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• The Austen Affair

  Bell, Madeline, 1994-

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  "The Austen Affair" is an enemies-to-lovers romance between an uptight Englishman and an insecure American who are costarring in the latest adaptation of "Northanger Abbey." Sparks literally fly when they are zapped back in time to the Regency era.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Frozen People

  Griffiths, Elly

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  Ali Dawson solves cold cases by travelling into the past. But complications arise when the 1850s case she's been assigned has ties to a present-day mystery that involves her son. Published July 2025.

• On the Calculation of Volume. I

  Balle, Solvej, 1962-

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  A woman keeps waking up on November 18 and realizes that she's somehow slipped out of time. As the 365th November 18th approaches, she becomes increasingly desperate to rejoin the regular timestream. Less sci-fi and more introspection. English…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ministry of Time

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  A top-secret government agent is responsible for repatriating time refugees who have been plucked from the jaws of death in the past. But she meets her romantic match in Commander Graham Gore from the doomed Franklin expedition of 1848. Published…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cassandra in Reverse

  Smale, Holly

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  When Cassandra finds out that she can travel back in time, she starts tweaking small moments in her life without knowing if she's creating a happier ending for herself or not. Published May 2023.

• Lost in Time

  Riddle, A. G.

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  When Dr. Anderson is framed for murder, he's sent back in time to a prehistoric past—a punishment he, himself, made possible through his Absolom time-travel device. Anderson's teenage daughter, Adeline, works against time to find the real murderer…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sea of Tranquility

  Mandel, Emily St. John, 1979-

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  Gaspery-Jacques Roberts is hired by the Time Institute in the 25th century to investigate temporal anomalies in the 20th and 23rd centuries in this poignant novel about the ripples we make in the lives around us. Published April 2022.

• One Last Stop

  McQuiston, Casey

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  When August moved to New York, the last thing she expected was to fall for Jane who happens to be a time traveller from the 1970s. Published June 2021.

• Before the Coffee Gets Cold

  a Novel

  Kawaguchi, Toshikazu, 1971-

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  A back alley café allows its customers to travel back in time, even though they are told that the present will not change despite what happens on their trip. They must also finish their coffee before it gets cold or suffer ghostly consequences.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In a Holidaze

  Lauren, Christina

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  Maelyn Jones makes an innocent wish and finds herself reliving the same holiday over and over until she gets her true love. Published October 2020.

• Oona Out of Order

  Montimore, Margarita

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  Every New Year's Eve, since her 19th birthday, Oona has been catapulted into a different version of herself at different points in time. Despite her unpredictable life, she finds joy and humour in her predicament. Published February 2020.

• The Future of Another Timeline

  Newitz, Annalee, 1969-

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  Tess strategically dips into the timeline making small edits that she hopes will combine to make a better future. But in her travels, she comes across a group determined to stop her whatever the cost. Published September 2019.

• Here and Now and Then

  Chen, Mike

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  Kin Stewart, agent for the Temporal Corruption Bureau in 2142, is on a mission in 1996 San Francisco. He becomes stranded, gradually forgets his life, marries and has a daughter. Eighteen years on, a colleague from the future is sent back to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• An Ocean of Minutes

  Lim, Thea, 1981-

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  When Frank falls deathly ill, Polly signs a contract to be sent to the future as a worker in exchange for Frank's treatment. It’s only when Polly reaches the future that she realizes the terrible consequences of her decision. Published June 2018.

• The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

  Turton, Stuart

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  Aiden Bishop is doomed to relive the same day in different people's bodies until he can stop Evelyn Hardcastle from being murdered. Published February 2018.

• 11/22/63

  a Novel

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  To fulfill the wish of his dying friend Al, Jake Epping agrees to travel back in time, through a portal located in Al’s diner, to prevent the JFK assassination from ever occurring. Published November 2011.

• The Time Traveler's Wife

  Niffenegger, Audrey

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  A unique love story about a young woman who establishes a relationship with her husband, Henry, at different points in time. Henry suffers from a condition that forces him to travel through time with no control of when it happens. Published July…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Night Watch

  Pratchett, Terry

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  After getting struck by lightning while hunting down a homicidal maniac, Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch finds himself thrown 30 years back in time where he is assigned the task of training his much younger self. Published…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Doomsday Book

  Willis, Connie

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  In the near future, history student Kivrin Engle gets permission to go back in time to 1320 Oxford for research. Mistakenly, Kivrin is sent back to 1348 in the midst of the Black Death pandemic. Meanwhile, in future Oxford, Kivrin's colleagues…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Outlander

  Gabaldon, Diana

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  It's 1945 and Claire Randall is on a second honeymoon with her husband in Scotland when she is accidentally transported back in time to 1743. She meets and falls in love with dashing James Fraser and struggles to reconcile her two lives and loves.…Read moreRead more of this annotation