9 must-read science fiction books like Time Was by Ian McDonald

Cover of Time Was by Ian McDonald

Time Was

By: Ian McDonald

3.53

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed b…

"Time was, time will be again."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"Time was, time will be again."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"There are too many books in the world."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"There are too many books in the world."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

If you liked the science fiction plot in Time Was by Ian McDonald , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of Contingency (Sage Hannigan Time Warper, #1) by Peggy Martinez, P.S. Martinez

1. Contingency (Sage Hannigan Time Warper, #1)

By: Peggy Martinez , P.S. Martinez

3.90

Format: 276 pages, Paperback

Eighteen-year-old Sage Hannigan wants to get back to her own time, preferably one that hasn’t been … read more

Similar categories in Peggy Martinez's Contingency (Sage Hannigan Time Warper, #1) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • time travel
Cover of Mirrorlight (Once Upon a Time-Travel) by Jill Myles

2. Mirrorlight (Once Upon a Time-Travel)

By: Jill Myles

3.50

Format: 22 pages, Nook

When Cora Grames is abandoned in England at a haunted castle, she feels very sorry for herself…unti… read more

Similar categories in Jill Myles's Mirrorlight (Once Upon a Time-Travel) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • novella
  • time travel
Cover of The Lost Child of Lychford (Lychford, #2) by Paul Cornell

3. The Lost Child of Lychford (Lychford, #2)

By: Paul Cornell

4.12

Format: None pages,

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Similar categories in Paul Cornell's The Lost Child of Lychford (Lychford, #2) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of The Kingdom of Ohio by Matthew Flaming

4. The Kingdom of Ohio

By: Matthew Flaming

4.34

Format: 345 pages,

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Similar categories in Matthew Flaming's The Kingdom of Ohio book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • time travel
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Devil's Due (Out of Time #4) by Monique Martin

5. The Devil's Due (Out of Time #4)

By: Monique Martin

3.60

Format: 316 pages, ebook

Time travelers Simon and Elizabeth return in book four of the Out of Time series. Simon and Elizabe… read more

Similar categories in Monique Martin's The Devil's Due (Out of Time #4) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • historical fiction
  • fiction
  • time travel
Cover of Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny

6. Roadmarks

By: Roger Zelazny

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

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Similar categories in Roger Zelazny's Roadmarks book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • time travel
Cover of Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski

7. Gimme a Call

By: Sarah Mlynowski

4.00

Format: 240 pages,

A new life is just a phone call away! Devi's life isn't turning out at all like she wanted. She was… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Mlynowski's Gimme a Call book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • time travel
Cover of Liminal States by Zack Parsons

8. Liminal States

By: Zack Parsons

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Deep water rises. Abandon your spire. It is coming. It is 1874 and Gideon Long is dying. Wandering … read more

Similar categories in Zack Parsons's Liminal States book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • science fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Dark Lover (Masters of Time, #5) by Brenda Joyce

9. Dark Lover (Masters of Time, #5)

By: Brenda Joyce

1.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ian Maclean's arrogance hides a terrible secret--for decades he was held prisoner by demons. Not a … read more

Similar categories in Brenda Joyce's Dark Lover (Masters of Time, #5) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • historical
  • time travel
Cover of Footsteps in Time (After Cilmeri #1) by Sarah Woodbury

10. Footsteps in Time (After Cilmeri #1)

By: Sarah Woodbury

3.86

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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Similar categories in Sarah Woodbury's Footsteps in Time (After Cilmeri #1) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • time travel
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

11. Wolfsbane (Tales of a Traveler, #2)

By: N.J. Layouni

4.28

Format: 364 pages,

Losing the twenty-first century was bad enough, but Martha Bigalow's situation is about to become a… read more

Similar categories in N.J. Layouni's Wolfsbane (Tales of a Traveler, #2) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

12. House of Dark Shadows (Dreamhouse Kings, #1)

By: Robert Liparulo

4.19

Format: 168 pages,

Dream house . . . or bad dream? When the Kings move from L.A. to a secluded small town, fifteen-yea… read more

Similar categories in Robert Liparulo's House of Dark Shadows (Dreamhouse Kings, #1) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

13. Lord of the Highlands (Highlands, #4)

By: Veronica Wolff

3.21

Format: 215 pages, Mass Market Paperback

An online dating service may have pronounced Felicity "unmatchable" but she's determined-and destin… read more

Similar categories in Veronica Wolff's Lord of the Highlands (Highlands, #4) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

14. A Year Without Autumn

By: Liz Kessler

3.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

On her way to visit her best friend, Autumn, Jenni Green suddenly finds she's been transported exac… read more

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Cover of The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) by Barry Kirwan

15. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

By: Barry Kirwan

4.23

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more

Similar categories in Barry Kirwan's The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

Cover of Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #3.5) by Jodi Taylor

16. Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #3.5)

By: Jodi Taylor

4.20

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben A… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Taylor's Roman Holiday (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #3.5) book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • time travel
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of Once Upon a Caveman by Cassandra Gannon

17. Once Upon a Caveman

By: Cassandra Gannon

3.76

Format: 360 pages, Kindle Edition

Lucy Meadowcroft’s life hasn’t turned out the way she planned. Fifteen years out of high school, he… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Gannon's Once Upon a Caveman book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • science fiction
  • time travel
Cover of Time Was by Ian McDonald

18. Time Was

By: Ian McDonald

3.53

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story stitched across time and war, shaped by the power of books, and ultimately destroyed b… read more

Similar categories in Ian McDonald's Time Was book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • time travel
  • lgbt
  • historical
  • novella
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • queer
"Time was, time will be again."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"There are too many books in the world."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"Every war is a profound sexual revolution."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

"I have become fixed in my customary vices."

-Ian McDonald, Time Was

Cover of Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance by Jonathan Strahan

19. Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance

By: Jonathan Strahan

3.80

Format: 420 pages, Paperback

Even time travel can’t unravel love Time-travel is a way for writers to play with history and im… read more

Similar categories in Jonathan Strahan's Someone in Time: Tales of Time-Crossed Romance book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • romance
  • time travel
  • lgbt
  • fiction
  • science fiction
Cover of The Atrocities by Jeremy C. Shipp

20. The Atrocities

By: Jeremy C. Shipp

3.19

Format: 104 pages, Kindle Edition

Jeremy Shipp brings you The Atrocities, a haunting gothic fantasy of a young ghost's education W… read more

Similar categories in Jeremy C. Shipp's The Atrocities book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • novella
  • fiction
Cover of ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE by Steven Decker

21. ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

By: Steven Decker

4.37

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

BOOK INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCEImagine being given a chance at a second life but with a catc… read more

Similar categories in Steven Decker's ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE book and Ian McDonald's Time Was

  • time travel
"I wouldn’t wish my life on anyone!"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"His life had been spent pursuing excellence and amassing a great fortune, but now that it was ending, there was no one he was inclined to share it with."

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"From here, we can see the line of time stretching in opposite directions for eternity. You see, Edward, there is no beginning and no end of time. The past, present, and future are all happening at on…"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

"The man had character. He possessed a moral compass to do the right thing, to fight for those who could not defend themselves, and to challenge authority that shielded itself behind the power of God …"

-Steven Decker, ONE MORE LIFE TO LIVE: EDWARD AND THE BRICKLAYER: INSPIRATIONAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE

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Paul Cornell

4.12

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Matthew Flaming

4.34

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Monique Martin

3.60

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Roadmarks

Roger Zelazny

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Jennifer Foehner Wells

3.83

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J.H. Walker

3.60

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Danielle Bourdon , Kimberly Hoyt

5.00

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Mari Mancusi

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