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Time Travel Stories

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1

by Connie Willis

8,748 members

397 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

2

4,420 members

154 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, CarolynBurke7

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,157 members

775 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

4

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

45,387 members

1,038 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

5

The Time Machine

20,306 members

389 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

6

by Stephen King

16,750 members

850 reviews

4.2

2 Members: otori, sturlington

7

by Terry Pratchett

12,400 members

182 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Octavia E. Butler

10,633 members

405 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

10,397 members

273 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

8,503 members

386 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

11

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,341 members

319 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

12

by Connie Willis

3,523 members

237 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

13

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,790 members

46 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, CarolynBurke7

14

The House on the Strand

by Daphne Du Maurier

2,659 members

65 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, CarolynBurke7

15

All Our Wrong Todays

1,334 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Somewhere In Time

by Richard Matheson

1,104 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

17

by Marlys Millhiser

558 members

24 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

42,071 members

1,313 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

19

by Michael Crichton

14,802 members

198 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

13,413 members

114 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

21

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

13,125 members

152 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: CarolynBurke7

22

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

9,420 members

625 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

23

by Madeleine L'Engle

9,011 members

72 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

24

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

7,117 members

555 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

6,392 members

212 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Mark Helprin

5,086 members

148 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

27

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

4,387 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

28

The Anubis Gates

4,064 members

127 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

29

Time of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,856 members

31 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Ken Grimwood

3,664 members

153 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

31

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

3,618 members

204 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

32

War of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,562 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

33

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

3,467 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth

by Lloyd Alexander

2,777 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

by Neal Stephenson

2,511 members

109 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Connie Willis

2,503 members

164 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

37

Tales from the Cafe

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

1,792 members

44 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Jon Scieszka

1,271 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

39

Before Your Memory Fades

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

1,211 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

by Tom Sweterlitsch

1,177 members

60 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

41

The Man Who Folded Himself

by David Gerrold

1,164 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

42

The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story

by Mary Downing Hahn

973 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Forgotten (Animorphs #11)

by K. A. Applegate

954 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

938 members

24 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

45

Something Upstairs

by Avi

892 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Psychology of Time Travel

by Kate Mascarenhas

891 members

54 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

In The Time of Dinosaurs (Animorphs Megamorphs #2)

by K. A. Applegate

842 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

Before We Say Goodbye

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

835 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

Version Control

by Dexter Palmer

731 members

51 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

50

The Technicolor Time Machine

by Harry Harrison

651 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Nodosaurus
Explanations: Nodosaurus: This has always been one of my favorite books. Harry Harrison has a great sense of humor and in this book he was at his best.

51

Elfangor's Secret (Animorphs Megamorphs #3)

by K. A. Applegate

618 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

The Cross-Time Engineer

by Leo A. Frankowski

518 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Nodosaurus

53

Stonewords: A Ghost Story

499 members

8 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Trolley to Yesterday

by John Bellairs

497 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Empress of Mars

428 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

56

The Ghost in the Mirror

by John Bellairs

414 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

57

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

by Kelly Robson

405 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

58

Portrait of Jennie

by Robert Nathan

322 members

13 reviews

4

Member: CarolynBurke7

59

Master of the Revels: A Return to Neal Stephenson's D.O.D.O.

by Nicole Galland

272 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Deadly Fire

168 members

5 reviews

3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

61

Time on My Hands

by Peter Delacorte

159 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

62

by Kathryn Reiss

97 members

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

Magic of the Black Mirror

96 members

1 review

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton (2001-09-20)

Member: CarolynBurke7

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December 2014
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