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A globe-trotting, era-hopping adventure fueled by a son's desperate quest to find his missing father. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Book of Time.
- mysterious
- atmospheric
- thrilling
- 01
A Tale of Time City
Diana Wynne Jones
A dizzying, wildly inventive romp through a decaying utopia where clever children must untangle the threads of history.
- 02
The Door to Time (Ulysses Moore #1)
Pierdomenico Baccalario
A puzzle-box of a story that feels like exploring a dusty, secret-filled attic on a rainy afternoon.
- 03
The last musketeer
Stuart Gibbs
A brisk, time-bending adventure that drops a modern teen into the thrilling origins of classic literary legends.
- 04
Out of Time
Geronimo Stilton
A high-energy leap through the ages that delivers breathless excitement and boundless discovery for young explorers.
- 05
Rubinrot
Kerstin Gier
A delightfully snarky romp through history wrapped in a cozy mystery and a swoon-worthy teenage romance.
- 06
The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon)
D. J. MacHale
A thrilling, water-logged plunge into an alien world where an ordinary teenager must navigate floating cities and looming war.
- 07
Time for Andrew
Mary Downing Hahn
A creepy, ticking-clock ghost story where the past reaches out to steal the present.
- 08
100 Cupboards
Nathan D. Wilson
A dusty, creaking portal fantasy where magic is just as dangerous as it is wondrous, hidden right behind the bedroom wall.
- 09
The ink drinker
Eric Sanvoisin · 1998
A delightfully spooky love letter to the written word that turns the act of reading into a literal thirst.
- 10
The Homeward Bounders
Diana Wynne Jones
A lonely, mind-bending journey across the multiverse that balances wry humor with profound existential melancholy.
- 11
How to live forever
Colin Thompson
A surreal, labyrinthine journey through endless library shelves that ultimately celebrates the fleeting, beautiful nature of a mortal life.
- 12
Seras-tu là ?
Guillaume Musso
A cinematic, emotionally charged race against time to rewrite the greatest tragedy of a lifetime.
