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Exhalation
by Ted Chiang • 2019
A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.
4.27
113k+
Exhalation Summary
Exhalation 89%
A merchant in ancient Baghdad steps through a time portal to undo a sorrow twenty years past.
by Ted Chiang 2019
4.27
113k+ ratings
Passenger
by Alexandra Bracken • 2016
Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.
3.75
42k+
Passenger Summary
Passenger 89%
Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.
by Alexandra Bracken 2016
3.75
42k+ ratings
How to Build a Time Machine
by Paul C.W. Davies • 2001
Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.
3.82
1k+
How to Build a Time Machine Summary
How to Build a Time Machine 89%
Forward time travel is real. Going back needs wormholes, exotic matter, and a loophole in causality.
by Paul C.W. Davies 2001
3.82
1k+ ratings
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter • 1995
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
3.95
7k+
The Time Ships Summary
The Time Ships 88%
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
by Stephen Baxter 1995
3.95
7k+ ratings
The Best of Connie Willis
by Connie Willis • 1993
In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.
4.10
2k+
The Best of Connie Willis Summary
The Best of Connie Willis 88%
In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.
by Connie Willis 1993
4.10
2k+ ratings
Found
by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2008
A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.
3.98
42k+
Found Summary
Found 88%
A note tells an adopted boy he was taken from the past. Then a second warns: someone's coming.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2008
3.98
42k+ ratings
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.
by Neal Stephenson • 2017
Magic died with the first photograph. A secret agency found a quantum loophole to restore it.
3.86
35k+
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. Summary
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. 88%
Magic died with the first photograph. A secret agency found a quantum loophole to restore it.
by Neal Stephenson 2017
3.86
35k+ ratings
Quantum Radio
by A.G. Riddle • 2023
A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.
4.08
17k+
Quantum Radio Summary
Quantum Radio 88%
A physicist detects a signal from outside reality carrying four human genomes. One is his own.
by A.G. Riddle 2023
4.08
17k+ ratings
The Number of the Beast
by Robert A. Heinlein • 1980
Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.
3.63
13k+
The Number of the Beast Summary
The Number of the Beast 88%
Two couples flee assassins in a flying car that jumps to every universe ever imagined.
by Robert A. Heinlein 1980
3.63
13k+ ratings
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver
by Shawn Inmon • 2015
A failed suicide sends Thomas Weaver to 1976, his dead brother alive, a killer in algebra.
4.18
4k+
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver 88%
A failed suicide sends Thomas Weaver to 1976, his dead brother alive, a killer in algebra.
by Shawn Inmon 2015
4.18
4k+ ratings
Making History
by Stephen Fry • 1996
A Cambridge student sends a pill to sterilize Hitler's father. The new world is even darker.
3.92
12k+
Making History Summary
Making History 88%
A Cambridge student sends a pill to sterilize Hitler's father. The new world is even darker.
by Stephen Fry 1996
3.92
12k+ ratings
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe
by J. Richard Gott III • 2001
Einstein's two routes to time travel, and why no one from the future has shown up.
4.07
2k+
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe Summary
Time Travel in Einstein's Universe 88%
Einstein's two routes to time travel, and why no one from the future has shown up.
by J. Richard Gott III 2001
4.07
2k+ ratings
How to Invent Everything
by Ryan North • 2018
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
4.14
6k+
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 88%
Stranded in the past with nothing but your wits, and the flowchart says you're before 50,000 BCE.
by Ryan North 2018
4.14
6k+ ratings
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
by Claire North • 2014
Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.
4.03
101k+
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Summary
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 88%
Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.
by Claire North 2014
4.03
101k+ ratings
Sent
by Margaret Peterson Haddix • 2009
Three kids crash into the 15th century, and one is a doomed prince history recorded as dead.
3.94
18k+
Sent Summary
Sent 88%
Three kids crash into the 15th century, and one is a doomed prince history recorded as dead.
by Margaret Peterson Haddix 2009
3.94
18k+ ratings
Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel • 2022
A violin echoes across centuries, linking an exiled nobleman, a moon author, and a time detective.
4.05
303k+
Sea of Tranquility Summary
Sea of Tranquility 88%
A violin echoes across centuries, linking an exiled nobleman, a moon author, and a time detective.
by Emily St. John Mandel 2022
4.05
303k+ ratings
The Shadows of London
by Nick Jones • 2021
A time traveler must prevent a 1963 London murder, or the sister he rescued will be erased.
4.07
5k+
The Shadows of London Summary
The Shadows of London 88%
A time traveler must prevent a 1963 London murder, or the sister he rescued will be erased.
by Nick Jones 2021
4.07
5k+ ratings
The Accidental Time Machine
by Joe Haldeman • 2007
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
3.73
11k+
The Accidental Time Machine Summary
The Accidental Time Machine 88%
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
by Joe Haldeman 2007
3.73
11k+ ratings
Dinosaurs Before Dark
by Mary Pope Osborne • 1992
Swept to the dinosaur age by a magic tree house, siblings need a wish to get home.
4.00
49k+
Dinosaurs Before Dark Summary
Dinosaurs Before Dark 88%
Swept to the dinosaur age by a magic tree house, siblings need a wish to get home.
by Mary Pope Osborne 1992
4.00
49k+ ratings
The Ministry of Time
by Kaliane Bradley • 2024
A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.
3.56
255k+
The Ministry of Time Summary
The Ministry of Time 88%
A civil servant shares her flat with a rescued Victorian explorer in a secret time-travel program.
by Kaliane Bradley 2024
3.56
255k+ ratings
The Other Valley
by Scott Alexander Howard • 2024
Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.
3.87
26k+
The Other Valley Summary
The Other Valley 88%
Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.
by Scott Alexander Howard 2024
3.87
26k+ ratings
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead • 2009
In 1979, twelve-year-old Miranda finds notes predicting her best friend will die unless she acts.
4.08
117k+
When You Reach Me Summary
When You Reach Me 87%
In 1979, twelve-year-old Miranda finds notes predicting her best friend will die unless she acts.
by Rebecca Stead 2009
4.08
117k+ ratings
The Book That Held Her Heart
by Mark Lawrence • 2025
A librarian's patchwork book can unmake reality, and a dying library's armies all want it.
3.75
9k+
The Book That Held Her Heart Summary
The Book That Held Her Heart 87%
A librarian's patchwork book can unmake reality, and a dying library's armies all want it.
by Mark Lawrence 2025
3.75
9k+ ratings
The Traveler
by Joseph Eckert • 2026
A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.
4.09
729
The Traveler Summary
The Traveler 87%
A single lost day becomes a skipped century, then the end of time, for one ordinary father.
by Joseph Eckert 2026
4.09
729 ratings
And Then She Vanished
by Nick Jones • 2021
His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.
3.97
10k+
And Then She Vanished Summary
And Then She Vanished 87%
His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.
by Nick Jones 2021
3.97
10k+ ratings
Tempest
by Julie Cross • 2011
Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.
3.70
14k+
Tempest Summary
Tempest 87%
Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.
by Julie Cross 2011
3.70
14k+ ratings
The Glass Sentence
by S.E. Grove • 2014
A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.
3.82
7k+
The Glass Sentence Summary
The Glass Sentence 87%
A time-blind girl crosses a fractured world, following maps of memory to save her kidnapped uncle.
by S.E. Grove 2014
3.82
7k+ ratings
The Lost Colony
by Eoin Colfer • 2006
A teenage genius hunts time-displaced demons, but a rival prodigy reaches their island first.
4.01
160k+
The Lost Colony Summary
The Lost Colony 87%
A teenage genius hunts time-displaced demons, but a rival prodigy reaches their island first.
by Eoin Colfer 2006
4.01
160k+ ratings
About Time
by Adam Frank • 2011
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
3.88
484
About Time Summary
About Time 87%
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
by Adam Frank 2011
3.88
484 ratings
The Expert of Subtle Revisions
by Kirsten Menger-Anderson • 2025
Her father vanishes, leaving a time-shifting music box and a Wikipedia trail back to 1930s Vienna.
3.70
1k+
The Expert of Subtle Revisions Summary
The Expert of Subtle Revisions 87%
Her father vanishes, leaving a time-shifting music box and a Wikipedia trail back to 1930s Vienna.
by Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025
3.70
1k+ ratings
The Traveler's Gift
by Andy Andrews • 2005
A broke father wakes in different eras to learn the principles that built great lives.
4.08
20k+
The Traveler's Gift Summary
The Traveler's Gift 87%
A broke father wakes in different eras to learn the principles that built great lives.
by Andy Andrews 2005
4.08
20k+ ratings
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis • 1992
A historian stranded in a medieval village faces the Black Death with no way home.
4.03
65k+
Doomsday Book Summary
Doomsday Book 87%
A historian stranded in a medieval village faces the Black Death with no way home.
by Connie Willis 1992
4.03
65k+ ratings
This Is How You Lose the Time War
by Amal El-Mohtar • 2019
Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.
3.83
349k+
This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary
This Is How You Lose the Time War 87%
Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.
by Amal El-Mohtar 2019
3.83
349k+ ratings
The Universe in a Nutshell
by Stephen W. Hawking • 2001
How can a three-dimensional universe be a flat hologram? The physics that points toward an answer.
4.18
46k+
The Universe in a Nutshell Summary
The Universe in a Nutshell 87%
How can a three-dimensional universe be a flat hologram? The physics that points toward an answer.
by Stephen W. Hawking 2001
4.18
46k+ ratings
The First State of Being
by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2024
A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.
4.04
6k+
The First State of Being Summary
The First State of Being 87%
A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.
by Erin Entrada Kelly 2024
4.04
6k+ ratings
Chronicles From The Future
by Achilleas Sirigos • 1972
From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.
3.78
569
Chronicles From The Future Summary
Chronicles From The Future 87%
From a coma in 1921, a teacher awakens inside a man of the year 3906.
by Achilleas Sirigos 1972
3.78
569 ratings
The Clock Mirage
by Joseph Mazur • 2020
Physics says time is relative. Biology says it's a cellular rhythm. The clock is a mirage.
3.42
118
The Clock Mirage Summary
The Clock Mirage 87%
Physics says time is relative. Biology says it's a cellular rhythm. The clock is a mirage.
by Joseph Mazur 2020
3.42
118 ratings
Wayfarer
by Alexandra Bracken • 2017
To save a violinist lost in time, a privateer must destroy the astrolabe that rewrites history.
3.80
14k+
Wayfarer Summary
Wayfarer 87%
To save a violinist lost in time, a privateer must destroy the astrolabe that rewrites history.
by Alexandra Bracken 2017
3.80
14k+ ratings
The Peripheral
by William Gibson • 2014
Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.
3.89
34k+
The Peripheral Summary
The Peripheral 87%
Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.
by William Gibson 2014
3.89
34k+ ratings
How to Stop Time
by Matt Haig • 2017
A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.
3.82
225k+
How to Stop Time Summary
How to Stop Time 87%
A 400-year-old history teacher is forbidden to love. His new colleague makes him break the rule.
by Matt Haig 2017
3.82
225k+ ratings
The Infinite and the Divine
by Robert Rath • 2020
Two deathless rivals feud ten thousand years for a puzzle box mapping a god's tomb.
4.44
7k+
The Infinite and the Divine Summary
The Infinite and the Divine 87%
Two deathless rivals feud ten thousand years for a puzzle box mapping a god's tomb.
by Robert Rath 2020
4.44
7k+ ratings
Version Control
by Dexter Palmer • 2016
Her son is dead. The world feels wrong. Her husband's time machine rewrites reality without trace.
3.72
8k+
Version Control Summary
Version Control 87%
Her son is dead. The world feels wrong. Her husband's time machine rewrites reality without trace.
by Dexter Palmer 2016
3.72
8k+ ratings
The Time Machine
by H.G. Wells • 1895
A Victorian inventor lands in a future paradise, unaware of what hunts its people after dark.
3.89
570k+
The Time Machine Summary
The Time Machine 87%
A Victorian inventor lands in a future paradise, unaware of what hunts its people after dark.
by H.G. Wells 1895
3.89
570k+ ratings
Pebble in the Sky
by Isaac Asimov • 1950
A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.
3.90
28k+
Pebble in the Sky Summary
Pebble in the Sky 87%
A 1949 tailor hurled into the far future gains telepathy and must stop a galactic genocide.
by Isaac Asimov 1950
3.90
28k+ ratings
Split Second
by Douglas E. Richards • 2015
A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.
3.97
28k+
Split Second Summary
Split Second 87%
A time travel breakthrough costs a physicist his life, and his fiancée must run for hers.
by Douglas E. Richards 2015
3.97
28k+ ratings
The Fiery Cross
by Diana Gabaldon • 2001
On the Carolina frontier, a governor's decree forces a Highland time-crossed family to take up arms.
4.26
228k+
The Fiery Cross Summary
The Fiery Cross 87%
On the Carolina frontier, a governor's decree forces a Highland time-crossed family to take up arms.
by Diana Gabaldon 2001
4.26
228k+ ratings
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
by Alexis Hall • 2019
A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.
3.75
4k+
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter Summary
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter 87%
A sorceress and her ex-soldier flatmate hunt a blackmailer through a city of shifting realities.
by Alexis Hall 2019
3.75
4k+ ratings
Timeline
by Michael Crichton • 1999
Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.
3.87
219k+
Timeline Summary
Timeline 87%
Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.
by Michael Crichton 1999
3.87
219k+ ratings
The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas • 2018
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
3.70
16k+
The Psychology of Time Travel Summary
The Psychology of Time Travel 87%
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
by Kate Mascarenhas 2018
3.70
16k+ ratings
The Paradox Hotel
by Rob Hart • 2022
A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.
3.53
11k+
The Paradox Hotel Summary
The Paradox Hotel 87%
A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.
by Rob Hart 2022
3.53
11k+ ratings
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