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May 21, 2026

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The Book of Records

The Book of Records

A Novel

Madeleine Thien

Arriving at a mysterious enclave called The Sea, Lina navigates shifting realities where she converses with historical thinkers across centuries, confronting memory, history and her father’s troubling past as she searches for understanding, responsibility and the meaning of home in a world of political upheaval.

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The Everlasting

The Everlasting

Alix E. Harrow

A moving and genre-defying quest about the lady-knight whose legend built a nation, and the cowardly historian sent back through time to make sure she plays her part–even if it breaks his heart.

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The Frozen People

The Frozen People

Elly Griffiths

A mystery novel that combines a cold case investigation with speculative fiction (time travel). The story follows Ali Dawson and her cold case team, who can travel back in time to look for evidence. As Ali gets stuck in the past, she becomes entangled in a Victorian murder case and a legal trouble for her son in the present day.

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The Good Part

The Good Part

A Novel

Sophie Cousens

One night 26-year-old Lucy Young makes a wish to skip to the good part of her life and the next day she awakens 16 years in the future with a great husband, a great job, and two great children, but with no memories of her missing years, in this charming time-slip rom-com.

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The In-between Bookstore

The In-between Bookstore

A Novel

Edward Underhill

A poignant and enchanting novel about a magical bookstore that transports a trans man through time and brings him face-to-face with his teenage self, offering him the chance of a lifetime to examine his life and identity to find a new beginning.

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In Universes

In Universes

A Novel

Emet North

For fans of Emily St. John Mandel and Kelly Link, a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes, which follows a queer physicist’s search for belonging across time and space.

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Lightbreakers

Lightbreakers

Aja Gabel

Maya and Noah’s marriage is complicated by Serena, the lost child that Noah had with his ex-wife, Eileen. When Noah is asked to participate in a clandestine time travel project, the couple relocates to a lab deep in the desert. When Eileen joins the project, the three of them grapple with the balance between holding on and letting go.

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Nonesuch

Nonesuch

A Novel

Francis Spufford

A spellbinding tale about an ambitious young woman who must thwart an occult plot by time-traveling fascists during the chaos of the London Blitz.

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Time's Agent

Time’s Agent

Brenda Peynado

Once, the discovery of pocket worlds held scientific and exploratory promise. Now that they’re under the control of colonizing corporations, archaeologist Raquel has lost her academic standing, and her wife Marlena refuses to leave her own pocket universe. But Raquel has one last chance to save her wife – and herself.

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The White Octopus Hotel

The White Octopus Hotel

Alex Bell

London, 2015. When art appraiser Eve Shaw shakes the hand of a silver-haired gentleman in her office, the warmth of his palm sends a spark through her. His name is Max Everly, the same name as Eve’s favorite composer, born 116 years prior. And she has the sudden feeling that she’s held his hand before – but where, and when?

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The Witches of El Paso

The Witches of El Paso

Luis Jaramillo

Already balancing a law career and family, Marta takes in her 93-year-old great-aunt Nena. Then she learns Nena has supernatural powers and witches took her from her 1940s home to 1792, where she gave birth before being sent back. To help Nena find her long-lost child, Marta embraces her own supernatural gifts.

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You & Me and You & Me and You & Me

You & Me and You & Me and You & Me

Josie Lloyd

Adam and Jules have been married nearly 25 years—and stuck in a rut. Then Adam finds their old mixtapes, presses play, and the impossible happens: they can travel back in time. Reliving the thrill of first love is intoxicating, but the temptation to change the past proves dangerous.

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