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• The Ministry of Time

  A Novel

  Bradley, Kaliane

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  Where "Time War" revolves around a budding romance between two people *separated* by time, "The Ministry of Time" bridges past and present, putting a modern day researcher in close quarters with an arctic explorer from the mid 1800s. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Future of Another Timeline

  Newitz, Annalee, 1969-

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  In the year 2022, Tess has dedicated her life to making small alterations to history to cultivate a safer future. But when she's finally managed to get a change to stick, it catalyzes a time war - a fight that threatens to destroy time…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Impossible Us

  a Novel

  Lotz, Sarah,

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  An epistolary love story that begins with a mis-sent email rant that connects two people who have given up on love. Free to be themselves in text, though, they can both see the spark of something more. That is, until they decide to meet up…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Starless Sea

  A Novel

  Morgenstern, Erin

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  Staff Pick! "Books about books, fantastical places, romance and mystery, beautifully written. This books is a gorgeous, confusing jumble of fantasy and escapism with love and death and mystery thrown in." - Erin K.

• The Time Traveler's Wife

  Niffenegger, Audrey

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  Staff Pick! "It is obviously better than the movie. Dating someone who goes through time and you never know if they've met you before is very challenging and makes life that much more exciting." - Rachel D.

• An Ocean of Minutes

  A Novel

  Lim, Thea

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  Another interesting twist on the concept of time travel romance: In order to save her boyfriend, Frank, from a deadly pandemic, Polly indentures herself to the future to pay for his medical care. Departing with a promise to meet him twelve…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Winter's Orbit

  Maxwell, Everina,

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  Enjoyed the political intrigue and power plays of "Time War," but hungry for a story that's a little more linear? "Winter's Orbit" throws the representatives of two planets in conflict into an arranged marriage. They have every reason to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Universes

  a Novel

  North, Emet,

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  "In Universes" uses parallel universes rather than time travel as a bridge between our romantic leads, as Raffi seeks a timeline where their love is requited, and ends up glimpsing universes much further afield from their own. This one has…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ella Minnow Pea

  A Novel in Letters

  Dunn, Mark

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  Staff Pick! "Like nothing you've read before, this book grapples with questions about tyranny and censoring but does so via a literal censoring of certain letters in the alphabet. An epistolary novel for every lover of language <3 so…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Version Control

  a Novel

  Palmer, Dexter

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  Fair warning: in many ways, "Version Control" is a total inverse of "Time War": It's quite long (almost 500 pages), and focuses on the dissolution of a heterosexual marriage after the death of a child, in the very-near future. But! I've…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gideon the Ninth

  Muir, Tamsyn

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  Staff Pick! "The first of a series that takes place so far in the future that magic circles around to being real again. Follow the witty, Axe-body-spray-scented Gideon Nav across space as she represents her home planet in a necromancy-rich…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flux

  A Novel

  Chong, Jinwoo

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  Where "Time War" is, at its heart, a love story, "Flux" is a tale of grief. That said, if you're looking for another solidly literary, challenging take on time travel, this is an interesting one, tackling not just grief but identity,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life After Life

  a Novel

  Atkinson, Kate

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  Staff Pick! "Ursula lives her life over and over, trying to fix the mistakes she made previously. It's interesting to see how the changes she makes affect her life and the world at large." - Karen M.

• Crossings

  Consisting of Three Manuscripts

  Landragin, Alex,

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  A love story told in multiple parts, meant to be read in multiple ways, with choose-your-own-adventure style "directions" for how to read each segment - which creates a very different experience than reading the novel straight from cover…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Recursion

  A Novel

  Crouch, Blake

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  Staff Pick! "It doesn’t matter that his characters are bland because the story itself is so compelling and bananas and makes my brain hurt in a good way." - Nic C.

• This Is How You Lose the Time War [GRPL Book Club]

  El-Mohtar, Amal,

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