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Time Travel Stories

Rank Title Author Added

1

4,147 members

140 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, CarolynBurke7

2

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,242 members

709 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

3

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,793 members

963 reviews

4

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

4

The Time Machine

17,839 members

341 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, CarolynBurke7

5

by Stephen King

13,754 members

769 reviews

4.2

2 Members: otori, sturlington

6

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

9,457 members

253 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Octavia E. Butler

8,489 members

355 reviews

4.2

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

8

by Connie Willis

8,002 members

376 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

9

To Say Nothing of the Dog

by Connie Willis

6,770 members

287 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

10

by Connie Willis

3,215 members

220 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

11

Tom's Midnight Garden

by Philippa Pearce

2,494 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, CarolynBurke7

12

The House on the Strand

by Daphne Du Maurier

2,371 members

60 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, CarolynBurke7

13

All Our Wrong Todays

1,148 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Bid Time Return

by Richard Matheson

999 members

23 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

15

by Marlys Millhiser

522 members

24 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,651 members

1,273 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

17

by Michael Crichton

13,559 members

183 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

18

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

12,093 members

108 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

19

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

11,674 members

136 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: CarolynBurke7

20

by Terry Pratchett

11,333 members

167 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

21

Life After Life

by Kate Atkinson

8,320 members

593 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

22

by Madeleine L'Engle

8,094 members

64 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

23

When You Reach Me

by Rebecca Stead

6,334 members

530 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

by Stuart Turton

5,626 members

307 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

25

by Mark Helprin

4,725 members

142 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

26

The Door into Summer

by Robert A. Heinlein

4,083 members

76 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

27

The Anubis Gates

3,803 members

115 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

28

Time of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,472 members

28 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

29

by Ken Grimwood

3,340 members

139 reviews

4.1

Member: sturlington

30

War of the Twins

by Margaret Weis

3,219 members

24 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

31

Before the Coffee Gets Cold

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3,115 members

112 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

32

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

3,092 members

179 reviews

4

Member: sturlington

33

Charlie Bone and the Time Twister

3,006 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

34

Time Cat: The Remarkable Journeys of Jason and Gareth

by Lloyd Alexander

2,467 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Connie Willis

2,297 members

151 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

36

The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

by Neal Stephenson

2,093 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

37

by Jon Scieszka

1,112 members

7 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Man Who Folded Himself

by David Gerrold

1,053 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: sturlington

39

Charlotte Sometimes

by Penelope Farmer

873 members

23 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

40

Tales from the Cafe

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

872 members

27 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Doll in the Garden: A Ghost Story

by Mary Downing Hahn

854 members

31 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

42

by Tom Sweterlitsch

836 members

47 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

43

by K. A. Applegate

814 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

44

Something Upstairs

by Avi

811 members

14 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Psychology of Time Travel

by Kate Mascarenhas

746 members

48 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

46

In the Time of Dinosaurs (Animorphs Megamorphs, 2)

by K. A. Applegate

722 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

47

Version Control

by Dexter Palmer

625 members

46 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

48

The Technicolor Time Machine

by Harry Harrison

609 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Nodosaurus
Explanations: Nodosaurus: This has always been one of my favorite books. Harry Harrison has a great sense of humor and in this book he was at his best.

49

Elfangor's Secret

by K. A. Applegate

521 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

50

Before Your Memory Fades

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

520 members

15 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

51

The Cross-Time Engineer

by Leo A. Frankowski

482 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Nodosaurus

52

The Trolley to Yesterday

by John Bellairs

459 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

53

Stonewords: A Ghost Story

452 members

7 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Empress of Mars

405 members

20 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

55

The Ghost in the Mirror

by John Bellairs

365 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

56

Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach

by Kelly Robson

350 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: sturlington

57

Portrait of Jennie

by Robert Nathan

298 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: CarolynBurke7

58

Before We Say Goodbye

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

281 members

8 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

59

Master of the Revels: A Return to Neal Stephenson's D.O.D.O.

by Nicole Galland

175 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

60

Time on My Hands

by Peter Delacorte

152 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: sturlington

61

The Deadly Fire

143 members

4 reviews

3

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

62

by Kathryn Reiss

91 members

3.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

63

Magic of the Black Mirror

86 members

1 review

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

64

Bedknobs and Broomsticks by Mary Norton (2001-09-20)

Member: CarolynBurke7

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December 2014
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