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🔍 Temporal Investigation

Mysteries and procedurals that unfold across timelines, where solving the case means piecing together clues scattered through past, present, or future.
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+
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🕰️ Relativity And Spacetime⏳ Physics Of Time
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
⚛️ Theoretical Physics🕰️ Relativity And Spacetime⏳ Physics Of Time
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery💔 Ghost Of Lost Love🌀 Unreliable Narrator
The Paradox Hotel Summary
The Paradox Hotel 89%
A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.
by Rob Hart 2022
3.53
11k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery💔 Ghost Of Lost Love🌀 Unreliable Narrator
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🇬🇧 1960s London🔄 Altered Timeline
The Shadows of London Summary
The Shadows of London 89%
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
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🇬🇧 1960s London🔄 Altered Timeline
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🔍 Kid Investigators🎭 Hidden Identities
Found Summary
Found 89%
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
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🔍 Kid Investigators🎭 Hidden Identities
About Time
by Adam Frank • 2011
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
3.88
484
🔬 History Of Science⏳ Philosophy Of Time🧠 Time Perception
About Time Summary
About Time 88%
Time is a human invention, rebuilt every era. Our cosmology just catches up.
by Adam Frank 2011
3.88
484 ratings
🔬 History Of Science⏳ Philosophy Of Time🧠 Time Perception
The Gone World
by Tom Sweterlitsch • 2018
A murdered family. A missing child. An agent who visits futures where humanity is always dead.
3.91
30k+
🌌 Cosmic Horror🕵️‍♀️ Sci-Fi Noir🔁 Time Loop
The Gone World Summary
The Gone World 88%
A murdered family. A missing child. An agent who visits futures where humanity is always dead.
by Tom Sweterlitsch 2018
3.91
30k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmic Horror🕵️‍♀️ Sci-Fi Noir🔁 Time Loop
The Frozen People
by Elly Griffiths • 2025
Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.
3.89
16k+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery⚰️ Victorian Murder🔍 Cold Case Mystery
The Frozen People Summary
The Frozen People 88%
Sent to 1850 to solve a murder, a detective is stranded with no way home.
by Elly Griffiths 2025
3.89
16k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery⚰️ Victorian Murder🔍 Cold Case Mystery
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
🕰️ History Of Clocks🤔 Philosophy Of Time⏳ Physics Of Time
The Clock Mirage Summary
The Clock Mirage 88%
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
🕰️ History Of Clocks🤔 Philosophy Of Time⏳ Physics Of Time
The Time Ships
by Stephen Baxter • 1995
A Victorian inventor discovers his time machine has splintered the future into warring worlds.
3.95
7k+
🔀 Quantum Multiverse🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel⚔️ Time War
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
🔀 Quantum Multiverse🕰️ Cosmic Time Travel⚔️ Time War
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+
🔬 Relativity Theory🌀 Spacetime Physics⏳ Time Dilation
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
🔬 Relativity Theory🌀 Spacetime Physics⏳ Time Dilation
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+
💫 Literary Science Fiction🔗 Interconnected Lives⏳ Time Travel Anomaly
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
💫 Literary Science Fiction🔗 Interconnected Lives⏳ Time Travel Anomaly
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🔮 Psychic Abilities👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
And Then She Vanished Summary
And Then She Vanished 88%
His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.
by Nick Jones 2021
3.97
10k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🔮 Psychic Abilities👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi💕 Sapphic Romance
The Psychology of Time Travel Summary
The Psychology of Time Travel 88%
An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.
by Kate Mascarenhas 2018
3.70
16k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Mystery🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi💕 Sapphic Romance
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye
by Len Bailey • 2013
A time-bending contraption sends Holmes and Watson into the Bible to solve its deepest mysteries.
3.59
253
🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche📜 Biblical Mystery⏳ Time Travel Investigation
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye Summary
Sherlock Holmes and the Needle's Eye 88%
A time-bending contraption sends Holmes and Watson into the Bible to solve its deepest mysteries.
by Len Bailey 2013
3.59
253 ratings
🕵️ Holmesian Pastiche📜 Biblical Mystery⏳ Time Travel Investigation
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+
✨ Quantum Time Travel📋 Bureaucratic Magic🧙‍♀️ Immortal Witch
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 Time Travel📋 Bureaucratic Magic🧙‍♀️ Immortal Witch
The Redbreast
by Jo Nesbø • 2000
A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.
3.95
111k+
🖤 Scandinavian Noir🔍 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
The Redbreast Summary
The Redbreast 88%
A dying man's confession sends a troubled Oslo detective into the shadow of Norway's Nazi legacy.
by Jo Nesbø 2000
3.95
111k+ ratings
🖤 Scandinavian Noir🔍 Police Procedural🥃 Haunted Detective
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+
🔀 Parallel Timelines🖤 Cyberpunk Noir👁️ Witness To Murder
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
🔀 Parallel Timelines🖤 Cyberpunk Noir👁️ Witness To Murder
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+
🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy💜 Sapphic Mystery🏠 Found Family
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
🕵️ Holmesian Fantasy💜 Sapphic Mystery🏠 Found Family
The City & the City
by China Miéville • 2009
A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.
3.90
80k+
👮 Police Procedural🕵️ Noir Detective🏙️ Overlapping Cities
The City & the City Summary
The City & the City 87%
A detective's murder case forces him to see the city his people must ignore.
by China Miéville 2009
3.90
80k+ ratings
👮 Police Procedural🕵️ Noir Detective🏙️ Overlapping Cities
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+
🔁 Time Loop Mystery🏠 Domestic Thriller🔐 Hidden Criminal Past
Wrong Place Wrong Time Summary
Wrong Place Wrong Time 87%
A mother sees her son kill a stranger. The next morning, it hasn't happened yet.
by Gillian McAllister 2022
3.96
475k+ ratings
🔁 Time Loop Mystery🏠 Domestic Thriller🔐 Hidden Criminal Past
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+
🧠 Theoretical Physics🌌 Modern Cosmology⏳ Spacetime
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
🧠 Theoretical Physics🌌 Modern Cosmology⏳ Spacetime
The Purity of Vengeance
by Jussi Adler-Olsen • 2010
A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.
4.07
30k+
❄️ Nordic Noir🔍 Cold Case Investigation🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets
The Purity of Vengeance Summary
The Purity of Vengeance 87%
A cold case team uncovers a eugenics conspiracy and a vengeful elderly woman serving poison tea.
by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2010
4.07
30k+ ratings
❄️ Nordic Noir🔍 Cold Case Investigation🕵️ Dark Historical Secrets
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+
⏳ Time Travel Fiction🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🔄 Causal Loop
Exhalation Summary
Exhalation 87%
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
⏳ Time Travel Fiction🤔 Philosophical Sci-Fi🔄 Causal Loop
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+
🕰️ Time Travel Redemption🌲 Small Town Darkness💙 Sibling Devotion
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver Summary
The Unusual Second Life of Thomas Weaver 87%
A failed suicide sends Thomas Weaver to 1976, his dead brother alive, a killer in algebra.
by Shawn Inmon 2015
4.18
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Redemption🌲 Small Town Darkness💙 Sibling Devotion
Departure 37
by Scott Carson • 2025
Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.
3.82
2k+
🕰️ Time Travel Thriller🥶 Cold War Paranoia🕵️ Government Cover-Up
Departure 37 Summary
Departure 37 87%
Voices of the dead warn every pilot. Then a B-52 missing since 1962 lands.
by Scott Carson 2025
3.82
2k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Travel Thriller🥶 Cold War Paranoia🕵️ Government Cover-Up
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+
🕰️ Time Loop Narrative🔁 Immortal Protagonist🧠 Memory As Burden
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August Summary
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 87%
Harry August relives his life, memory intact. A warning from the future: the world is ending.
by Claire North 2014
4.03
101k+ ratings
🕰️ Time Loop Narrative🔁 Immortal Protagonist🧠 Memory As Burden
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
by Brandon Sanderson • 2023
He wakes in medieval England with amnesia, a pen, and a discount interdimensional travel guide.
3.76
75k+
🚪 Portal Fantasy🤔 Amnesiac Protagonist🌌 Dimensional Travel
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England Summary
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England 87%
He wakes in medieval England with amnesia, a pen, and a discount interdimensional travel guide.
by Brandon Sanderson 2023
3.76
75k+ ratings
🚪 Portal Fantasy🤔 Amnesiac Protagonist🌌 Dimensional Travel
The Order of Time
by Carlo Rovelli • 2017
Time bends with gravity. No cosmos-wide now exists. The arrow of time is only entropy, rising.
4.13
39k+
🔬 Theoretical Physics🕰️ Philosophy Of Time🌀 Relativity Explained
The Order of Time Summary
The Order of Time 87%
Time bends with gravity. No cosmos-wide now exists. The arrow of time is only entropy, rising.
by Carlo Rovelli 2017
4.13
39k+ ratings
🔬 Theoretical Physics🕰️ Philosophy Of Time🌀 Relativity Explained
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 Multiverse📜 Alternate History🤝 Found Family
Quantum Radio Summary
Quantum Radio 87%
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
🌀 Quantum Multiverse📜 Alternate History🤝 Found Family
The Elephant in the Universe
by Govert Schilling • 2022
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
4.07
265
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Science
The Elephant in the Universe Summary
The Elephant in the Universe 87%
Eighty-four percent of matter is invisible. A century-long hunt has yet to catch it.
by Govert Schilling 2022
4.07
265 ratings
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Particle Physics📜 History Of Science
The Wrong Side of Goodbye
by Michael Connelly • 2016
Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.
4.34
80k+
🚔 Police Procedural🕵️ Haunted Detective💰 Hidden Heir
The Wrong Side of Goodbye Summary
The Wrong Side of Goodbye 87%
Harry Bosch takes a dying billionaire's plea: find the hidden child of a doomed love affair.
by Michael Connelly 2016
4.34
80k+ ratings
🚔 Police Procedural🕵️ Haunted Detective💰 Hidden Heir
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+
🕰️ Time Loop Mystery📚 Bookstore Setting🫂 Found Family
Out of the Loop Summary
Out of the Loop 87%
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
🕰️ Time Loop Mystery📚 Bookstore Setting🫂 Found Family
Your Brain Is a Time Machine
by Dean Buonomano • 2017
Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.
3.90
2k+
⏳ Time Perception🕰️ Physics Of Time🌗 Circadian Rhythms
Your Brain Is a Time Machine Summary
Your Brain Is a Time Machine 87%
Your brain is a simulator of futures; physics suggests time may not flow at all.
by Dean Buonomano 2017
3.90
2k+ ratings
⏳ Time Perception🕰️ Physics Of Time🌗 Circadian Rhythms
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+
🧬 Physics Thriller⏳ Time Travel Paradox🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy
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
🧬 Physics Thriller⏳ Time Travel Paradox🕵️ Sci-Fi Conspiracy
The Montauk Project
by Preston B. Nichols • 1992
On Long Island, a secret time-travel program ran until a psychic's subconscious released a monster.
3.45
819
🕵️ Government Cover-Ups🧪 Secret Military Programs🧠 Mind Control
The Montauk Project Summary
The Montauk Project 87%
On Long Island, a secret time-travel program ran until a psychic's subconscious released a monster.
by Preston B. Nichols 1992
3.45
819 ratings
🕵️ Government Cover-Ups🧪 Secret Military Programs🧠 Mind Control
Timeline
by Michael Crichton • 1999
Four historians enter a quantum portal to rescue their professor from medieval France at war.
3.87
219k+
🌀 Multiverse Travel⚔️ Medieval Siege🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
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
🌀 Multiverse Travel⚔️ Medieval Siege🏢 Corporate Conspiracy
Killer Insight
by Karoline Anderson • 2024
A Seattle detective uses past-life dreams to solve murders, until the serial killer targets her.
3.70
88
🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Detective🔄 Past Lives🩸 Serial Killer
Killer Insight Summary
Killer Insight 87%
A Seattle detective uses past-life dreams to solve murders, until the serial killer targets her.
by Karoline Anderson 2024
3.70
88 ratings
🕵️‍♀️ Psychic Detective🔄 Past Lives🩸 Serial Killer
Recursion
by Blake Crouch • 2019
A detective and a neuroscientist race to stop a memory-altering technology from unraveling reality.
4.16
328k+
🔬 Technothriller🧠 Memory Manipulation🌀 Reality Breakdown
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
🔬 Technothriller🧠 Memory Manipulation🌀 Reality Breakdown
The Secret Pulse of Time
by Stefan Klein • 2006
Your brain decides how fast time moves, and you can learn to set the pace.
3.88
712
🧠 Time Perception🕰️ Chronobiology🎯 Attention Management
The Secret Pulse of Time Summary
The Secret Pulse of Time 87%
Your brain decides how fast time moves, and you can learn to set the pace.
by Stefan Klein 2006
3.88
712 ratings
🧠 Time Perception🕰️ Chronobiology🎯 Attention Management
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+
🕰️ Closed Time Loops🫥 Body Theft🏚️ Victorian Underworld
The Anubis Gates Summary
The Anubis Gates 87%
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
🕰️ Closed Time Loops🫥 Body Theft🏚️ Victorian Underworld
Abandoned in Death
by J.D. Robb • 2022
Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.
4.40
27k+
🏙️ Future Noir🔎 Serial Killer Hunt💔 Maternal Abandonment
Abandoned in Death Summary
Abandoned in Death 87%
Women remade into his lost mother, left on playgrounds. Eve Dallas hunts an abandoned son's rage.
by J.D. Robb 2022
4.40
27k+ ratings
🏙️ Future Noir🔎 Serial Killer Hunt💔 Maternal Abandonment
Endless Universe
by Paul J. Steinhardt • 2007
The Big Bang was not the beginning. A trillion-year cycle of collisions remakes the universe.
4.12
1k+
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔁 Cyclic Universe
Endless Universe Summary
Endless Universe 87%
The Big Bang was not the beginning. A trillion-year cycle of collisions remakes the universe.
by Paul J. Steinhardt 2007
4.12
1k+ ratings
🌌 Cosmology⚛️ Theoretical Physics🔁 Cyclic Universe
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+
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
How to Invent Everything Summary
How to Invent Everything 87%
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
🏛️ Civilization Building🛠️ History Of Technology⏳ Time Travel Conceit
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+
🕰️ Literary Time Travel🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction🏔️ Isolated Valley Town
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
🕰️ Literary Time Travel🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction🏔️ Isolated Valley Town
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+
⏩ One-Way Time Travel⛪ Theocratic Dystopia🌅 Post-Scarcity Society
The Accidental Time Machine Summary
The Accidental Time Machine 87%
A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.
by Joe Haldeman 2007
3.73
11k+ ratings
⏩ One-Way Time Travel⛪ Theocratic Dystopia🌅 Post-Scarcity Society
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+
⏳ Literary Time Travel🖤 Grieving Parents💔 Marriage Under Strain
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
⏳ Literary Time Travel🖤 Grieving Parents💔 Marriage Under Strain
In Search of Time
by Dan Falk • 2008
Ancient calendars and modern physics agree: time is not the steady river we imagine.
3.97
548
🪐 Popular Cosmology📜 History Of Science➡️ Arrow Of Time
In Search of Time Summary
In Search of Time 87%
Ancient calendars and modern physics agree: time is not the steady river we imagine.
by Dan Falk 2008
3.97
548 ratings
🪐 Popular Cosmology📜 History Of Science➡️ Arrow Of Time
Company Town
by Madeline Ashby • 2016
An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.
3.50
5k+
🖤 Cyberpunk Noir🏢 Corporate Conspiracy🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
Company Town Summary
Company Town 87%
An unaugmented bodyguard on an oil rig protects a teenage heir from a body-snatching killer.
by Madeline Ashby 2016
3.50
5k+ ratings
🖤 Cyberpunk Noir🏢 Corporate Conspiracy🔪 Serial Killer Hunt
Don't Let Go
by Harlan Coben • 2017
Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.
4.05
82k+
🔍 Cold Case🏘️ Small Town Secrets🚀 Cold War Mystery
Don't Let Go Summary
Don't Let Go 87%
Fifteen years after his twin died, a cop's missing girlfriend reappears at a murder scene.
by Harlan Coben 2017
4.05
82k+ ratings
🔍 Cold Case🏘️ Small Town Secrets🚀 Cold War Mystery
Einstein's Fridge
by Paul Sen • 2021
The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.
4.26
989
📜 History Of Physics🔥 Thermodynamics🔬 History Of Science
Einstein's Fridge Summary
Einstein's Fridge 87%
The science of heat built the modern world and governs time's arrow, life, and black holes.
by Paul Sen 2021
4.26
989 ratings
📜 History Of Physics🔥 Thermodynamics🔬 History Of Science
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