8 Time Travel Romance Books You Must Read

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures. But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train. Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket.

Release Date: May 1, 2021

The Portrait

B.D. Anderson

Marleigh Winters accompanied her mother to yet another yard sale expecting to be bored out of her mind. She is pleasantly surprised, however, when she spots a large portrait of a soldier among paintings for sale. She’s drawn to the portrait, and the soldier seems almost alive. She finds herself mesmerized and knows that she has to purchase it. She takes it home where she discovers that the portrait is under the spell of a witch, and that she as its owner has the power to draw the soldier from the portrait and into her presence. The soldier, Winston Spencer explains that he has been trapped for over one hundred years, and enlists Marleigh to help him.

Release Date: April 21, 2020

Yesterday Is History

Kosoko Jackson

Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant. He’s ready for his life to finally begin, until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected…in 1969, where he connects with a magnetic boy named Michael. And then, just as suddenly as he arrived, he slips back to present-day Boston, where the family of his donor is waiting to explain that his new liver came with a side effect—the ability to time travel. And they’ve tasked their youngest son, Blake, with teaching Andre how to use his unexpected new gift. Andre splits his time bouncing between the past and future. Between Michael and Blake.

Release Date: February 2, 2021

Borrowed Time

Russell Dean

Tom Jacob is bored with his life. He’s stuck in a job he doesn’t like, his love life is non-existent, and he’s tired of being seen as boring and dependable, so when his wayward twin brother convinces him to spend a night partying instead of doing paperwork, Tom reluctantly agrees.

Stranded more than a century in the past, Tom has to overcome language barriers and suspicion as he attempts to adapt to the world around him and find a way back to his own time, but with two people from the sleepy village of Cwm Newydd now missing, one local resident seems hell bent on pinning the blame for their disappearance on the strange Englishman who appeared out of nowhere.

Release Date: July 8, 2022