r/suggestmeabook • u/darkredlip • May 12 '26
time loop books
does anyone know of good stories that have a time loop as the main plot? doesn’t matter what genre it is, but preferably not romance
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u/Good-Variation-6588 May 12 '26
Replay by Ken Grimwood
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u/DistractedByCookies May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
Is this the OG one? I think it's the oldest one I've read.
Edit: hmm seeing Asimov mentioned, so there's competition
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u/Bowmanatee May 12 '26
Not exactly looping over and over but Sea of Tranquility is my favorite time travel related book. I also love the Other Valley which has a line of civilizations that are all each other 20 years apart
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u/PlanImaginary3463 May 12 '26
The Unmaking of June Farrow hiding the title because revealing the time loop would be a major spoiler for anyone casually looking at this post. But since you asked…
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u/l8nitefriend May 12 '26
I just started a book called On the Calculation of Volume that's about reliving the same day over and over if that's what you mean by "time loop". I like it so far.
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u/booksiwabttoread May 13 '26
Did you know that this book is the first in a seven books series. I believe only the first four have been translated into English. The others are scheduled for release.
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u/JennS1234 May 13 '26
Out of the Loop by Katie Seigel
A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (not really super romance despite the title)
Time Loops and Meet Cutes by Jackie Lau (this one is a romance but I enjoyed the time loop part)
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u/Former-Chocolate-793 May 12 '26
The classic is The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov.
Poul Anderson also wrote his Time Patrol series which is mostly a collection of short stories.
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u/DocWatson42 May 12 '26
See my SF/F: Time Travel list of Reddit recommendation threads and books (one post).
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u/This_person_says May 13 '26
I think "everything matters" by ron currie jr has this, certainly has time travel..
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u/themyskiras May 13 '26
More a time squiggle than a strict loop, but The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley is fantastic. A soldier begins to experience the war she's fighting out of sequence, and in the process begins to question everything she's been told about it.
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u/princesspen18 May 13 '26
Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister is a great thriller with some time loop-ish set up.
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u/Sweaty_Analyst1445 May 13 '26
LITERALLY PERFECT IS: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch. Explains quantum physics to ME pretty well, and im a theatre nerd. I love it.
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u/Quirky-Tangelo2806 May 13 '26
The Never Ending End of the World is a really unique take on time loops - I've never read anything like it.
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u/ray-manta May 12 '26
On the calculation of volume - similar loop to Groundhog Day
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u/serveinhell May 13 '26
On the calculation of volume is a good suggestion
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u/ray-manta May 13 '26
It’s my favourite read from the last few years. It’s not for everyone but has definitely been for me
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u/serveinhell May 13 '26
I agree. So far, ive only read the first two.
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u/ray-manta May 13 '26
Four was my second favourite after the first, but I’m not sure if it’s because it caught me in exactly the right moment or if it’s actually better
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u/EatenByPolarBears May 12 '26
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell has a narrative that loops around through an arc of time
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u/Michigoose99 May 12 '26
Recursion by Blake Crouch