10 Best Time-Travel Mystery Books: Solving Puzzles Across Time!
If there's one genre that never fails to captivate and thrill, it's time-travel mysteries! While many may argue the paradoxes and impossibilities, we say kick back, suspend your disbelief, and dive headfirst into the captivating world of time loops, temporal anomalies, and cold cases reopened by rogue time travelers. In this list, we've compiled ten of the best time-travel mystery books that will have you traveling from ancient epochs to dystopian futures, trying to unravel whodunits across the ages. You'll come across contorted timelines, protagonists stuck in seemingly endless loops, and mind-bending mysteries that refuse to abide by the constraints of chronology. Intricate and cleverly intertwined plots will ensure that every page you turn serves up a new paradox or clue. Be prepared to have your brain teased and enticed as you venture deeper into the wormhole. A word of caution though - this is not for the casual, beachside reader. Embarking on this time-travel mystery adventure will require a quick wit, an appetite for the unconventional, and a considerable allowance for temporal mischief. So, are you ready to turn the page and time hop to the solution? Prepare to have your mind expanded and your sense of time thoroughly warped!
『Lightning』
#1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz’s brilliantly thrilling novel of suspense. In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space? “A gripping novel…fast-paced and satisfying.”—People
Author | Dean Koontz |
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Publisher | Penguin |
Release Date | Sep 02, 2003 |
Source | Google Books |
『11/22/63』
Includes book club kit with discussion questions and author interview.
Author | Stephen King |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Release Date | Jan 26, 2016 |
Source | Google Books |
『The Star and the Strange Moon』
From the author of A Witch in Time comes a haunting tale of ambition, obsession, and the eternal mystery and magic of film. A vanished star. A haunted film. A mystery only love can unravel… 1968: Gemma Turner once dreamed of stardom. Now the actress is on the cusp of obscurity. When she’s offered the lead in a radical new horror film, Gemma believes her luck has changed—but her dream is about to turn into a nightmare. One night, between the shadows of an alleyway, Gemma disappears on set and is never seen again. Yet, Gemma is alive. She’s been pulled into the film. And the script—and the monsters within it—are coming to life. Gemma must play her role perfectly if she hopes to survive. 2007: Gemma Turner’s disappearance is one of Hollywood’s greatest mysteries—one that’s captivated film student Christopher Kent ever since he saw L’Étrange Lune for the first time. The screenings only happen once a decade and each time there is new, impossible footage of Gemma that shouldn’t exist. Curiosity drives Christopher to unravel the truth. But answers to the film’s mystery may leave him trapped by it forever. "A sweeping tale of dark magic, artistic obsession, and a love unbound from the limits of time, The Star and the Strange Moon captivates with lush prose and moments of poignant, heartbreaking beauty." —Paulette Kennedy, author of The Witch of Tin Mountain For more from Constance Sayers, check out: A Witch in Time The Ladies of the Secret Circus
Author | Constance Sayers |
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Price | $9.99 |
Publisher | Redhook |
Release Date | Nov 14, 2023 |
Source | Google Books |
『CALICO』
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Goldberg, comes an explosive, page-turning investigative thriller - with a mind-blowing twist. There's a saying in Barstow, California, a decaying city in the scorching Mojave desert . . . The Interstate here only goes in one direction: Away. But it's the only place where ex-LAPD detective Beth McDade, after a staggering fall from grace, could get another badge . . . and a shot at redemption. Over a century ago, and just a few miles further into the bleak landscape, a desperate stranger ended up in Calico, a struggling mining town, also hoping for a second chance. His fate, all those years ago, and hers today are linked when Beth investigates an old skeleton dug up in a shallow, sandy grave . . . and also tries to identify a vagrant run-over by a distracted motorhome driver during a lightning storm. Every disturbing clue she finds, every shocking discovery she makes, force Beth to confront her own troubled past . . . and a past that's not her own . . . until it all smashes together in a revelation that could change the world.
Author | Lee Goldberg |
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Price | $10.99 |
Publisher | Severn House Publishers Ltd |
Release Date | Nov 07, 2023 |
Source | Google Books |
『Dreadful Sorry』
The author of Time Windows “has crafted a fine tale of psychological time travel . . . this well-executed story transports readers into the plot” (School Library Journal, starred review). Seventeen-year-old Molly’s recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she’s witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father’s house nearly a century before. In Dreadful Sorry “Reiss slips between past and present with a callous alacrity that is wondrously effective; readers will buy into the unfolding revelations while gaining a true sense of Molly’s tenuous grip on events . . . another fine spellbinder from the author of Time Windows” (Kirkus Reviews). “Spooky and satisfying.”—The Bulletin “With its skillful plot twists, the book will have readers anxious to solve the mystery.”—School Library Journal (starred review) “Suspenseful and difficult to put down.”—VOYA
Author | Kathryn Reiss |
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Price | $6.99 |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Release Date | May 01, 2004 |
Source | Google Books |
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『Recursion』
A breath-taking exploration of memory and what it means to be human, Recursion is the follow-up novel to the smash-hit thriller, Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch. What if someone could rewrite your entire life? 'My son has been erased.' Those are the last words the woman tells Barry Sutton, before she leaps from the Manhattan rooftop. Deeply unnerved, Barry begins to investigate her death, only to learn that this wasn't an isolated case. All across the country, people are waking up to lives different than the ones they fell asleep to. Are they suffering from False Memory Syndrome, a mysterious, new disease that afflicts people with vivid memories of a life they never lived? Or is something far more sinister behind the fracturing of reality all around him? Miles away, neuroscientist Helena Smith is developing a technology that allows us to preserve our most intense memories, and relive them. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent. Barry's search for the truth leads him on an impossible, astonishing journey, as he discovers that Helena's work has yielded a terrifying gift - the ability not just to preserve memories, but to remake them . . . at the risk of destroying what it means to be human. PRAISE FOR RECURSION 'It's not often I plough through a book in two days. But Blake Crouch's action-packed, brilliantly unique Recursion had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page. A fantastic read' Andy Weir, author of The Martian 'Recursion takes mind-twisting premises and embeds them in a deeply emotional story about time and loss and grief and most of all, the glory of the human heart' Gregg Hurwitz, author of the Orphan X series 'Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner--fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be' Karin Slaughter, author of the Grant County series 'Blake Crouch's fantastic, mind-blowing philosophical thriller' Yahoo News
Author | Blake Crouch |
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Price | unknown |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Release Date | Jun 11, 2019 |
Source | Google Books |
『Wrong Place Wrong Time』
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK “It’s perfection, every word, every moment. A masterpiece . . . One of the best books I’ve ever read.” —Lisa Jewell, #1 New York Times bestselling author New York Times bestselling author Gillian McAllister has created a thriller unlike any other in this endlessly clever, twisty story of a mother who must move backward through time to prevent tragedy from striking at the heart of her family. Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened? It is midnight on the morning of Halloween, and Jen anxiously waits up for her 18-year-old son, Todd, to return home. But worries about his broken curfew transform into something much more dangerous when Todd finally emerges from the darkness. As Jen watches through the window, she sees her funny, seemingly happy teenage son stab a total stranger. She doesn’t know who the victim is, or why Todd has committed such a devastating act of violence. All she knows is that her life, and Todd’s, have been shattered. After her son is taken into custody, Jen falls asleep in despair. But when she wakes up…it is yesterday. The murder has not happened yet—and there may be a chance to stop it. Each morning, when Jen wakes, she is further back in the past, first weeks, then years, before the murder. And Jen realizes that somewhere in the past lies the trigger for Todd’s terrible crime…and it is her mission to find it, and prevent it from taking place. Both the story of a mother’s love and the sacrifices she will make for her child, and a thriller with a brilliant twist, Wrong Place Wrong Time is a one-of-a-kind novel that begs to be read in one sitting.
Author | Gillian McAllister |
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Price | $12.99 |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Release Date | Aug 02, 2022 |
Source | Google Books |
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In the grand scheme of things, everyone loves a good mystery, right? And when you throw in the thrill of time-travel, it just sends the excitement meter off the charts. Now you're not just dealing with who, why, and how. You're also wrestling with the 'when,' which forms a critical part of the enigma. Every book on this list escalates the thrill of the whodunit genre with a time-twisting element, keeping you puzzled and hooked till the very end. From spine-chilling suspense to shocking revelations, the stories unravel across different eras, distorting your sense of time and keeping your brain ticking at all hours. So, grab your reading glasses, find a comfy corner, and prepare to be taken on enthralling rides of time and mystery. You think you can solve the puzzles spread across the fabric of time? Well, it's about time (pun intended!) you immersed yourself in these books. Happy reading and time-traveling, folks!
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