Have you ever had the sensation of leaning into a time-traveling machine and traveling through the ages? To some, the idea of traveling through time is irresistible, an arousing cocktail of scientific curiosity and human creativity. The concept has served as the basis of numerous novels in which authors attempt to interpret time travel in their own specific way: sometimes, it is inspiring, and sometimes, it can be fraught with danger.

Here are six novels about Time Travelling.

1. The Time Traveler's Wife 

by Audrey Niffenegger

This remarkable tale centers on the unconscious time travel of a librarian named Henry DeTamble and the perfectly normal life of an artist named Clare Abshire. Their passionate love creates straws that are weaved by the constraints of time to form a romantic story of destiny and devotion.

Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling brings their unconventional relationship to life, creating a spellbinding narrative that celebrates the enduring power of love across the ages.

2. Life After Life 

by Stuart Turton

The book is a gripping mystery featuring Aiden Bishop, tasked with solving Evelyn Hardcastle's murder to break a sinister cycle. Every morning, he wakes up into a new stranger's body at Blackheath Manor, yet finds his way filled with extortion and threats.

Turton skillfully intertwines the narrative with exciting twists that remind us of Agatha Christie's works, and no one is left disappointed until the end.

3. The Upper World 

by Femi Fadugba

In this gripping book, two teens, Esso and Rhia, find their destinies intertwined across time. Esso discovers he can glimpse the past and future after an accident, offering a chance to alter his fate. Meanwhile, Rhia's physics tutor seeks her help to unravel a tragedy from fifteen years ago.

Creating an environment where the lines between past and present are blurred, the characters in the story end up having to make decisions about what their lives will be like in a world without time. This book is ideal for the readers of Neal Shusterman and Jason Reynolds, who would love to spend evenings with this edge-of-the-seat tale of the power of choice and a journey in the search for redemption.

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4. Before the Coffee Gets Cold 

by Toshikazu Kawaguchi

In Toshikazu Kawaguchi's novel, a quaint coffee café in Tokyo allows customers to step back to times past while enjoying a perfect cup of coffee. Over one summer, four customers visit, each with their own hopes and regrets. But time travel comes with rules-the trip lasts only until the coffee gets cold.

With a mix of heartwarming charm and mysterious allure, the novel prompts readers to ponder what they would change if given the chance to rewrite their pasts.

5. The Summer of Impossible Things 

by Rowan Coleman

The book is a story about a girl and her sister coming to their mom's place, where they used to live when she was alive, to settle her unfinished business. There, Luna experiences something magical: she walks through a door into the past and clashes with her mother, who is still a teenager.

Convinced that she can modify the past to prevent the horrible course of her mother's fate, Luna has a tough choice to make-is the existence of the mother worth the sacrifice of her own?

6. Time Shelter 

by Georgi Gospodinov

The book follows an unnamed narrator who encounters Gaustine, a man living in the past who immerses himself in old news and clothing. Gaustine opens a clinic in Zurich, offering Alzheimer's patients a chance to relive past decades, but healthy individuals soon flock there, too, causing the past to encroach on the present.

By imitating the style of Calvino and Kafka's satirical stories, the narrator reveals his participation in a plan that aimed literally to stop the progress of time.

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