13 + 1 Books That Feature Time Travel

/ Book Recommendations, Fiction / By Mary Daniels Brown / August 25, 2015 / time travel

I find time travel fascinating. It can be just a gimmick to add suspense or intrigue to a story, but some authors use it as a technique to explore the world we live in or the way we think about things, including ourselves.

Here are 13 novels that use time travel to explore larger themes.

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
11/22/63 by Stephen King
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Time And Again by Jack Finney
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain
The Book of Rachel by Joel Gross
Labyrinth by Kate Mosse
Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson
In the Courts of the Sun and sequels by Brian D’Amato
The Mirror by Marlys Millhiser

And there’s also a hefty (800 pages!) anthology of time-travel stories: The Time Traveler’s Almanac, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer.

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Mary Daniels Brown

My mother always insisted that, as soon as I was old enough to sit up, she’d find me in my crib after my nap babbling away, with a Little Golden Book on my lap. I’ve had my nose in a book ever since. I grew up in a small town, with the tiny town library literally in my backyard. As an only child in an unhappy home, I found comfort and companionship in books. As an adult I wanted to be Harry Potter, although I admit I’m more Hermione. My life has been a series of research projects. Reading has taught me that human lives are deliciously messy and that “it’s complicated” isn’t a punchline.