Do you love stories about characters moving between different worlds or time periods? Books like this were super-popular around 2012 but it seems like this trend might be coming back! Check out my list of YA Books About Time Travel and the Multiverse, including new titles for 2019 and 2020!
New for 2019 and 2020!
The Between by David Hofmeyr – (2020) a girl’s friend disappears and she has to search for her through multiple worlds.
Stolen Time by Danielle Rollins (2019) – features Dorothy in 1013 and Ash in 2077.
Twisted Fates by Danielle Rollins (2020) – the sequel to Stolen Time.
Malice by Pintip Dunn – a voice from the future tells a girl that the boy she loves will soon wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus. (Wow, that’s kind of topical…)
YA Books About Time Travel and the Multiverse
Invictus by Ryan Graudin – (2017) a time-traveling space gladiator.
Jane Unlimited by Kristen Cashore (2017) a Gothic mystery with a multiverse twist.
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken (2016)
A Darker Shade of Magic by Victoria Schwab (2015) – a magician can travel between parallel versions of London.
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini (2014) – a teen discovers she is a witch in a parallel universe
A Thousand Pieces of You (2014) by Claudia Grey
Dissonance by Erica O’Rourke – (2014) a romantic thriller about a girl who can travel between worlds.
Tandem by Anna Jarzab (2013)
Parallel by Lauren Miller – (2013) high school senior Abby gets to see two versions of her future.
All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill (2013)
Pivot Point by Kasie West – (2013) when Addison’s parents tell her they’re splitting, she’s able to see her life living with each of them.
Just Like Fate by Cat Patrick (2013)
Through to You by Emily Hainsworth – (2012) after Cam’s girlfriend dies, he enters a parallel world in which she’s still alive.
Tempest by Julie Cross (2012)
Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone (2012) Bennett in 2012 falls for Anna in 1995.
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski (2012)
Do you have any books to add? Please tell me in comments and I will add your recommendations (with credit!)
So, the lesson here is that I don’t really read many time traveling books. I did read Time Between Us and Passenger, and I liked both. I was a fan of the Into the Dim books too. I am sad it doesn’t appear that the series will get wrapped up, but the author brought us to two interesting time periods.
I do read them but I’m picky about them!
Definitely not a fan of this genre lol
I feel like I can’t trust anything that’s happening or it can’ be fixed or erased by a time change.
I have a lot of blogger friends that love them though.
Karen @ For What It’s worth
Haha that’s funny. Yes, that is true!
I love time travel (Doctor Who is one of my favourite tv series after all) but I struggle with multiverse and time travel YA books a lot, for some reason. I thought Dissonance was okay. I think in the end my favourite time travel books have been adult. Recently I read The Night Mark by Tiffany Reisz and Kindred by Octavia E Butler and I think they both did time travel well!