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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
The Redemption of Michael Hollister
by Shawn Inmon • 2017
A convict's suicide returns him to his childhood with the chance to escape his violent fate.
4.39
3k+
The Redemption of Michael Hollister Summary
The Redemption of Michael Hollister 88%
A convict's suicide returns him to his childhood with the chance to escape his violent fate.
by Shawn Inmon 2017
4.39
3k+ ratings
Nonesuch
by Francis Spufford • 2026
A London secretary's impulsive spell awakens magic that could let someone rewrite history.
3.90
2k+
Nonesuch Summary
Nonesuch 88%
A London secretary's impulsive spell awakens magic that could let someone rewrite history.
by Francis Spufford 2026
3.90
2k+ ratings
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 88%
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
16 Forever
by Lance Rubin • 2026
Each year he turns sixteen and forgets her. She remembers everything and is done hoping.
3.56
355
16 Forever Summary
16 Forever 88%
Each year he turns sixteen and forgets her. She remembers everything and is done hoping.
by Lance Rubin 2026
3.56
355 ratings
The Midnight Train
by Matt Haig • 2026
After death, a bookseller boards a train that replays his life: every joy, every regret.
4.05
23k+
The Midnight Train Summary
The Midnight Train 87%
After death, a bookseller boards a train that replays his life: every joy, every regret.
by Matt Haig 2026
4.05
23k+ ratings
Recursion
by Blake Crouch • 2019
A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.
4.16
328k+
Recursion Summary
Recursion 87%
A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.
by Blake Crouch 2019
4.16
328k+ 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
11/22/63
by Stephen King • 2011
A diner's pantry opens onto 1958. A teacher walks in with five years to stop an assassin.
4.35
667k+
11/22/63 Summary
11/22/63 87%
A diner's pantry opens onto 1958. A teacher walks in with five years to stop an assassin.
by Stephen King 2011
4.35
667k+ 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 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
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 87%
In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.
by Connie Willis 1993
4.10
2k+ 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 87%
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
Fake Heroes
by Otto English • 2023
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
3.92
896
Fake Heroes Summary
Fake Heroes 87%
Society manufactures heroes like studios build movie stars. Ten case studies expose the machinery.
by Otto English 2023
3.92
896 ratings
Hazards of Time Travel
by Joyce Carol Oates • 2018
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
2.98
8k+
Hazards of Time Travel Summary
Hazards of Time Travel 87%
A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.
by Joyce Carol Oates 2018
2.98
8k+ ratings
The Other Side of Now
by Paige Harbison • 2025
A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.
4.17
21k+
The Other Side of Now Summary
The Other Side of Now 87%
A hollow Hollywood star wakes in an Irish town, inside the life she never lived.
by Paige Harbison 2025
4.17
21k+ 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 87%
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
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 87%
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
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 87%
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
by Stephen Baxter 1995
3.95
7k+ ratings
Making a Good Script Great
by Linda Seger • 1987
Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.
3.88
1k+
Making a Good Script Great Summary
Making a Good Script Great 87%
Script doctor's toolkit: structure fixes, subplot craft, and momentum rules that sell a screenplay.
by Linda Seger 1987
3.88
1k+ 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 Everlasting
by Alix E. Harrow • 2025
A scarred medievalist falls into his nation's founding myth and in love with its doomed knight.
4.16
72k+
The Everlasting Summary
The Everlasting 86%
A scarred medievalist falls into his nation's founding myth and in love with its doomed knight.
by Alix E. Harrow 2025
4.16
72k+ ratings
The Crimson Skew
by S.E. Grove • 2016
A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.
4.04
2k+
The Crimson Skew Summary
The Crimson Skew 86%
A mapmaker who reads memories must stop a crimson fog before it destroys the last sanctuary.
by S.E. Grove 2016
4.04
2k+ 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 86%
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
Dangerous Games
by Margaret MacMillan • 2008
History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.
3.64
2k+
Dangerous Games Summary
Dangerous Games 86%
History is never neutral. Nations and leaders weaponize it daily, and the patterns are predictable.
by Margaret MacMillan 2008
3.64
2k+ ratings
Never a Hero
by Vanessa Len • 2023
She remembers the shattered timeline. The boy she loved does not. Now it breaks again.
4.02
9k+
Never a Hero Summary
Never a Hero 86%
She remembers the shattered timeline. The boy she loved does not. Now it breaks again.
by Vanessa Len 2023
4.02
9k+ 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 86%
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
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 86%
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
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 86%
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
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson • 2013
Repeatedly reborn, Ursula Todd endures two world wars, each life a chance to save her family.
3.79
243k+
Life After Life Summary
Life After Life 86%
Repeatedly reborn, Ursula Todd endures two world wars, each life a chance to save her family.
by Kate Atkinson 2013
3.79
243k+ ratings
Wrong Place Wrong Time
by Gillian McAllister • 2022
A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.
3.96
475k+
Wrong Place Wrong Time Summary
Wrong Place Wrong Time 86%
A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.
by Gillian McAllister 2022
3.96
475k+ 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 86%
His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.
by Nick Jones 2021
3.97
10k+ ratings
L’efecte Frankenstein
by Elia Barceló • 2019
Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.
3.50
1k+
L’efecte Frankenstein Summary
L’efecte Frankenstein 86%
Trapped in 1790, a medical student falls for the man Victor Frankenstein stitched back to life.
by Elia Barceló 2019
3.50
1k+ ratings
Before I Fall
by Lauren Oliver • 2010
A popular teen relives her last day, forced to repair the life her cruelty shattered.
3.88
347k+
Before I Fall Summary
Before I Fall 86%
A popular teen relives her last day, forced to repair the life her cruelty shattered.
by Lauren Oliver 2010
3.88
347k+ ratings
Counter-Clock World
by Philip K. Dick • 1967
When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.
3.55
5k+
Counter-Clock World Summary
Counter-Clock World 86%
When time flows backward, a resurrectionist revives a prophet and fights the book-erasing Library.
by Philip K. Dick 1967
3.55
5k+ 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. 86%
Magic died with the first photograph. A secret agency found a quantum loophole to restore it.
by Neal Stephenson 2017
3.86
35k+ 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 86%
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
This Time Tomorrow
by Emma Straub • 2022
Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.
3.80
160k+
This Time Tomorrow Summary
This Time Tomorrow 86%
Alice turns 40 and wakes in 1996, a teenager again, with her father alive and vibrant.
by Emma Straub 2022
3.80
160k+ ratings
The Pyramid Mind
by Vlad Beliavsky • 2023
Stop choosing between therapies. Your mind has six domains; one system trains them all.
4.65
145
The Pyramid Mind Summary
The Pyramid Mind 86%
Stop choosing between therapies. Your mind has six domains; one system trains them all.
by Vlad Beliavsky 2023
4.65
145 ratings
The Anubis Gates
by Tim Powers • 1983
Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.
3.90
18k+
The Anubis Gates Summary
The Anubis Gates 86%
Marooned in 1810 London, a scholar discovers a city of sorcerer-clowns, body thieves, and old gods.
by Tim Powers 1983
3.90
18k+ ratings
Strangers
by Belle Burden • 2026
A stranger's voicemail ended her marriage. He wanted the houses; she wanted her story back.
4.15
233k+
Strangers Summary
Strangers 86%
A stranger's voicemail ended her marriage. He wanted the houses; she wanted her story back.
by Belle Burden 2026
4.15
233k+ 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 86%
Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.
by Claire North 2014
4.03
101k+ ratings
The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig • 2020
Nora wanted to end her life. Instead, she lands in a library of unlived possibilities.
3.98
2.5M+
The Midnight Library Summary
The Midnight Library 86%
Nora wanted to end her life. Instead, she lands in a library of unlived possibilities.
by Matt Haig 2020
3.98
2.5M+ ratings
The Light of All That Falls
by James Islington • 2019
A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.
4.40
42k+
The Light of All That Falls Summary
The Light of All That Falls 86%
A guilty immortal, a soldier trapped in time, and an outcast must break fate's cycle.
by James Islington 2019
4.40
42k+ ratings
Elvis '68 Comeback
by Steve Binder • 2022
The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.
4.72
165
Elvis '68 Comeback Summary
Elvis '68 Comeback 86%
The Colonel wanted a Christmas show. The director fought for leather, sweat, and a comeback.
by Steve Binder 2022
4.72
165 ratings
The Story You Need to Tell
by Sandra Marinella • 2017
The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.
4.40
238
The Story You Need to Tell Summary
The Story You Need to Tell 86%
The facts of your life are fixed. The story your brain tells about them is not.
by Sandra Marinella 2017
4.40
238 ratings
The Memory Collectors
by Dete Meserve • 2025
Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.
3.91
10k+
The Memory Collectors Summary
The Memory Collectors 86%
Four strangers journey into their own pasts to heal, and find the same tragedy waiting.
by Dete Meserve 2025
3.91
10k+ ratings
Out of the Loop
by Katie Siegel • 2026
Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.
3.27
1k+
Out of the Loop Summary
Out of the Loop 86%
Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.
by Katie Siegel 2026
3.27
1k+ ratings
Before We Say Goodbye
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi • 2021
A Tokyo café lets you revisit the past, but nothing changes except the people who return.
3.91
42k+
Before We Say Goodbye Summary
Before We Say Goodbye 86%
A Tokyo café lets you revisit the past, but nothing changes except the people who return.
by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2021
3.91
42k+ ratings
The Once and Future Me
by Melissa Pace • 2025
She wakes in a 1954 asylum with no past and a future she cannot remember.
3.55
3k+
The Once and Future Me Summary
The Once and Future Me 86%
She wakes in a 1954 asylum with no past and a future she cannot remember.
by Melissa Pace 2025
3.55
3k+ ratings
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