🏷️ Time Travel
123 entries tagged with this trope
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig · 2020
Between life and death there's a library. Each book lets you try a different version of your life. Nora gets to see every 'what if.' Made me cry on a plane.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal to live forever. The price: no one will remember her. For 300 years, every person she meets forgets her. Then one day, a boy in a bookshop says 'I remember you.' DEVASTATION.
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon · 1991
Claire touches a stone in Scotland and wakes up in 1743. She meets Jamie Fraser. The rest is 850 pages of history, war, medicine, and one of the greatest love stories ever written. An absolute unit of a book.
Love and Other Historical Accidents
PacificRimbaud · 2019
Draco and Hermione get thrown back to the 1910s. They have to work together to get home while navigating early 20th century society. The historical detail is staggering and the slow burn across centuries is magnificent.
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
August moves to New York and meets Jane on the subway — who's been stuck in a time loop since the 1970s. A sapphic love story across decades.
Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon · 1992
Claire and Jamie in Paris, trying to prevent the Jacobite rebellion. Dual timelines, devastating choices, and an ending that breaks everything.
Hyperion
Dan Simmons · 1989
A Canterbury Tales-style science fiction epic about pilgrims journeying to the mysterious world of Hyperion.
The Time Machine
H.G. Wells · 1895
The original time travel story explores humanity's future evolution and class divisions.
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern · 2019
Zachary finds a book that contains his own story. Following the clues leads him to an underground magical library where stories come alive.
The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003
Henry time travels involuntarily. Clare waits for him throughout her life. Their love story spans decades and defies the constraints of time itself.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only travel to parallel worlds where your counterpart is dead. Cara is valuable because she's died on 372 of 380 worlds. Then she discovers why. Multiverse sci-fi with class commentary that slaps.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A soldier in 1912, an author in 2020, a detective in 2401 — connected by an impossible moment. Mandel weaves time travel into literary fiction so seamlessly you forget it's sci-fi.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist invents a chair that lets you relive your memories — and change them. The consequences cascade into a reality-breaking nightmare. Crouch writes sci-fi thrillers like nobody else.
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
August meets Jane on the Q train in NYC. Jane is gorgeous, charming, and stuck in the 1970s. A sapphic time-travel rom-com with the warmest found family vibes.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist builds a machine that lets you relive your memories. Then reality starts breaking. Crouch writes sci-fi thrillers that move at 200mph and this one is his best.
This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone · 2019
Two rival time-traveling agents leave each other letters across history. It's a love story told in coded messages hidden in tree rings and dying stars. Sapphic sci-fi poetry disguised as a novella.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
From 1912 Vancouver Island to a moon colony in 2401, a strange moment connects lives across centuries. A meditation on time, pandemics, and simulation theory. Mandel's most elegant work.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal with the darkness: immortality, but no one will ever remember her. For 300 years, she leaves her mark on art and history. Then someone remembers her name.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
Multiverse travel is possible — but only if your counterpart is dead. Cara is valuable because she's died in 372 of 380 worlds. A survival story wrapped in sci-fi wrapped in class commentary.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
People are going mad from 'false memory syndrome' — vivid memories of lives they never lived. A neuroscientist's invention is responsible. Every chapter escalates. Time loop thriller perfection.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a Faustian bargain in 1714: she can live forever but no one will remember her. Three hundred years later, someone does. Gorgeous, aching, and utterly unforgettable (pun intended).
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
Multiverse travel is possible — but only if your counterpart is dead. Cara is worth a fortune because she's dead in 372 parallel worlds. Then she discovers why.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
False Memory Syndrome is destroying lives — people remember entire lives they never lived. A neuroscientist and a detective race to find the cause. Crouch breaks your brain in the best way.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
An exile in 1912, an author in 2020, a detective in 2401 — connected by an impossible moment. Mandel weaves time travel and pandemic into something hauntingly beautiful. Her best since Station Eleven.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only travel to parallel worlds where your counterpart is dead. Cara is dead in 372 of 380 worlds, making her invaluable. The social commentary is razor-sharp and the twists are excellent.
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley · 2024
The British government rescues people from the past. A civil servant is assigned to help a Victorian Arctic explorer adjust to modern life. He's earnest and bewildered. She's falling. Time travel romance done brilliantly.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
A woman makes a deal to live forever but be forgotten by everyone she meets. Three hundred years later, a boy in a bookshop remembers her. The yearning in this book is COSMIC.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2015
Hermione is thrown back in time to the Marauders era. It's 730K words of pure epic storytelling — time travel, war, love across timelines, and consequences that ripple through decades.
Presque Toujours Pur
ShayaLonnie · 2015
Hermione is sent back in time to the Marauders era. She's sorted into Slytherin. Sirius Black won't leave her alone. Time-travel Dramione with a twist.
Barnes & Rogers and the Goddamn Time Machine
Niitza · 2019
Bucky and Steve accidentally break a time machine and have to live through several decades of their lives again. This time, they're determined to do things right.
The Thirteenth Night
Nelpher · 2019
Hermione is trapped in a time loop, reliving the same night over and over. Only Draco seems to remember each iteration.
Into That Good Night
Nonymos · 2016
Steve makes the ultimate sacrifice to bring Bucky back, but the cost is higher than either of them expected. A meditation on love and time.
The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy
speechwriter · 2020
Draco keeps disappearing and Hermione becomes obsessed with finding out why. Beautifully written with incredible character depth.
Hermione Granger and the Paradigm Shift
SilverMidnight52 · 2016
Hermione goes back in time to prevent the war. She has to work with young Tom Riddle and an unexpected ally: Draco Malfoy. Time travel done right.
Chaos War
astolat · 2014
Epic Norse mythology meets Marvel with time travel elements. Thor and Loki team up against a greater threat. The mythology is rich and the romance is intense.
The Timeline
Lyanna_Targaryen · 2019
Hermione gets thrown back in time and has to navigate the war knowing what's coming — and Draco Malfoy keeps showing up where he shouldn't be.
Presque Toujours Pur
ShayaLonnie · 2016
Hermione discovers she's actually a Black, and everything she knew about her identity unravels. Spans generations and rewrites history. An absolute epic.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2013
Harry gets to see what his life would've been like if he'd made different choices. Including the one about Draco Malfoy. Saras_Girl at her absolute finest.
Thermotemporal Equations
Brill · 2017
Time travel fix-it where Steve goes back to save Bucky. The science-meets-feelings approach works incredibly well. Every timeline hits differently.
Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2017
Hermione gets sent back to the Marauders era and lives through decades of Wizarding history. Epic in every sense — multi-era, multi-ship, and over 700K words of brilliance. The time-travel Dramione magnum opus.
Déjà Vu
GoldenTruth813 · 2021
Harry keeps reliving the same day. Every reset, Draco is a little different. Or maybe Harry is. Time loop Drarry with emotional weight that builds with every repetition.
Wait and Hope
mightbewriting · 2020
Draco is trapped in a time loop, living the same year over and over. Each cycle he gets closer to Hermione. The Groundhog Day premise works beautifully — watching him fall for her 'again' each time is devastating.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2013
Harry steps through a door and lands in an alternate life where he and Draco are together and raising children. The domesticity is achingly beautiful. THE comfort Drarry fic. 300k words of warmth.
Offer Me That Deathless Death
ShanaStoryteller · 2015
Harry is sent back to Tom Riddle's era. He's done being good. The dynamic between Harry and a young Voldemort is magnetic and terrifying. Dark Harry done right. Not for everyone, but unforgettable if it's for you.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2012
Harry sees an alternate life where he and Draco are together, raising kids, happy. Then he has to go back. The question of what you'd give up for a different life has never been more devastating.
Thermotemporal Equations
ghostsoldier · 2014
Steve keeps waking up in different times. Each loop teaches him something about Bucky, about himself, about what he's willing to sacrifice. Short, elegant, and packs an emotional wallop far above its word count.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A disease that gives people vivid memories of lives they never lived. A neuroscientist's invention gone wrong. The plot folds on itself like origami. Once you start, you physically cannot stop.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
An exile in 1912 Vancouver, a writer during a future pandemic, and a detective on a moon colony. They're connected by a moment in time that shouldn't exist. Mandel at her most quietly devastating.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2015
Hermione travels back in time to the Marauders era. A MASSIVE time travel epic that interweaves with canon events. ShayaLonnie's Marauders characterizations became fandom-defining. 700k+ words and worth every one.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist builds a machine to revisit memories. Then false memories start destroying civilization. Crouch writes sci-fi thrillers like action movies — relentless pacing and a concept that haunts you.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A detective from the future investigates an anomaly that connects people across centuries — a violinist in 1912, a writer during a pandemic, a colonist on the moon. Mandel at her most elegant.
Timeline
Waterflower20 · 2022
Hermione gets stuck in a time loop with Draco Malfoy. Every reset forces them closer together and further from the people they thought they were. Inventive and emotionally devastating.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
Jason Dessen is kidnapped and wakes up in a reality where he made different choices. Now he has to fight through infinite versions of his life to get back to his family.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist builds a machine that lets you relive your memories. When false memories start destroying lives, the consequences are catastrophic. Even more mind-bending than Dark Matter.
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley · 2024
The British government rescues people from the past. A civil servant is assigned to help a Victorian Arctic explorer adjust to modern life. Then they fall in love. Funny, smart, heartbreaking.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal to live forever but nobody can remember her. For 300 years she leaves her mark in art and architecture. Then a boy in a bookshop remembers her name.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
A woman makes a deal with the darkness to live forever — but everyone forgets her. 300 years later, someone finally remembers. The vibes are immaculate.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton · 2018
Groundhog Day meets Agatha Christie. Aiden wakes in a different body each day, reliving the same murder. He has eight days to solve it or start over forever.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist discovers how to let people relive their memories. Then reality starts breaking. Each timeline collapse hits harder. Dark Mirror vibes but more heartbreaking.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
A physicist gets kidnapped into a parallel universe where he made different choices. Now he has to fight through infinite realities to get back to his family. Unputdownable.
Thermotemporal Radiation
FestiveFerret · 2019
Steve time-travels and relives moments with Bucky. Each loop changes something. The question isn't whether he can fix the past — it's whether he should. Heartbreaking sci-fi Stucky.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only travel to parallel worlds where the other you is dead. Cara is alive in only eight — making her the company's most valuable traverser. Until she finds out why she keeps dying.
The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley · 2024
The British government pulls people from the past to study time travel. A civil servant is assigned to a 19th-century Arctic explorer. The culture clash romance is delightful and the spy thriller underneath is sharp.
North Woods
Daniel Mason · 2023
One house in the Massachusetts woods, centuries of inhabitants. Each chapter is a different era, a different life. A love letter to place and time that's unlike anything else.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2016
Hermione is sent back in time and lives through the Marauders era. The Jily love story unfolds alongside her journey. 700k words of the most ambitious HP time-travel fic ever written.
North Woods
Daniel Mason · 2023
One house in the Massachusetts woods. Centuries of inhabitants. Each chapter shifts era and genre — from Puritan guilt to true crime to apple farming. A love letter to the places that outlast us.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal to live forever but no one will ever remember her. For 300 years she's invisible — until a boy in a bookshop does. The most gorgeous premise and Schwab delivers.
The Unmaking of June Farrow
Adrienne Young · 2023
June's family is cursed — they all go mad. When a door opens to 1950, she follows it. What she finds is a life she doesn't remember and a love she can't explain. Time travel romance done right.
Wait and Hope
mightbewriting · 2020
Hermione is thrown back in time after the war. She lands in a world where Draco Malfoy is different — softer, broken in familiar ways. The Alexandre Dumas references are gorgeous. Gut-wrenching.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2013
Harry turns a Time-Turner and wakes up in a world where he and Draco are together, with a son. He has to decide: go back to his real life or stay in this impossible happiness. One of the all-time greats.
The Art of Self-Fashioning
Hari_Aisu · 2016
Harry is thrown back to Tom Riddle's era. Instead of fixing anything, he becomes entangled in a dark, obsessive dynamic with the future Dark Lord. Tomarry for people who like their romance pitch-black.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
Jason is kidnapped and wakes up in a reality where he made different choices. Now there are infinite versions of him, all trying to get home. Multiverse thriller at breakneck speed.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist invents a way to revisit memories. People start dying from 'false memory syndrome.' The consequences of rewriting the past cascade into apocalypse. Somehow it's also a love story.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A time traveler, a writer on a book tour during a pandemic, and an exile from 1912 are connected across centuries. Is reality a simulation? Mandel braids timelines like silk.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal with the devil in 1714: immortality, but no one will ever remember her. For 300 years she's forgotten. Then one day, a boy in a bookshop remembers her name.
The Phoenix Potion
FedonCiawormo · 2020
Hermione is sent back in time to Draco's childhood. She watches him grow up, unable to change things. The way she comes to understand him — not forgive, understand — is masterful storytelling.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2017
Hermione is sent back to the Marauders era with a mission. 730K words of time travel, politics, and a love story that spans decades. One of the longest and most beloved HP fics ever written.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2013
Harry is miserable with Ginny. He steps into an alternate universe where he's with Draco. Domestic, tender, and over 300K words of Harry realizing what happiness actually looks like. A Drarry classic.
Somewhere Clockwork
ArdeaS · 2019
Time loop AU. Rey keeps reliving the same events. Each cycle she understands Ben a little more. The repetition is used brilliantly — each loop peels back another layer of who he is.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie LaRue makes a deal with the devil in 1714: immortality in exchange for being forgotten by everyone she meets. Three hundred years later, a young man in a bookshop remembers her name.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
Jason Dessen is abducted and wakes up in a reality where his life took a completely different path. To get back to his family, he must navigate infinite versions of himself.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A mysterious affliction called False Memory Syndrome is destroying lives. A detective and a neuroscientist discover the terrifying truth: someone has found a way to rewrite the past.
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton · 2018
Aiden Bishop must solve the murder of Evelyn Hardcastle—but each day he wakes up in the body of a different guest. He has eight chances. Eight hosts. One killer.
Timeline
SenLinYu · 2020
A time-turner accident sends Hermione back. She can't change anything — or can she? SenLinYu's signature emotional precision makes every revelation land like a gut punch. The timeline mechanics are actually clever.
Thermotemporal Equations
Bocchan · 2019
Steve uses the time stone to try to save Bucky — again and again. Each loop changes something. The temporal mechanics are creative, but it's the emotional escalation that makes this unforgettable.
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab · 2020
Addie makes a deal with the darkness: immortality in exchange for being forgotten by everyone she meets. For 300 years, no one remembers her. Then Henry does.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
People are dying from 'False Memory Syndrome'—vivid memories of lives they never lived. A cop and a neuroscientist discover the terrifying truth. Crouch writes sci-fi thrillers like action movies.
Dark Matter
Blake Crouch · 2016
Jason Dessen is kidnapped, drugged, and wakes up in a life that isn't his. Someone stole his reality. The multiverse thriller that actually earns its twists.
The Space Between Worlds
Micaiah Johnson · 2020
You can only travel to parallel earths where your counterpart is dead. Cara is valuable because she's died in 372 of 380 worlds. Then she discovers why. Multiverse sci-fi with class commentary.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi · 2019
A Tokyo café lets you travel back in time—but you must return before the coffee gets cold. Four customers each have one moment they want to relive. Quiet, devastating, and unforgettable.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2017
Hermione is sent back in time to the Marauders era and must navigate decades of wizarding history while hiding her true identity. Massive, ambitious, and emotionally devastating. A fandom epic.
Turn
Saras_Girl · 2012
Harry accidentally glimpses an alternate reality where he's married to Draco and happy. When he returns to his own life, nothing feels right anymore. One of the most beloved Drarry fics ever written.
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
August meets a gorgeous girl on the subway who turns out to be displaced in time from the 1970s. A queer love story wrapped in magical realism and the best of New York City.
Rights and Wrongs
LovesBitca8 · 2019
Hermione and Draco are sent back in time to their Hogwarts years with their adult memories. Time-travel Dramione with incredible humor and chemistry.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A mysterious disease makes people remember lives they never lived. A neuroscientist's memory technology is behind it. The implications are terrifying. Blake Crouch does it again.
Kindred
Octavia E. Butler · 1979
Dana, a Black woman in 1976 LA, keeps getting pulled back to antebellum Maryland. Each trip gets longer, more dangerous, and more entangled with her own ancestry. Required reading.
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
August meets Jane on the subway. Jane is a time-displaced punk girl stuck in the 2020s from 1970s Brooklyn. Queer romance meets time-slip mystery meets found family.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist discovers how to revisit memories. Then reality starts rewriting itself. If you loved Dark on Netflix, this is your book.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A 1912 exile in Canada, a 2020 author on book tour, a detective in a moon colony — all connected by an impossible moment. Mandel at her most luminous.
The Beginning and End of All Things
MightBeWriting · 2021
Hermione is sent back in time to the first war. She meets a young Draco Malfoy before he becomes who he's supposed to be. Time is a cruel thing.
i will make you hurt
etymologyplayground · 2019
Lan Wangji is sent back in time to fix everything. He knows exactly what went wrong. He also knows Wei Wuxian can never find out. The dramatic irony is exquisite.
Presque Toujours Pur
ShayaLonnie · 2016
Hermione discovers she's not who she thinks she is. Pureblood heritage, a betrothal contract, and Draco Malfoy. ShayaLonnie creates one of the most detailed worldbuilding fics in the fandom.
Timeline
senlinyu · 2020
Hermione accidentally fractures time. Every loop brings her closer to Draco and further from the life she knew. Senlinyu's signature blend of clever plotting and emotional devastation.
The Untamed: Through Time
etymologyplayground · 2020
Wei Wuxian gets sent back in time with all his memories. This time, he's going to save everyone — especially Lan Wangji. A fix-it that heals canon's wounds.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A technology that lets you relive your memories goes catastrophically wrong. Reality starts fracturing. Blake Crouch does it again — a thriller that breaks your brain in the best way.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A remittance man in 1912, an author on book tour during a pandemic, an investigator in the far future — connected by an impossible moment. Time, simulation theory, and what makes life real.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2017
Hermione is sent back to the Marauders era. What starts as a mission becomes something far more complicated. One of the longest and most ambitious Dramione fics ever written. Absolutely epic.
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
August falls for a gorgeous girl on the subway. Problem: Jane is from the 1970s, displaced in time. A queer love story wrapped in time-travel magic and found family in NYC.
Love Is a Dagger
astolat · 2021
Loki and Mobius navigate the multiverse. astolat writes Loki with devastating precision — the vulnerability under the armor, the desperate need to be seen. Lokius at its finest.
Neither a Lady Nor a Saint
olivieblake · 2018
Hermione is thrown back to the Marauders era and finds a lonely Black family heir.
The Time Stone's Lesson
sanctumkeeper · 2020
Stephen sees 14,000,605 futures. He picks a different one.
The Potions Master's Apprentice
severuslives · 2018
Hermione travels back to save Snape. She doesn't expect to stay.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist discovers how to let people relive their memories. It breaks reality. Time collapses. The implications are terrifying.
Rights and Wrongs
LoveBitca8 · 2017
Hermione is thrown back to 1970s and meets a young Lucius Malfoy. Time-travel Dramione with Marauders-era intrigue.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2017
Hermione travels back to the Marauders era. 730k words of war, friendship, romance, and consequence. The Marauders epic.
Recursion
Blake Crouch · 2019
A neuroscientist discovers how to rewrite memories. Then reality starts breaking. Each loop gets worse. You won't put this down.
Exhalation
Ted Chiang · 2019
Nine stories that will rewire your brain. Each one is a perfect philosophical puzzle wrapped in gorgeous prose. Ted Chiang doesn't miss.
Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel · 2022
A remittance man in 1912, an author in 2020, a detective in 2401 — connected by a strange moment in time. Are we living in a simulation?
Beginning and End
mightbewriting · 2020
Hermione time-travels and gets stuck in the past with Draco. They have to navigate the First Wizarding War together.
Son of the Sea God
Sassenach082 · 2015
Percy is sent back in time with all his powers and knowledge. Rewriting destiny while trying not to lose Annabeth.
Amor Fati
Speranza · 2013
Steve finds a way back. The sacrifice involved is enormous. Speranza writes Stucky devotion like no one else — every choice is love.
Rewind
Annabeth_Xo · 2014
Percy travels back in time to change what he lost. Knowing what's coming doesn't make it hurt less. One of the great PJO time travel fics.
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon · 1991
Outlander is a sweeping tale that combines history, romance, and time travel. Claire's journey from the 1940s to 18th-century Scotland is filled with passion and adventure, making it a must-read for any historical romance fan.