Time Travel

Time bends and warps in these stories of love, destiny, and historical turning points, where characters slip between centuries as easily as walking through a door. Whether exploring the science behind temporal paradoxes or following passionate adventures across different eras, these books challenge our understanding of fate, free will, and the fluid nature of time itself.

Time Travel Book Summaries

The Ministry of Time Summary

The Ministry of Time

by Kaliane Bradley 2024 339 pages

Science Fiction

The Book of Doors Summary

The Book of Doors

by Gareth Brown 2024 408 pages

Magical Realism

Before the Coffee Gets Cold Summary

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 213 pages

Magical Realism

11/22/63 Summary

by Stephen King 2011 849 pages

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

The Seven Year Slip Summary

The Seven Year Slip

by Ashley Poston 2023 336 pages

Magical Realism

Wrong Place Wrong Time Summary

Wrong Place Wrong Time

by Gillian McAllister 2022 416 pages

Chronicles From The Future Summary

Chronicles From The Future

The amazing story of Paul Amadeus Dienach

by Achilleas Sirigos 1972 396 pages

This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar 2019 209 pages

Science Fiction

The Other Valley Summary

The Other Valley

by Scott Alexander Howard 2024 290 pages

Science Fiction

How to Stop Time Summary

How to Stop Time

by Matt Haig 2018 339 pages

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

Outlander Summary

by Diana Gabaldon 1991 850 pages

Historical Fiction

Written in My Own Heart's Blood Summary

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

by Diana Gabaldon 2014 842 pages

Historical Fiction

Recursion Summary

by Blake Crouch 2019 326 pages

Science Fiction

The Time Traveler's Wife Summary

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger 2003 537 pages

The Time Machine Summary

The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells 1895 118 pages

Science Fiction

How to Build a Time Machine Summary

How to Build a Time Machine

by Paul C.W. Davies 2001 144 pages

Sea of Tranquility Summary

Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel 2022 259 pages

Science Fiction

An Echo in the Bone Summary

An Echo in the Bone

by Diana Gabaldon 2009 820 pages

Historical Fiction

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Summary

The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England

by Brandon Sanderson 2023 399 pages

Science Fiction

Life After Life Summary

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson 2013 544 pages

Historical Fiction

Split Second Summary

by Douglas E. Richards 2015 365 pages

Science Fiction

Time Travel in Einstein's Universe Summary

Time Travel in Einstein's Universe

The Physical Possibilities of Travel Through Time

by J. Richard Gott III 2001 304 pages

The Fall of Hyperion Summary

The Fall of Hyperion

by Dan Simmons 1990 517 pages

Science Fiction

by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009 320 pages

Science Fiction

Counter-Clock World Summary

Counter-Clock World

by Philip K. Dick 1967 218 pages

Science Fiction

Speculative Fiction

In Search of Time Summary

In Search of Time

The Science of a Curious Dimension

by Dan Falk 2008 329 pages

This Time Tomorrow Summary

This Time Tomorrow

by Emma Straub 2022 310 pages

Science Fiction

How to Invent Everything Summary

How to Invent Everything

A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North 2018 437 pages

When You Reach Me Summary

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead 2009 199 pages

Science Fiction

Before We Forget Kindness Summary

Before We Forget Kindness

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2023 224 pages

Magical Realism

Japanese Literature

Voyager Summary

by Diana Gabaldon 1993 870 pages

Historical Fiction

The Fiery Cross Summary

The Fiery Cross

by Diana Gabaldon 2001 1443 pages

Historical Fiction

A Breath of Snow and Ashes Summary

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

by Diana Gabaldon 2005 1008 pages

Historical Fiction

Dragonfly in Amber Summary

Dragonfly in Amber

by Diana Gabaldon 1992 947 pages

Historical Fiction

Doomsday Book Summary

by Connie Willis 1992 578 pages

Science Fiction

Historical Fiction

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Summary

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain 1889 480 pages

Historical Fiction

Drums of Autumn Summary

Drums of Autumn

by Diana Gabaldon 1996 880 pages

Historical Fiction

Kindred Summary

by Octavia E. Butler 1979 288 pages

Historical Fiction

Science Fiction

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary

The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver

by Shawn Inmon 2015 320 pages

Science Fiction

The Redemption of Michael Hollister Summary

The Redemption of Michael Hollister

by Shawn Inmon 2017 236 pages

Science Fiction

Hollow City Summary

by Ransom Riggs 2014 412 pages

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn Summary

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence 2023 559 pages

Books About Books

Science Fiction

by Sherman Alexie 2007 208 pages

Native American

The Psychology of Time Travel Summary

The Psychology of Time Travel

by Kate Mascarenhas 2018 336 pages

Science Fiction

Tempest Summary

by Julie Cross 2011 413 pages

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