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1
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
4,657 members, 204 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (1), brewergirl (1), divinenanny (1), suitable1 (1), Scorbet (1), souloftherose (1), aulsmith (1), elvisettey (1), ABVR (1), _Zoe_ (1), lilithcat (2) — 6 more, lquilter (2), daschaich (3), Herenya (3), skullduggery (4), sturlington (6), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: Bookmarque

Score: 58.04

2
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
29,055 members, 1,009 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: amysisson (1), wester (1), Her_Royal_Orangeness (1), scotsguyinwales (1), avatiakh (1), sarahemmm (1), KC9333 (1), SqueakyChu (1), lilithcat (1), skullduggery (2), divinenanny (2) — 7 more, Hibou8 (2), sturlington (3), norabelle414 (3), Herenya (4), EmScape (4), Aerrin99 (7), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: susiesharp, asalamon, keristars

Score: 56.13

3
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
8,652 members, 152 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: devenish (1), prosfilaes (1), StephenBarkley (1), quigui (1), Hibou8 (1), cthulhuslibrarian (2), skullduggery (3), rgurskey (3), lquilter (3), CurrerBell (4), souloftherose (4) — 7 more, AsYouKnow_Bob (4), mkjones (4), norabelle414 (5), sturlington (7), ABVR (7), Myyst, geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: ncgraham, aulsmith

Score: 53.24

5
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
5,997 members, 61 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Jarandel (1), CurrerBell (2), Lavinient (2), elvisettey (2), suitable1 (2), keristars (3), skullduggery (6), sturlington (9), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: DaynaRT

Score: 25.21

6
Outlander
by Diana Gabaldon
10,937 members, 463 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Lavinient (1), laketa (1), sjmccreary (1), susiesharp (1), ChelleBearss (1), KC9333 (2), brewergirl (3), sarahemmm (3), Aerrin99 (5), skullduggery (5), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington, Soupdragon, SJaneDoe, lquilter, paradoxosalpha, foggidawn, majkia

Score: 22.64

7
The Door into Summer
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,483 members, 28 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: amysisson (2), sarahemmm (2), EmScape (5), AsYouKnow_Bob (5), skullduggery (7), ABVR (8), sturlington (10), geitebukkeskjegg (39)

Score: 20.77

8
The Anubis Gates
by Tim Powers
2,444 members, 66 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: cthulhuslibrarian (1), daschaich (2), souloftherose (2), norabelle414 (2), Scorbet (3), _Zoe_ (4), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: majkia

Score: 19.81

9
Time and Again
by Jack Finney
2,472 members, 65 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sjmccreary (2), clark.hallman (2), ABVR (3), cthulhuslibrarian (4), sturlington (12), geitebukkeskjegg

Score: 16.59

10
Replay
by Ken Grimwood
1,860 members, 80 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: wester (2), Her_Royal_Orangeness (2), amysisson (3), clark.hallman (6), sturlington (11), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: lorax

Score: 14.37

11
The Big Time
by Fritz Leiber
663 members, 20 reviews
3.16 stars (3.16 stars)

Lists: paradoxosalpha (1), andyl (2), cthulhuslibrarian (3), lquilter (5), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 12.93

12
Many Waters
by Madeleine L'Engle
4,390 members, 29 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: foggidawn (1), keristars (4), norabelle414 (4), _Zoe_ (5), Aerrin99 (6)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 12.89

13
Dragonflight
by Anne McCaffrey
5,233 members, 72 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: Jarandel (2), SylviaC (2), avatiakh (3), susiesharp (3), norabelle414 (6), Aerrin99 (8)

Thumbs down: geitebukkeskjegg, TheDivineOomba, sturlington

Score: 11.74

14
Charlotte Sometimes
by Penelope Farmer
536 members, 14 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Soupdragon (1), SylviaC (1), _Zoe_ (3), CurrerBell (5)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 11.71

15
Pastwatch
by Orson Scott Card
1,854 members, 37 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (1), magnumpigg (2), ABVR (11), clark.hallman (12), MDGentleReader

Thumbs down: SJaneDoe, sturlington

Score: 11.71

16
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
4,968 members, 101 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: amysisson (4), Aerrin99 (9), ABVR (12), sturlington (13), clark.hallman (16)

Score: 11.39

17
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
26,617 members, 329 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: CurrerBell (1), Pigletto (1), sturlington (5)

Score: 10.68

18
Playing Beatie Bow
by Ruth Park
384 members, 8 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Herenya (1), _Zoe_ (2), avatiakh (4), skullduggery (8)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 10.57

19
Behold the Man
by Michael Moorcock
797 members, 14 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: mkjones (2), AsYouKnow_Bob (2), andyl (4), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 9.4

20
11/22/63
by Stephen King
3,649 members, 265 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), Aerrin99 (2), geitebukkeskjegg (37)

Score: 8.99

21
In the Garden of Iden
by Kage Baker
1,213 members, 34 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: lquilter (1), andyl (6), skullduggery (9), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 8.71

22
Millennium
by John Varley
667 members, 8 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: MikeBriggs (2), andyl (3), ABVR (9), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 8.56

23
Timescape
by Gregory Benford
1,318 members, 19 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: andyl (1), majkia (1), CurrerBell (6), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: magnumpigg, sturlington

Score: 8.4

24
The Guns of the South
by Harry Turtledove
1,121 members, 26 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: MikeBriggs (1), ABVR (2), daschaich (4)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 8.19

25
The Man Who Folded Himself
by David Gerrold
550 members, 18 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: mkjones (1), AsYouKnow_Bob (3), lquilter (4)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 7.87

26
The Technicolor Time Machine
by Harry Harrison
373 members, 3 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: asalamon (1), rgurskey (2), ABVR (10)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 7.61

27
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
2,571 members, 94 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), Her_Royal_Orangeness (3), clark.hallman (13)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 7.15

28
Island in the Sea of Time
by S. M. Stirling
1,058 members, 28 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: magnumpigg (3), ABVR (14), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 4.95

29
Chatterton
by Peter Ackroyd
639 members, 13 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: keristars (2), devenish (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 4.4

30
Blackout
by Connie Willis
1,537 members, 119 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (3), clark.hallman (4), Herenya (5), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington, aulsmith, andyl

Score: 4.39

31
The Chronoliths
by Robert Charles Wilson
782 members, 18 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: amysisson (5), geitebukkeskjegg (34)

Score: 4.33

32
All Clear
by Connie Willis
1,024 members, 81 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: Aerrin99 (4), clark.hallman (5), Herenya (6), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington, aulsmith, andyl

Score: 3.91

33
Lightning
by Dean Koontz
2,583 members, 31 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (3), daschaich (5)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 3.71

34
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
19,102 members, 400 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

35
Up the Line
by Robert Silverberg
383 members, 7 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: andyl (5), ABVR (6)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 3.23

36
A Bridge of Years
by Robert Charles Wilson
187 members, 1 review
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (2), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 3.21

37
Looking Backward: 2000-1887
by Edward Bellamy
1,795 members, 24 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: sjmccreary (3)

Score: 3.04

38
Flashforward
by Robert J. Sawyer
1,343 members, 76 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: skullduggery (1), majkia (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Pigletto

Score: 3.04

39
Galileo's Dream
by Kim Stanley Robinson
429 members, 30 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

40
Lest darkness fall
by L. Sprague de Camp
592 members, 11 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ABVR (4), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.68

41
The Time Patrol
by Poul Anderson
169 members, 4 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ABVR (5), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2.52

42
The Root Cellar
by Janet Lunn
301 members, 6 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: keristars (1)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2

43
Dinosaur Beach
by Keith Laumer
143 members, 3 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: rgurskey (1)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 2

44
Somewhere In Time
by Richard Matheson
515 members, 13 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (15), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.88

45
Thrice Upon a Time
by James P. Hogan
383 members, 4 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ABVR (15), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.88

46
Weapons of Choice
by John Birmingham
664 members, 10 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ABVR (13), geitebukkeskjegg (30)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.82

47
Time Travelers Never Die
by Jack McDevitt
298 members, 23 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (11), geitebukkeskjegg (41)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.78

48
Time Pressure
by Spider Robinson
318 members, 2 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (31)

Score: 1.7

49
A Scientific Romance
by Ronald Wright
293 members, 9 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (32)

Score: 1.68

50
Rebel in Time
by Harry Harrison
200 members, 1 review
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (38)

Score: 1.61

51
Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
by Chuck Palahniuk
3,372 members, 69 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: paradoxosalpha (2)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.36

52
To Sail Beyond the Sunset
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,150 members, 15 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: EmScape (2)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.36

53
The Rose Garden
by Susanna Kearsley
395 members, 34 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: susiesharp (2)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.36

54
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead
2,718 members, 297 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: CurrerBell (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.04

55
Desolation Road
by Ian McDonald
522 members, 18 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: paradoxosalpha (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 1.04

56
From Time to Time
by Jack Finney
798 members, 16 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (10)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.25

57
Bubble in the Bathtub
by Jo Nesbo
42 members, 2 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (10)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.25

58
The Masks of Time
by Robert Silverberg
294 members, 3 reviews
3.15 stars (3.15 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (14)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 0.07

59
Night Watch
by Terry Pratchett
7,294 members, 85 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Score: 0

60
Beauty
by Sheri S. Tepper
1,204 members, 23 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: EmScape (1)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 0

61
How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe
by Charles Yu
955 members, 72 reviews
3.4 stars (3.4 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (1)

Thumbs down: geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington

Score: 0

62
Fog Magic
by Julia L. Sauer
358 members, 1 review
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Score: 0

63
After the Fact
by Fred Saberhagen
126 members, 1 review
3.07 stars (3.07 stars)

Score: 0

64
The Phantom Setter [short fiction]
by Robert Murphy
3 members, 0 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

Score: 0

65
Making History
by Stephen Fry
1,784 members, 32 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

66
A World Out of Time
by Larry Niven
1,154 members, 10 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

67
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter
867 members, 15 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

68
Time Storm
by Gordon R. Dickson
410 members, 4 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

69
The Proteus Operation
by James P. Hogan
404 members, 3 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

70
There Will Be Time
by Poul Anderson
318 members, 7 reviews
3.41 stars (3.41 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

71
Time's Last Gift
by Philip José Farmer
239 members, 1 review
3.19 stars (3.19 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

72
Chronospace
by Allen Steele
162 members, 3 reviews
3.06 stars (3.06 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

73
City at World's End
by Edmond Hamilton
156 members, 4 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

74
Farnham's Freehold
by Robert A. Heinlein
1,971 members, 23 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: suitable1 (4), EmScape (6), clark.hallman (7)

Thumbs down: sturlington, andyl, aulsmith, AsYouKnow_Bob

Score: < 0

75
Morlock night
by K. W. Jeter
160 members, 2 reviews
3.1 stars (3.1 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg (27)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: < 0

76
The Number of the Beast
by Robert A. Heinlein
2,691 members, 29 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)

Lists: EmScape (3)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aulsmith

Score: < 0

77
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman
871 members, 33 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: clark.hallman (8), geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington, amysisson, enrique_molinero

Score: < 0

78
Run, Come, See Jerusalem
by Richard C. Meredith
35 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: geitebukkeskjegg

Thumbs down: sturlington, andyl

Score: < 0

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