It's About Time:
Tales of Time Travel

Time Travel Romance

Taking Time, by Lynn Abbey. Ace, 2004.
To break a curse, Emma Merrigan travels back in time where she faces the possibility that saving those in the future may mean sacrificing those in the past. By the same author: Down Time (2005).

Time After Time, by Karl Alexander. Delacorte, 1979.
H. G. Wells uses his time machine to track down Jack the Ripper, who has fled to modern day San Francisco.

Destroyermen: Into the Storm, by Taylor Anderson. Roc, 2008.
Pressed into service when World War II breaks out in the Pacific, USS Walker--a vintage WWI era destroyer--finds itself pursued by the Japanese navy. In an effort to escape, Lt-Cdr. Matthew Patrick Reddy steers into a squall, but emerges somewhere else..

The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov. Doubleday, 1955.
Eternity, Inc. began as a trade organization that ships goods from one century to another. But its real mission is to control human history, and one of its employees has had enough.

Pebble in the Sky, by Isaac Asimov. Doubleday, 1950.
A 62-year old tailor is accidentally transported to a distant future where Earth is only a minor planet within the Galactic Empire and Earthlings are looked down upon as a defective race.

In the Garden of Iden, by Kage Baker. Harcourt, Brace, 1998.
In the 24^th century The Company is an organization dedicated to getting rich by exploiting the past. Orphans from bygone eras are recruited, rendered all but immortal, and trained to serve The Company by saving or hiding precious paintings, cultural treasures and genetic information useful to the future world. Followed by Sky Coyote (1999), Mendoza in Hollywood (2000), The Graveyard Game (2001), Black Projects, White Knights: The Company Dossiers (2002).

Gaudeamus, by John Barnes. Tor, 2004.
Industrial spy Travis Bismark tells a bizarre tale to his friend--Science Fiction writer John Barnes!--about a stolen time machine that makes both teleportation and time travel possible.

The Time Ships, by Stephen Baxter. HarperPrism, 1995.
H. G. Wells's Time Traveler returns to the distant conflict between the peaceful Eloi and the dreaded subterranean Morlocks. Baxter is also the author of the Manifold Triology--Manifold: Time (2000), Manifold: Space (2001), Manifold: Origin (2002).

City at the End of Time, by Greg Bear. Ballantine, 2008.
Ginny, Jack, and Daniel--three young drifters in Seattle--share a dream of a doomed, decadent city of the distant future and learn that they can alter the course of fate of humanity.

The Chronocide Mission, by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Wildside, 2002.
Having been transported three hundred years into the future, college student Vladislav Kuznetsov finds a world in non-tenological, caste-ridden conflict. He devises a way to send a pair of killers back to the 20th century to murder the man whose invention will mean centuries of war.

Tunneling, by Beth Bosworth. Shaye Aerheart, 2003.
Asthmatic and bookish 12-year-old Rachel Finch of Teaneck, NJ, is chosen by a super-hero she knows only as S-man to rescue some of history's greatest authors.

Orion, by Ben Bova. Simon & Schuster, 1984.
John O'Ryan is Orion-more than human, less than a God, cast up and down the timeline from the primal past to the unimaginable future to battle for the Creators for the future of mankind. Followed by Vengeance of Orion (TOR, 1988), Orion in the Dying Time (1990), Orion and the Conqueror (1994), and Orion Among the Stars (1995).

If I Never Get Back, by Darrul Brock. Crown, 1990.
Sam Fowler is taking a train home to San Francisco when, at an unscheduled stop somewhere west of Cleveland, he finds he has been mysteriously transported back to 1869, where he encounters the Cincinnati Red Stockings, baseball's first professional team. Sam wastes no time in "inventing" the hot dog and the art of bunting. Followed by: Two in the Field (2002).

What Would Jane Austen Do?, by Laurie Brown. Sourcebooks, 2009.
This is the question Modern-day Regency fashion expert Eleanor Pottinger must ask herself when she ends up in 1814 England.

Loving the Highlander, by Janet Chapman. Pocket, 2005, 2003.
When Sadie Quill comes upon a handsome man lying naked beside a lake, she can't resist taking his photo. he turns out to be Morgan MacKeage, a medieval highlander in modern-day Maine.For more dashing Scotsman in Maine romance by the same author, read: Charming the Highlander (2003); Wedding the Highlander (2003); Tempting the Highlander (2004); Only with a Highlander (2005).

Tumbling through Time, by Gwyn Cready. Pocket, 2008, 2007.
While trying on a pair of shoes at a Pittsburgh airport shoe store, Persephone Pyle finds herself hurtled back in time to 1706 where she encounters handsome British pirate (and ex-naval captain) Phillip Drummond--hero in the romance novel she someday hopes to write--who bears a striking resemblance to Tom, a co-worker she is traveling with.

In the Courts of the Sun, by Brian D'Amato. Dutton, 2008.
As December 12, 2012--the date the Maya predicted would mark the end of the world--Jed DeLanda, math prodigy and Maya descendant is approached to travel back in time and into another person's body more than thirteen centuries earlier because Jed is familiar with a game that the Mayans used to predict the future.

Before the Cradle Falls, by James J. David. T. Doherty, 2002.
A police detective in Portland, Oregon, tries to track down a serial child killer and the time traveler who has been pursuing him.

A Shortcut in Time, by Charles Dickinson. T. Doherty, 2003.
In Euclid, IL, painter Josh Winkler discovers a gateway that sends him 15 minutes backward in time. He is is more intrigued than alarmed until a lost young woman appears, claiming to be from 1908.

The Watch, by Dennis Danvers. EOS, 2002.
In 1921 Russia, a mysterious visitor from the future comes to Peter Alexeivich Kropotkin's deathbed and offers the world-renowned activist/philosopher a new life. Suddenly the year is 1999, Kropotkin ends up in Richmond, Virginia, a city that still clings passionately to its Confederate past. With no money or plans of any kind, and in a body four decades younger than it was at his "death," Kropotkin must now build a second life from scratch..

Days of Cain, by J. R. Dunn. Avon, 1997.
In his capacity as guardian of the historical integrity of the 24^th century, "monitor" Gaspar James must find a way stop his former portage and a rebellious group of time travelers who transport themselves back to 1943 Auschwitz in an attempt to prevent one of the greatest atrocities ever perpetrated upon mankind.

By A Lady: Being the Adventures of an Enlightened American in Jane Austen's England, by Amanda Elyot. Three Rivers, 2006.
Actress C.J. Welles has landed her dream role: portraying her idol, Jane Austen, in a Broadway play. But during her final audition, she is mysteriously transported to Georgian England.

The Little Book, by Selden Edwards. Dutton, 2008.
Following a physical assault, Wheeler Burden is transported back to 1897 Vienna, where he gains a mentor in Sigmund Freud, meets the likes of Mahler, Schoenberg, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill and Hitler, and discoveries surprising insights into the dashing young war-hero father he never knew.

Time and Again, by Jack Finney. Buccaneer Books, 1970.
Simon Morley is selected by a secret government agency to test Einstein's theory of a past co-existing with the present. He is transported to 1880s New York City where he solves a crime, falls in love and faces the choice of remaining in the past or going back to the present. Sequel: From Time to Time (Simon & Schuster, 1995). Finney also penned a collection of short-stories entitled About Time: 12 Stories (1986).

1632, by Eric Flint. Baen, 2000.
A cosmic accident sends the town of Grantville, West Virginia to the Germany of 1632--right smack into the middle of the Thirty Years' War. Followed by: 1633 (2002), 1634: The Galileo Affair (2004), 1634: The Ram Rebellion (2006), 1635: The Cannon Law (2006), 1634: The Baltic War (2007), 1634: The Bavarian Crisis (2007),1635: The Dresden Incident (2008).

Outlander, by Diana Gabaldon. Dell, 1992, 1991.
In 1945, Claire Randall, a combat nurse, returns home to her beloved. While on a holiday she innocently touches a boulder in one of the many stone circles that dot the British Isles and is suddenly transported back to 1743 to a Scotland torn by border wars. Here she finds her life intertwined with that a gallant warrior, James Fraser. Followed by Dragonfly in Amber(1993), Voyager(1994), Drums in Autumn (1997), The Fiery Cross (2003) and A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005).

Knight Errant, by Rodrigo Garcia y Robertson. Forge, 2001.
Robyn Staffprd, a young executive who has just discovered her lover has married another, decides to take a walking tour near the Welsh border where she encounters a man on horseback who announces that he is Edward Plantagenet, Earl of March. Talk about culture clash!

Searching for Johnny, by James Gibbons. T. Dunne, 2002.
Amanda, movie producer shooting a film about American fliers on a former bomber base in Yorkshire, takes a walk one evening along an abandoned runway and steps into another time. Here she meets Johnny, a captain in the U.S. Eighth Air Force, a warm and intelligent young man who is, in reality, a ghost of the past.

Replay, by Ken Grimwood. Morrow, 1998.
Jeff Winston didn't know he was a "Replayer" until he died and woke up 25 years younger, lived another life and died again...and again...every 25 years. With each replay he has the opportunity to reclaim lost loves, remedy past mistakes and even make a fortune in the stock market.

The Accidental Time Machine, by Joe W. Haldeman. Ace, 2007.
MIT research assistant Matt Fuller is working on a project to measure quantum forces related to time changes in gravity and ends up with a time machine on his hands...one that travels only in one direction--to the future.

Farnham's Freehold, by Robert A. Heinlein. Putnam, 1964.
A thermonuclear blast propels Hugh Farmham and his family 2,000 years into the future where the African race rules and whites are slaves.

For Us the Living, by Robert A. Heinlein. Scribner, 2004, 1938.
Perry Nelson is injured in a car accident and wakes up in the year 2086. Then his life really gets complicated.

The Crucifixion Conspirators, by Jeffrey R. Jacobs & Lynn A. Jacobs.
An international team funded by a mysterious organization is sent back in time to document the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Nothing can prepare them for the shocking events they witness.

Dark Seduction, by Brenda Joyce. HQN, 2007.
When she is transported back in time and into the arms of Malcolm of Dunroch, a powerful and sensual (aren't they always?) Highland laird, beautiful (of course!) bookseller Claire Camden must place her trust in this Master of Time who is the only hope for survival in a terrifying world where no one is safe. Hot stuff! Followed by: Dark Rival (2007), Dark Embrace (2008) and Dark Victory (2009).

The Seeds of Time, by Kay Kenyon. Bantam, 1997.
On a troubled Earth in 2019, Clio Finn lives in a world facing environmental catastrophe. It falls to Clio and her colleagues to travel through time to collect precious greenery, but her trip reveals a paradox between two alternate futures, both with devastating outcomes.

Warrior: The Time Hunters, by Angela Knight. Berkley, 2008.
In the 24th century, agent Galar Arivd of the Temporal Enforcement Agency pursues a time jumper back to 2008 to save a pretty Atlanta artist from a murder-for-profit scheme.

With Every Breath, by Lynn Kurland. Jove, 2008.
Medieval laird Robert Cameron braves a trip onto enemy soil to fetch the MacLeod witch, renowned for her healing powers. But the woman who greets him at the door is no crone but Sunshine Philiips--a young woman from the modern world.

The Last Bride, by Sandra Landry. Berkley, 2005.
Convinced that the man who has been haunting her dreams was her lover in a past life, Claire Peltier follows her instincts to France, where at a sacred shrine, she is suddenly transported back to the Middle Ages. Bet you can't tell what happens next.

The Plot to Save Socrates, by Paul Levinson. Tor, 2006.
In the year 2042, Sierra, a graduate student in the Classics is shown a recently discovered dialog of Socrates, relating how a time traveler tried to convince the philosopher that he might escape death by traveling to the future. When the elderly scholar who showed her the document disappears, Sierra's investigation leads her to believe that time travel is really possible.

Quattrocento, by James Mckean. Doubleday, 2002.
A museum art restorer discovers a long-neglected portrait of a beautiful woman among storage bins and becomes obsessed with it--and not just because he suspects that the painting is by Leonardo da Vinci. Something about the woman’s face stirs his memory, and soon he finds himself spun across the centuries into Quattrocento Italy, where meets the mysterious "Anna."

The Centurion's Empire, by Sean McMullen. TOR, 1998.
Vitellan the Centurion is cursed with the gift of time travel. In 1358 he stood with a few dozen warriors against 9,000 peasants and earned a love that would conquer death. But when a renegade priest steals Vitellan's secret to cheat the Last Judgment, the Centurion's plunge through time continues on until he awakens in the 21^st Century where an enemy from the past is closing in.

Highland Knight, by Cindy Miles. Signet, 2008.
Bestselling mystery novelist Amelia Landry journeys to the Scottish Highlands to stay in a remote 14th-century tower in the hopes of curing a case of writer's black. What she finds is Laird Ethan Munro his five relatives, 14th-century Scotsmen trapped between their time and the present.

A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur's Court, by Audrey Niffenegger. MacAdam, 2003.
An outspoken fashion editor named Kat runs afoul of a gypsy whose curse sends back in time to the days of King Arthur where she tries to save Camelot from its impending doom and falls for Sir Lancelot.

The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. MacAdam, 2003.
Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six. They were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Implausible? Not quite, for Henry periodically finds himself displaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.

The Time Traders, by Andre Norton. Ace, 1958.
Ross Murdock and Gordon Ashe, two of The Project's top men, travel back in time to thwart the Baldies--a time-traveling band of predatory aliens bent on the destruction of every race they encounter. Followed by: The Defiant Agents (1958) and Firehand (Andre Norton & P. M. Griffon. TOR, 1994).

Reign of Valor, by Stan Phillips. Trafford, 2002.
Literary agent, Ralph Langley, is dumbfounded when a ragged old man tells him the story of a movie crew in 1928 that arrived in a secluded Texas location only to find itself in 1836 just in time to record the deeds of valor of the men defending the Alamo.

Dark Passage, by Junius Podrug. Forge, 2002.
21st century Islamic terrorists slip through a hole in time to change the course of history by assassinating Jesus Christ.

Chronospace, by Allen Steel. Ace, 2001.
When two 24th-century chrononauts travel back in time, they inadvertently disrupt the voyage of the Hindenburg--causing it to land successfully. Now, lost in a parallel universe, their mistake will be felt by every single human being.

Knight's Legacy, by Trenae Sumter. Medallion, 2005.
In this romance, stunt woman Cat Terril, is on location in Scotland for a film shoot when she takes a stroll through the ancient castle serving as the set. There she encounters an old man in black robes who gives her a set of keys and implores her "Follow your heart." You guessed it. As soon as she opens a certain door finds herself in thirteenth century Scotland, where she is soon married against her will to a lord who has vowed never to lose his heart. Ha!.

Gunpowder Empire, by Harry Turtledove. Tor, 2003.
Alternate history meets time travel in the first of the "Crosstime Traffic" novels. Meet Jeremy Solter, a 21st Century teenager whose lives in Southern California during the school year, but during the summer the whole family lives and works on the frontier of the Roman Empire--a Roman Empire that never fell. Followed by: Curious Notions (2004) and In High Places (2006).

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain. 1889.
A blow on the head transports a New Englander back to the days of old when knights were bold.

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells. 1895.
A man constructs a machine that transports him into what he believes will be a glorious industrial future and finds a world more backwards and barbaric than the one he left.

Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis. Bantam, 1992.
A 21^st century researcher finds herself stranded in the most dangerous year of the Middle Ages.

To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie Willis. Bantam, 1998, 1997.
In the year 2057, rich Lady Shrapnell promises to endow Oxford University's time travel project if only they help her rebuild Coventry Cathedral, destroyed by a Nazi air raid in 1940. When one of the time jumpers inadvertently sends a kitten forward in time (something thought to be impossible), it creates an incongruity that must be corrected. Time-weary Ned Henry is given the job.

The History of Lucy's Love Life in Ten and a Half Chapters, by Deborah Wright. Plume, 2008, 2006.
Not contented with the state of affairs in her love life with boyfriend Anthony, Lucy steals a time machine and tracks down the great lovers of the past, from Casanova to her necromantic love icon, Lord Byron.

ANTHOLOGIES

The Best Time-Travel Stories of All Time, edited by Barry N. Malzberg. ibooks, 2002.

Time After Time, edited by Denise Little. Daw, 2005

Time Machines: The Greatest Time Travel Stories Ever Written, edited by Bill Adler, Jr. Carroll & Graf, 1998.

Timegates, edited by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois. Ace, 1997.

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