Best Time Travel Books

A sweeping and unconventional love story, this novel follows Henry, a librarian who travels through time, and Clare, an artist whose life follows a traditional path. As their passionate love blooms, they must navigate time itself and test the limits of fate. A celebration of love's power over time.

Travel back in time to prevent the JFK assassination in this suspenseful novel. Jake Epping, a high school English teacher, is enlisted by his friend Al to embark on the insane, yet possible, mission to stop history from taking its tragic turn. With a portal to 1958 at his disposal, Jake finds himself in a new world of Elvis, big American cars, and Lee Harvey Oswald. But when Jake falls in love with a woman from this era, his newfound life becomes complicated. Stephen King delivers a thrilling tribute to a simpler era, taking readers on a heart-stopping journey through time.

Travel through time and experience the heartbreaking journey of Dana, a black woman who finds herself transported from 1976 to 1815 and assumed to be a slave. When Dana saves the life of plantation owner Rufus, she is inexplicably drawn to him and forced to keep saving him as their bond grows stronger with each time travel. This ground-breaking exploration of power and responsibility by Octavia E. Butler is a must-read for fans of The Handmaid's Tale, The Power and Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing.

This satirical novel explores World War II experiences and journeys through time of a chaplain's assistant, highlighting the firebombing of Dresden in a semi-autobiographical story. It is a highly influential and popular work from the author.

Transported from 1945 to 1743 Scotland, a former combat nurse named Claire Randall navigates a dangerous new world torn by war and raids. Amid lairds and spies, she finds a love so intense it tears at her loyalty and heart, forcing her to choose between two lives and two men.

Embark on a thrilling journey through space and time with Meg Murry, her brother Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin as they search for Meg's missing father, a scientist who vanished while working on a secret government project involving a mysterious concept called a tesseract. A Wrinkle in Time is a unique and captivating story that will leave readers on the edge of their seats. Winner of the Newberry Medal in 1963, this book is a must-read for fans of science fiction and adventure.

Travel through time with a group of archaeologists as they uncover an astonishing technology at a medieval site. But when they're brought back in time to the 14th century, they find themselves fighting for survival in a world that's deadlier than ever before. A thrilling adventure that blurs the lines between past and present.

This thrilling book follows two time-traveling agents from warring futures who begin exchanging letters and fall in love. But the discovery of their bond could mean death for both of them. Co-written by two beloved sci-fi authors, This Is How You Lose the Time War is an epic love story that spans time and space.

Follow Harry August as he lives countless lives, always starting as a child with the knowledge of his past lives. But as he approaches the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears and changes everything. Together, they embark on a mission to save the past and future. This gripping story will leave you questioning the limits of time and the human experience.

In this standout work of science fiction, Andrew Harlan is tasked with creating small but significant changes to the course of history in order to benefit humanity. But when he falls in love with a woman from the real world, he risks everything to bring her into his own world of Eternity. As punishment, he must carry out a devastating task: killing the woman he loves before she inadvertently destroys their entire society. This work from Isaac Asimov is widely considered a masterpiece of the genre and a must-read for fans of science fiction.