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Time travel recommendations

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ArriettyMatilda · 10/05/2016 23:27

I've recently read Time and Time Again by Ben Elton and liked the concept of trying to change the course of the future. I also enjoyed the Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger and Marcher by Chris Beckett. I did enjoy some of the Dr Who books but I'm less interested in reading about aliens. Does anyone have any recommendations for fiction books about time travel?

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EDisFunny · 11/05/2016 10:29

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus by Orson Scott Card

UnityBlottisaTosser · 11/05/2016 09:30

Just One Damned Thing after Another by Jodi Taylor is very good. It's a series and the first one is only 99p on Amazon.

Making History by Stephen Fry
Fatherland by Stephen Harris (alternate history not time travel)

ARichVernacular · 11/05/2016 09:24

The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes is a great time travel thriller.

Life After Life is fab, made me cry so much (like all her bloody books Grin).

highlandcoo · 11/05/2016 09:21

Also try Life After Life by Kate Atkinson .. innumerable alternative lives of one character. I don't actually like time travel books as I get hooked up on trying to make logical sense of who could possibly have known whatever whenever IYKWIM and struggled with The Time Traveller's Wife for that reason, so I didn't expect to enjoy Life After Life and only read it for my book club. I absolutely loved it; the most readable and enjoyable book of 2016 for me so far.
A God In Ruins, a linked book by the same author, is also well worth a read.

cdtaylornats · 11/05/2016 08:09

I agree with the First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - best take on time travel I've seen lately.

A Long Time Until Now - Michael Z. Williamson

For King and Country - Robert Asprin/Linda Evans

FeckinCrutches · 10/05/2016 23:39

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon

ChoccyJules · 10/05/2016 23:38

11.22.63 by Stephen King, currently being serialised on TV, I enjoyed most of the book, it's an interesting premise

bluespiral · 10/05/2016 23:33

Not exactly time travel but similar - the first fifteen lives of Harry August