34 Books like The Ministry of Time

The Blonde Identity

by Ally Carter

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

3.77

38k+

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

The Blonde Identity 92%

An amnesiac mistaken for her spy twin must trust the agent sent to hunt her sister.

by Ally Carter 2023

3.77

38k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🧠 Amnesia Romance 👯 Twin Swap ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine

Passenger

by Alexandra Bracken • 2016

Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.

3.75

42k+

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🧩 Scavenger Hunt Quest 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔍 Family Secrets

Passenger 91%

Forced from her debut into 1776, a violinist must hunt an astrolabe to ransom her mother.

by Alexandra Bracken 2016

3.75

42k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🤝 Reluctant Allies 🧩 Scavenger Hunt Quest 💔 Star-Crossed Lovers 🔍 Family Secrets

Seek the Traitor's Son

by Veronica Roth • 2026

A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.

4.08

9k+

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

Seek the Traitor's Son 91%

A soldier and a general war over a prophecy only the exile's truth-reading son can settle.

by Veronica Roth 2026

4.08

9k+ ratings

🔮 Prophetic Triangle 🦠 Viral Powers 💔 Love After Loss 🚫 Forbidden Love 🧠 Memory Manipulation

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn

by Mark Lawrence • 2023

A wasteland scholar and a time-lost enemy boy break the sentient library's cycle of war.

3.96

43k+

📚 Literary Fantasy 📖 Sentient Library 🖤 Enemies To Lovers ♻️ Cyclical History 💀 Knowledge As Danger

The Book That Wouldn’t Burn 91%

A wasteland scholar and a time-lost enemy boy break the sentient library's cycle of war.

by Mark Lawrence 2023

3.96

43k+ ratings

📚 Literary Fantasy 📖 Sentient Library 🖤 Enemies To Lovers ♻️ Cyclical History 💀 Knowledge As Danger

The Spy and I

by Tiana Smith • 2024

A blind date turns into a shootout, forcing a shy hacker to impersonate her spy sister.

3.46

3k+

🕵️ Spy Romance 💻 Cybersecurity Thriller 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy

The Spy and I 91%

A blind date turns into a shootout, forcing a shy hacker to impersonate her spy sister.

by Tiana Smith 2024

3.46

3k+ ratings

🕵️ Spy Romance 💻 Cybersecurity Thriller 🐠 Fish Out Of Water 🏚️ Forced Proximity 💬 Banter-Heavy

The Peripheral

by William Gibson • 2014

Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.

3.89

34k+

🔀 Parallel Timelines 🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 👁️ Witness To Murder 🤖 Remote Body 🛸 Drone Surveillance

The Peripheral 91%

Flynne Fisher pilots a drone sim, sees a murder in future London, and the killers know.

by William Gibson 2014

3.89

34k+ ratings

🔀 Parallel Timelines 🖤 Cyberpunk Noir 👁️ Witness To Murder 🤖 Remote Body 🛸 Drone Surveillance

The Mimicking of Known Successes

by Malka Ann Older • 2023

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

3.59

10k+

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

The Mimicking of Known Successes Summary

The Mimicking of Known Successes 91%

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

by Malka Ann Older 2023

3.59

10k+ ratings

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

Time Loops & Meet Cutes

by Jackie Lau • 2025

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

3.60

7k+

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Time Loops & Meet Cutes 90%

An engineer trapped on the same Friday falls for a brewery owner who forgets her by morning.

by Jackie Lau 2025

3.60

7k+ ratings

🔄 Time Loop Romance 🥟 Magical Food 👯 Female Friendship 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔧 Stem Heroine

Aurora Rising

by Amie Kaufman • 2019

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

4.09

75k+

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

Aurora Rising 90%

A cadet trades his dream squad for a lost girl who becomes the galaxy's last weapon.

by Amie Kaufman 2019

4.09

75k+ ratings

🚀 Ensemble Space Crew 🫂 Found Family ✨ Chosen One Destiny 💫 Fated Bond 👁️ Psychic Visions

A Time & Place for Every Laird

by Angeline Fortin • 2013

He fell through time into a cage. She opened the door and never looked back.

4.06

1k+

🗡️ Highland Warrior ⏳ Man Out Of Time 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Widow 🏃 On The Run

A Time & Place for Every Laird 91%

He fell through time into a cage. She opened the door and never looked back.

by Angeline Fortin 2013

4.06

1k+ ratings

🗡️ Highland Warrior ⏳ Man Out Of Time 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Grieving Widow 🏃 On The Run

Love at First Sighting

by Mallory Marlowe • 2025

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

3.69

6k+

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

Love at First Sighting 91%

Her UFO video was a joke to everyone except the agent sent to debunk it.

by Mallory Marlowe 2025

3.69

6k+ ratings

📱 Influencer Culture ⚡ Opposites Attract 🏠 Forced Proximity 🕵️ Conspiracy Thriller 🔥 Slow Burn

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

3.83

349k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary

This Is How You Lose the Time War 91%

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

by Amal El-Mohtar 2019

3.83

349k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

All That We See or Seem

by Ken Liu • 2025

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

3.53

3k+

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

All That We See or Seem 90%

A reclusive hacker hunts for a missing dream artist and uncovers an empire of stolen identity.

by Ken Liu 2025

3.53

3k+ ratings

🖤 Tech Noir 💻 Hacker Protagonist 🫂 Found Family ⏳ Dual Timeline 🔍 Missing Person Case

Out of the Loop

by Katie Siegel • 2026

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

3.27

1k+

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

Out of the Loop 90%

Two years inside Monday. On Tuesday, Amie's neighbor is dead and she knows everyone's secrets.

by Katie Siegel 2026

3.27

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Loop Mystery 📚 Bookstore Setting 🫂 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance 🔍 Reluctant Detective

The Vanished Birds

by Simon Jimenez • 2020

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

4.06

11k+

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

The Vanished Birds 90%

A mute boy's secret is instant travel; his captain will cross decades to bring him home.

by Simon Jimenez 2020

4.06

11k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family ⏳ Time Dilation ✨ Lyrical Prose 🍂 Bittersweet 🌌 Far Future

Soulmates

by Holly Bourne • 2013

When Poppy and Noah meet, their connection sparks blackouts. A secret agency will keep them apart.

3.77

9k+

💘 Fated Mates 🚫 Forbidden Love 🕶️ Secret Organization 🎸 Band Romance 🎭 Opposites Attract

Soulmates 90%

When Poppy and Noah meet, their connection sparks blackouts. A secret agency will keep them apart.

by Holly Bourne 2013

3.77

9k+ ratings

💘 Fated Mates 🚫 Forbidden Love 🕶️ Secret Organization 🎸 Band Romance 🎭 Opposites Attract

The Paradox Hotel

by Rob Hart • 2022

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

3.53

11k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

The Paradox Hotel 90%

A time-slipping security chief finds a vanished corpse as time itself fractures inside the hotel.

by Rob Hart 2022

3.53

11k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 💔 Ghost Of Lost Love 🌀 Unreliable Narrator 🏢 Corporate Conspiracy 👥 Found Family

The Other Valley

by Scott Alexander Howard • 2024

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

3.87

26k+

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

The Other Valley 90%

Odile guards the border between her valley and the past. Her oldest friend is trying to cross.

by Scott Alexander Howard 2024

3.87

26k+ ratings

🕰️ Literary Time Travel 🌫️ Quiet Speculative Fiction 🏔️ Isolated Valley Town 💔 Maternal Expectations 🕯️ Grief And Closure

The Apollo Murders

by Chris Hadfield

Apollo 18's covert mission turns deadly when a Soviet stowaway brings a radioactive secret aboard.

3.92

20k+

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🚀 Alternate Space History 🔬 Hard Sf 🎭 Hidden Identity 🤝 Enemies To Allies

The Apollo Murders 90%

Apollo 18's covert mission turns deadly when a Soviet stowaway brings a radioactive secret aboard.

by Chris Hadfield 2021

3.92

20k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Thriller 🚀 Alternate Space History 🔬 Hard Sf 🎭 Hidden Identity 🤝 Enemies To Allies

Loathe to Love You

by Ali Hazelwood • 2023

Three women in STEM, three men they can't stand, and three inescapable tight spaces.

3.83

89k+

🧪 Women In Stem 🛗 Forced Proximity 💬 Miscommunication 💼 Workplace Romance 🗿 Stoic Hero

Loathe to Love You 91%

Three women in STEM, three men they can't stand, and three inescapable tight spaces.

by Ali Hazelwood 2023

3.83

89k+ ratings

🧪 Women In Stem 🛗 Forced Proximity 💬 Miscommunication 💼 Workplace Romance 🗿 Stoic Hero

Tempest

by Julie Cross • 2011

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

3.70

14k+

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

Tempest 91%

Time jumps never changed anything, until a bullet threw a teen two years into the past.

by Julie Cross 2011

3.70

14k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Romance 🕵️ Teen Spy 🧬 Genetic Abilities 🔬 Government Experiments 🔀 Alternate Timelines

Hazards of Time Travel

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2018

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

2.98

8k+

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State 💔 Forbidden Love 🌧️ Melancholy Tone

Hazards of Time Travel 90%

A teenager's forbidden questions land her in 1959 Wisconsin, where one wrong memory means erasure.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2018

2.98

8k+ ratings

📚 Literary Dystopia 🧠 Memory Erasure 👁️ Surveillance State 💔 Forbidden Love 🌧️ Melancholy Tone

Version Control

by Dexter Palmer • 2016

Her son is dead. The world feels wrong. Her husband's time machine rewrites reality without trace.

3.72

8k+

⏳ Literary Time Travel 🖤 Grieving Parents 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🔁 Timeline Overwriting 📡 Technology And Alienation

Version Control 90%

Her son is dead. The world feels wrong. Her husband's time machine rewrites reality without trace.

by Dexter Palmer 2016

3.72

8k+ ratings

⏳ Literary Time Travel 🖤 Grieving Parents 💔 Marriage Under Strain 🔁 Timeline Overwriting 📡 Technology And Alienation

The Best of Connie Willis

by Connie Willis • 1993

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

4.10

2k+

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

The Best of Connie Willis 90%

In worlds broken by time, war, and alien judgment, people still find reasons to sing.

by Connie Willis 1993

4.10

2k+ ratings

🚀 Literary Sf 🌀 Genre Blending 🖤 Bittersweet 👥 Found Family ⏳ Time Travel Ethics

Woke Up Like This

by Amy Lea • 2023

A list-obsessed senior and her nemesis wake up at thirty, engaged, with thirteen missing years.

4.00

26k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Academic Rivals 👥 Forced Proximity

Woke Up Like This 90%

A list-obsessed senior and her nemesis wake up at thirty, engaged, with thirteen missing years.

by Amy Lea 2023

4.00

26k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🕰️ Time Slip Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 📚 Academic Rivals 👥 Forced Proximity

The Accidental Time Machine

by Joe Haldeman • 2007

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

3.73

11k+

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

The Accidental Time Machine 90%

A failed physicist's broken calibrator is a one-way time machine, each jump exponentially longer.

by Joe Haldeman 2007

3.73

11k+ ratings

⏩ One-Way Time Travel ⛪ Theocratic Dystopia 🌅 Post-Scarcity Society 🌍 Post-Apocalyptic Earth 🤖 Sentient Ai

Archetype

by M.D. Waters • 2014

She wakes with no past, a stranger for a husband, and dreams of a rebel's life.

3.78

4k+

🧬 Clone Identity Crisis 💭 Manufactured Memories 🪙 Women As Commodities 💉 Medical Experimentation ⚔️ Rebel Fighter Heroine

Archetype 90%

She wakes with no past, a stranger for a husband, and dreams of a rebel's life.

by M.D. Waters 2014

3.78

4k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Identity Crisis 💭 Manufactured Memories 🪙 Women As Commodities 💉 Medical Experimentation ⚔️ Rebel Fighter Heroine

Under One Roof

by Ali Hazelwood • 2022

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

3.64

214k+

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine

Under One Roof 91%

An environmental scientist inherits half a house and a fossil fuel lawyer determined to oust her.

by Ali Hazelwood 2022

3.64

214k+ ratings

❤️‍🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Roommate Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🗣️ Witty Banter 🔬 Stem Heroine

And Then She Vanished

by Nick Jones • 2021

His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.

3.97

10k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Resolution 🏘️ Small Town England

And Then She Vanished 91%

His touch reads object histories. Hypnosis sends him back, to the night his sister vanished.

by Nick Jones 2021

3.97

10k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🔮 Psychic Abilities 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 💔 Bittersweet Resolution 🏘️ Small Town England

The Stars, Like Dust

by Isaac Asimov

His father executed, a student hunts a hidden rebellion world through a galaxy of double agents.

3.74

27k+

🚀 Political Space Opera 📻 Golden Age Sf 🔀 Double Crosses 🎭 Secret Mastermind 🏴 Hidden Rebellion

The Stars, Like Dust 90%

His father executed, a student hunts a hidden rebellion world through a galaxy of double agents.

by Isaac Asimov 1951

3.74

27k+ ratings

🚀 Political Space Opera 📻 Golden Age Sf 🔀 Double Crosses 🎭 Secret Mastermind 🏴 Hidden Rebellion

The Psychology of Time Travel

by Kate Mascarenhas • 2018

An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.

3.70

16k+

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi 💕 Sapphic Romance 🔗 Generational Trauma 🏛️ Toxic Institution

The Psychology of Time Travel 90%

An archaeology student finds a body in a locked basement, killed by bullets fired through time.

by Kate Mascarenhas 2018

3.70

16k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Mystery 🧠 Psychological Sci-Fi 💕 Sapphic Romance 🔗 Generational Trauma 🏛️ Toxic Institution

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

by Becky Chambers • 2014

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

4.17

188k+

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Summary

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet 90%

Running from her past, a clerk joins a wormhole ship crewed by chaotic, lovable misfits.

by Becky Chambers 2014

4.17

188k+ ratings

🛸 Found Family ☕ Cozy Sci-Fi 🚀 Ragtag Crew 🤝 Interspecies Bonds 💘 Slow Burn Romance

A Thousand Pieces of You

by Claudia Gray • 2014

Her father's killer escaped into another dimension. She followed and fell in love with him.

3.89

62k+

🌌 Dimension Hopping 💞 Multiverse Romance 🪞 Alternate Selves 🔺 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Romance

A Thousand Pieces of You 90%

Her father's killer escaped into another dimension. She followed and fell in love with him.

by Claudia Gray 2014

3.89

62k+ ratings

🌌 Dimension Hopping 💞 Multiverse Romance 🪞 Alternate Selves 🔺 Love Triangle 🚫 Forbidden Romance

The One

by John Marrs • 2016

Genetic soulmates exist. For five people, meeting theirs is when the real trouble begins.

4.09

331k+

🧬 Near Future Thriller 📊 Science Vs Fate 👥 Multiple Povs 🌀 Twisty 🎭 Hidden Identities

The One 90%

Genetic soulmates exist. For five people, meeting theirs is when the real trouble begins.

by John Marrs 2016

4.09

331k+ ratings

🧬 Near Future Thriller 📊 Science Vs Fate 👥 Multiple Povs 🌀 Twisty 🎭 Hidden Identities

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