The Greatest Books of All Time on Time Travel

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This list represents a comprehensive and trusted collection of the greatest books. Developed through a specialized algorithm, it brings together 759 'best of' book lists to form a definitive guide to the world's most acclaimed books. For those interested in how these books are chosen, additional details can be found on the rankings page.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
95 Orlando Virginia Woolf 1928 British English
293 A Wrinkle In Time Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
294 The Time Machine H. G. Wells 1895 British English
513 Kindred Octavia E. Butler 1979 American English
662 The House On The Borderland And Other Novels William Hope Hodgson 1908 British English
712 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court Mark Twain 1889 American English
815 Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne 1872 French French
828 Lost Horizon James Hilton 1933 British English
842 Outlander Diana Gabaldon 1991 American English
1004 2001 Arthur C. Clarke 1968 British English
1005 The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper 1973 British English
1435 Life After Life Kate Atkinson 2013 British English
1535 The Sound Of His Horn Sarban 1952 British English
1548 Tom's Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce 1958 British English
1675 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger 2003 American English
1676 Time and Again Jack Finney 1970 American English
1897 The Ice People René Barjavel 1968 French French
2228 The Anubis Gates Tim Powers 1983 American English
2290 Arcadia Tom Stoppard 1993 British English
2333 The Devil In Velvet John Dickson Carr 1951 American English
2470 Hyperion Dan Simmons 1989 American English
2588 Red Shift Alan Garner 1973 British English
2595 Bid Time Return Richard Matheson 1975 American English
2828 A Swiftly Tilting Planet Madeleine L'Engle 1978 American English
2844 The Book Of Ptath A. E. van Vogt 1943 American English
2894 Seven Days In New Crete Robert Graves 1949 British English
2926 The Castle Of Iron L. Sprague de Camp 1950 American English
2933 The Compleat Werewolf And Other Stories Of Fantasy And Science Fiction Anthony Boucher 1969 American English
3108 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Douglas Adams 1987 British English
3269 The Girl, The Gold Watch And Everything John D. MacDonald 1962 American English
3396 Cities of the Red Night William S. Burroughs 1981 American English
3615 11 22 63 Stephen King 2011 American English
4060 Mit Dem Fahrstuhl In Die Römerzeit Rudolf Pörtner 1959 German German
4173 Replay Ken Grimwood 1986 American English
4308 The Victorian Chaise Longue Marghanita Laski 1953 British English
5241 Concierto Barroco Alejo Carpentier 1974 Cuban Spanish
5581 This Is How You Lose The Time War Amal El Mohtar, Max Gladstone 2019 Multiple English
5689 Life Begins On Friday Ioana Pârvulescu 2009 Romanian Romanian
5959 The Time Ships Stephen Baxter 1995 British English
6074 The Dream Years Lisa Goldstein 1985 American English
6076 A Knight In Shining Armor Jude Deveraux 1989 American English
6896 Doomsday Book Connie Willis 1992 American English
6897 The Winter Sea Susanna Kearsley 2008 Canadian English
7167 Timeline Michael Crichton 1999 American English
7877 Blackout/All Clear Connie Willis 2010 American English
7944 The Dark Tower And Other Stories C. S. Lewis 1977 British English
7949 Woman On The Edge Of Time Marge Piercy 1976 American English
7952 The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein 1957 American English
8181 Timescape Gregory Benford 1980 American English
8410 Lost In A Good Book Jasper Fforde 2002 British English
8428 To Say Nothing of the Dog Connie Willis 1997 American English
8531 The Ministry Of Time Kaliane Bradley 2024 Unknown English
8737 The Dalkey Archive Flann O'Brien 1964 Irish English
9061 The Book Of Records Madeleine Thien 2025 Canadian English
9179 Off To Be The Wizard Scott Meyer 2013 English
9363 Night Watch Terry Pratchett 2002 British English
9720 No Enemy But Time Michael Bishop 1982 American English
10091 Time Enough For Love Robert A. Heinlein 1973 American English
10402 Oh Pure And Radiant Heart Lydia Millet 2005 American English
10526 Terrestrial History Joe Mungo Reed 2025 British English
10915 The Shining Girls Lauren Beukes 2013 South African English
11129 The Ancient Future Trilogy Traci Harding 1996 Australian English
11305 The Immortals René Barjavel 1960 French French
11342 A Bridge Through Time Laila Abou-Saif 1984 Egyptian Unknown
11545 Lest Darkness Fall L. Sprague de Camp 1939 American English
12074 The Everlasting Alix E. Harrow 2025 Unknown English
12258 Out Of Time Paula Martinac 1990 American English
12487 Sea Of Tranquility Emily St John Mandel 2022 Canadian English
12616 The Expert Of Subtle Revisions Kirsten Menger-Anderson 2025 American English
12709 Time Loops & Meet Cutes Jackie Lau 2025 Unknown English
13284 How To Live Safely In A Science Fictional Universe Charles Yu 2010 American English
13772 Necessity Jo Walton 2016 Canadian English
13963 This Time Tomorrow Emma Straub 2023 American English
14075 The Eyre Affair Jasper Fforde 2001 British English
14138 The Big Time Fritz Leiber 1958 American English
14232 When You Reach Me Rebecca Stead 2009 American English
14434 The Time Patrol Poul Anderson 1991 American English
14924 The End Of Eternity Isaac Asimov 1955 American English
14976 The Soft Machine William S. Burroughs 1961 American English
14984 The Freedom Maze Delia Sherman 2011 American English
14984 Song Of Time Ian R. MacLeod 2008 British English
14984 Eon Greg Bear 1985 American English
14984 The Many Coloured Land Julian May 1981 American English
14984 In The Garden Of Iden Kage Baker 1997 American English
14984 Before The Coffee Gets Cold Toshikazu Kawaguchi 2015 Japanese Japanese
15724 Slaughterhouse Five, Or The Children's Crusade Ryan North 1969 Unknown English
15838 The Time Quartet Box Set Madeleine L'Engle 1962 American English
15903 Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells H. G. Wells 1933 British English
16616 Pebble In The Sky Isaac Asimov 1950 American English
16620 The Time Traders Andre Norton 1958 American English
17130 The Crown of Dalemark Diana Wynne Jones 1993 British English
17130 The Ropemaker Peter Dickinson 2001 British English
17130 Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer 1999 Canadian English
17130 The Universe In A Nutshell Stephen Hawking 2001 British English
17130 Glimpses Lewis Shiner 1993 American English
17130 The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness 1953 American English
17130 Bring The Jubilee Ward Moore 1953 American English
17130 The Year Of The Quiet Sun Wilson Tucker 1970 American English
17130 The Dancers At The End Of Time Michael Moorcock 1972 British English
17130 The Dreaming Dragons Damien Broderick 1980 Australian English
17130 Many Waters Madeleine L'Engle 1986 American English
17130 Moreta Anne McCaffrey 1983 American English
17130 A Breath Of Snow And Ashes Diana Gabaldon 2005 American English
17130 An Echo In The Bone Diana Gabaldon 2009 American English
17130 Dragonfly In Amber Diana Gabaldon 1992 American English
17130 Drums Of Autumn Diana Gabaldon 1996 American English
17130 Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone Diana Gabaldon 2021 American English
17130 The Fiery Cross Diana Gabaldon 2001 American English
17130 Voyager Diana Gabaldon 1993 American English
17130 Written In My Own Heart's Blood Diana Gabaldon 2014 American English
17130 Commander Perkins H. G. Francis 1978 German German
17130 The Last Day Of Creation Wolfgang Jeschke 1981 German German
17130 The Moment Of Eclipse Brian Aldiss 1970 British English
17130 The Hollow Lands Michael Moorcock 1974 British English
17130 Black Holes And Time Warps Kip S. Thorne 1994 American English
17130 Hyperspace Michio Kaku 1994 American English
17130 The Gone World Tom Sweterlitsch 2018 American English
17130 Recursion Blake Crouch 2019 American English
17130 Fortunately, The Milk Neil Gaiman 2013 British English
17130 How To Stop Time Matt Haig 2017 British English