Books like The Time Traveler's Wife
12 books with a reading profile close to The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. Inward-looking; a moderate read.
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1
The Ministry of Time
romance, narrative
In a near-future Britain, a shadowy government agency develops time-travel technology to extract individuals from their eras just before they die.
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2
Talking at Night
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Will and Rosie are classmates who belong to different social circles but form a secret bond through late-night conversations.
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3
The Gargoyle
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
A man, the narrator, is horribly burned in a car crash and spends months in a hospital burn unit, planning his own suicide.
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4
Swimming in the Dark
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in early 1980s Poland during the decline of the communist regime, the story follows Ludwik Glowacki, a university student who falls in love with the charismatic Janusz at an agricultural summer camp.
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Big Swiss
by Jen Beagin
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Greta lives in a drafty, unheated farmhouse in Hudson, New York, where she works as a transcriptionist for a sex therapist.
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6
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Wavy Quinn is the daughter of a meth dealer growing up in a chaotic, neglectful household in rural Kansas.
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7
My Policeman
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Brighton in the 1950s: Tom, a young policeman, courts and marries Marion, a schoolteacher, while also carrying on a secret relationship with Patrick, a museum curator, at a time when homosexuality is a crime.
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8
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
In 1890s Whitstable, Nancy Astley lives a quiet life shucking oysters until she becomes obsessed with Kitty Butler, a male impersonator performing at a local music hall.
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Sunburn
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Set in the early 1990s in the rural Irish village of Crosshaven, this novel follows Lucy, a teenager navigating the oppressive social expectations of a small Catholic community.
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10
More Than This
by Patrick Ness
Also inward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Seth Wearing drowns in the opening chapter, hitting his head against rocks in the freezing ocean.
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11
Super Sad True Love Story
romance, narrative
Set in a near-future New York City, the narrative follows Lenny Abramov, an aging son of Russian immigrants who clings to his physical books in a society obsessed with digital "Apparat" devices.
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12
Orange: The Complete Collection, Volume 1
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Sixteen-year-old Naho Takamiya receives a letter sent from her own future self, dated ten years ahead.
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