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Time Travel Stories

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1

by Connie Willis

8,788 members

400 reviews

4.1

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

2

4,437 members

154 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, CarolynBurke7

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,361 members

779 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

4

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

45,585 members

1,041 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

5

The Time Machine

20,356 members

388 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

6

by Stephen King

16,947 members

856 reviews

4.2

2 Members: otori, sturlington

7

by Terry Pratchett

12,444 members

183 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Octavia E. Butler

10,806 members

410 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

10,460 members

272 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

8,733 members

390 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

11

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

7,398 members

323 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

12

by Connie Willis

3,543 members

238 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

13

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,825 members

47 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, CarolynBurke7

14

The House on the Strand

by Daphne Du Maurier

2,695 members

66 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, CarolynBurke7

15

All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel

1,338 members

104 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Somewhere In Time

by Richard Matheson

1,108 members

27 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

17

by Marlys Millhiser

561 members

24 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

42,144 members

1,313 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

19

by Michael Crichton

14,904 members

200 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

20

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

13,500 members

114 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

21

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

13,228 members

153 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: CarolynBurke7

22

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

9,507 members

624 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

23

by Madeleine L'Engle

9,078 members

73 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

24

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

7,164 members

556 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

25

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

6,401 members

218 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Mark Helprin

5,116 members

149 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

27

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

4,405 members

89 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

28

The Anubis Gates

4,075 members

128 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

29

Time of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,894 members

32 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Ken Grimwood

3,677 members

154 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

31

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

3,660 members

207 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

32

War of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,592 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

33

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

3,492 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth

by Lloyd Alexander

2,788 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

35

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

by Neal Stephenson

2,539 members

110 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Connie Willis

2,517 members

165 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

37

Tales from the Cafe

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

1,842 members

44 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

38

by Jon Scieszka

1,277 members

8 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

39

Before Your Memory Fades

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

1,257 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

40

by Tom Sweterlitsch

1,225 members

61 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

41

The Man Who Folded Himself

by David Gerrold

1,168 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

42

The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story

by Mary Downing Hahn

977 members

34 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Forgotten (Animorphs #11)

by K. A. Applegate

964 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

947 members

24 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

45

The Psychology of Time Travel

by Kate Mascarenhas

899 members

55 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

Something Upstairs

by Avi

895 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

Before We Say Goodbye

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

872 members

19 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

48

In The Time of Dinosaurs (Animorphs Megamorphs #2)

by K. A. Applegate

849 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

49

Version Control

by Dexter Palmer

738 members

51 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

50

The Technicolor Time Machine

by Harry Harrison

656 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

624 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

52

The Cross-Time Engineer

by Leo A. Frankowski

520 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Nodosaurus

53

Stonewords: A Ghost Story

503 members

8 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Trolley to Yesterday

by John Bellairs

500 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

417 members

9 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

57

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

by Kelly Robson

409 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

58

Portrait of Jennie

by Robert Nathan

325 members

14 reviews

4

Member: CarolynBurke7

59

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

by Nicole Galland

283 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

160 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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