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36 Best Time Travel Books

Goal: Find the best Time Travel books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best time travel books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

36 Best Time Travel Books

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1

Kindred

by Octavia E. Butler

2

Slaughterhouse-Five

A Novel

by Kurt Vonnegut

Also recommended by:

Alexis Ohanian, Ryan Shea, Jack Edwards

3

This is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

Also recommended by:

Ezra Klein, Craig Newmark, Steph Pilavin

4

The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells

Also recommended by:

Sahil Lavingia, Winston Churchill

5

11/22/63

A Novel

by Stephen King

Also recommended by:

Mindy Kaling

6

Outlander

Outlander, Book 1

by Diana Gabaldon

Also recommended by:

George R. R. Martin

7

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

by Mark Twain

8

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

9

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

Also recommended by:

Larry King

10

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

Also recommended by:

Sheryl Sandberg

11

The Shining Girls

A Novel

by Lauren Beukes

Also recommended by:

George R. R. Martin

12

All Our Wrong Todays

A Novel

by Elan Mastai

13

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, Book 1

by Ransom Riggs

14

Recursion

A Novel

by Blake Crouch

15

The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

16

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman

17

The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

18

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

19

Timeline

A Novel

by Michael Crichton

20

Doomsday Book

A Novel

by Connie Willis

21

Here and Now and Then

A Novel

by Mike Chen

22

How to Invent Everything

A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler

by Ryan North

23

In a Holidaze

by Christina Lauren

24

In Five Years

A Novel

by Rebecca Serle

25

Just One Damned Thing After Another

Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 1

by Jodi Taylor

26

Lightning

by Dean Koontz

27

Night Watch

Discworld, Book 29

by Terry Pratchett

28

One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston

29

Ruby Red

Ruby Red Trilogy, Book 1

by Kerstin Gier

30

Somewhere In Time

by Richard Matheson

31

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

32

The Girl from Everywhere

by Heidi Heilig

33

The Midnight Library

A Novel

by Matt Haig

34

The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

A Novel

by Josie Silver

35

Time and Again

Time Series, Book 1

by Jack Finney

36

What the Wind Knows

by Amy Harmon

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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