space?▲67

   Real stories from the men and women who have been to space

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Eragon▲65

    Incredible Sci-fi story of Eragon the Dragon Rider

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Deep▲64

    Freediving, renegade science, + the secrets of the ocean

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Cosmos ▲66

    Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Time Travel: A History▲63

    A meditation on exploring time, travel, and technology

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Presence▲81

    Science fiction novel about the future of Virtual Reality

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Back to the Future▲77

    Novelization of the Back to the Future film

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World▲53

    Take the one less traveled by.

    2016 · adamgrant.net · its alternatives →

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    Time Travel: A History▲61

    A mind-bending exploration of time travel in fiction

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Nomad by Matthew Mather▲61

    Something massive is coming... And it's heading for Earth.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Flatland▲64

    The mind-bending science fiction epic of geometry

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Destination Reads▲95

    Going Somewhere Read a book set there

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    The Odyssey▲63

    Greek myth of Odysseus coming home after the fall of Troy

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole▲67

    Extraordinary journeys into the human brain

    2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    The Bridge to Lucy Dunne▲64

    The universe is weird. Existential short stories by Exurb1A

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Echopraxia▲9

    Transhumanism, interstellar travel, zombies and vampires

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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