Anonymous
12/28/2023 15:24
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Anonymous wrote:The one book I've read that employed this as a plot device was The Time Traveler's Wife, which I *really* disliked. The time traveling idea was neat, but the plot was muddled and confusing, the characters weren't remotely likeable, and there was way too much sex. I'm no prude and I love a good sex scene in a novel, but yeesh... this was way over the top.
That said, I thought the idea of time-traveling in itself could work well in the hands of a skilled author (other than sci-fi). Maybe I'll try some of the books you listed above.
I’m so glad you said this. I picked it up as an audio book to help me clean, and it’s so disappointing. Your post gave me permission to quit. I kept wondering if it got better.
Anonymous
12/28/2023 14:55
Subject: Re:Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
The wish by Lena Gibson.
I have not actually read this book. The other day I was looking through what was available on overdrive / libby at my library and saw this. It was just released earlier this month. I don't know if it is any good or not, I just read the synopsis and thought that it goes along with this thread. My library only has an audiobook version of it available. It is almost 12 hours long.
I have not actually read this book. The other day I was looking through what was available on overdrive / libby at my library and saw this. It was just released earlier this month. I don't know if it is any good or not, I just read the synopsis and thought that it goes along with this thread. My library only has an audiobook version of it available. It is almost 12 hours long.
Anonymous
12/28/2023 11:26
Subject: Re:Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
+1 on 11-22-63 - amazing.
I hated Time and Again but loved Sea of Tranquility.
I hated Time and Again but loved Sea of Tranquility.
Anonymous
12/25/2023 21:30
Subject: Re:Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Might be too sci-fi/fantasy/magical for the OP, but I just finished The First Bright Thing by JR Dawson, which involves time travel but is more about relationships and dealing with your own past.
Anonymous
12/25/2023 21:05
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Its an old one, but Time and Again is so good and takes you back to old NYC
Anonymous
12/25/2023 19:47
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Making History by Stephen Fry -- gay romance and killing Hitler.
My Mother Was Never a Kid -- forget the author and it's YA but it's great. Time travel to NYC wartime 40s.
I also love Connie Willis good to see her getting love here.
My Mother Was Never a Kid -- forget the author and it's YA but it's great. Time travel to NYC wartime 40s.
I also love Connie Willis good to see her getting love here.
Anonymous
12/24/2023 21:36
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
11/22/63 by Stephen King. Great book. Not horror at all, time travel back to JFK assassination, sweet love story. There's a terrible TV adaptation--don't watch that, the book is much better.
Anonymous
12/24/2023 20:30
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Anonymous wrote:This is how you lose the time war
Oh good call; this is fabulous! Might count as sci fi though.
Anonymous
12/23/2023 21:29
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
OP, I love this type of book too. You HAVE to read Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John- I read it all in one sitting, it was so good!
Anonymous
12/23/2023 21:05
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
This is how you lose the time war
Anonymous
12/23/2023 20:36
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
This is a middle grades chapter book, but it is so so so so heart warming, well-written, and thought provoking even for adults. Won the Newberry. “When you reach me.”
Anonymous
12/21/2023 00:26
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Harry Potter fanfiction commonly includes "fix-it" time travel. The series itself contained a "Time Turner" device plot.
Fanfiction's not for everyone but I really like it. Time travel plots allow quite a bit of embroidery around known plot points.
Fanfiction's not for everyone but I really like it. Time travel plots allow quite a bit of embroidery around known plot points.
Anonymous
12/19/2023 19:31
Subject: Re:Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
I'm a huge fan of the Chronicles of St. Mary by Jodi Taylor. It's not about 'time travel' but observing historical events contemporaneously - meaning, scholars travel to a historical event at the time it is occuring to observe. It's really engaging!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29661618-just-one-damned-thing-after-another?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=r5aYk6SNnj&rank=1
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29661618-just-one-damned-thing-after-another?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=r5aYk6SNnj&rank=1
Anonymous
12/19/2023 10:53
Subject: Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
+1
Also, Blackout and All Clear by the same author. Love Connie Willis. I don't like sci fi, but love her time travel
Also To Say Nothing of the Dog, which is hilarious. Although Connie Willis's books have a "present" set in the near future where there is a lightly "sciency" conceit about how time travel works, they really are not scifi at all. She is equally focused on the historical settings and on the narrative/personal implications of time travel, which for me is just the right combo.
Anonymous
12/19/2023 09:39
Subject: Re:Time Travel Books (not sci fi)
Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the recommendations. I like time travel books too. A recent favorite was "This Time Tomorrow" by Emma Straub
https://www.amazon.com/Emma-Straub-Novel-This-Tomorrow-ebook/dp/B0B69K62M6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1701713329&sr=8-1
I was just about to recommend this, too. Great book. Come for the time travel element, stay for the incredibly poignant take on the daughter/father relationship.