Top Rated Time Travel Romance Novels and Magical Realism Romance Novels
Time Travel Romance Novels and Magical Realism Romance Novels are popular, but what are the top rated books to read? I’ve found the highest rated romance books with time travelers, the multiverse, and glimpses into the past or the future.
Top Rated Time Travel Romance and Magical Realism Novels
Table of Contents
- Top Rated Time Travel Romance and Magical Realism Novels
- Quick Picks by Vibe
- Multiverse Themed Romance Novels
- Romance Novels About Time Manipulation
Quick Picks by Vibe
| If you want… | Read this |
|---|---|
| A gut-punch second-chance-at-life story | In Five Years by Rebecca Serle |
| Time travel with real stakes and grief | Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston |
| Time loop with family and romantic drama | Destination Funeral by Paige Harbison |
| Groundhog Day but make it romantic | The Do-Over by Lynn Painter |
| A slow-burn NYC love story across decades | One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston |
| Something moody and magical | Book of Lost Enchantments by Jessica Dodge |
Multiverse Themed Romance Novels
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
- This 2016 book has been updated with new chapters and beautiful painted edges.
- When Alexis hits rock bottom after the man she loves dumps her, she makes a wish that she can go back in time and work on herself. And she gets her wish!
The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie by Rachel Linden
- Multiverse/magical realism/It’s a Wonderful Life
- A woman struggling with grief and a feeling of lost dreams is given three magical lemon drops by her grandmother that let her live three different version of her life.
- 4.01 on Goodreads
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison
- Multiverse
- A successful Hollywood star decides to take an impromptu trip to the Ireland, where she and her late best friend always planned to move. But she realizes that she’s living in an alternate reality where she’s not famous and her best friend is still alive.
- 4.27 on Goodreads
Romance Books About Time Travelers
Every Version of You by Natalie Messier
- Time Travel Romance
- An overworked lawyer starts to rethink all her life choices and is transported back to college, a time when everything seemed possible.
- 4.15 on Goodreads
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
- A Time travel romance romance
- Woman falls in love with a man who lives seven years in the past, and she lives seven years in his future.
- 4.18 on Goodreads
- A NYT Bestseller and NYPL Best of 2023
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
- Time Travel
- August moves to New York and falls in love with Jane, a time traveler from the 1970s.
- 3.9 on Goodreads
The Book of Lost Enchantments by Jessica Dodge
- Historical Time Travel
- A woman finds a mysterious and magical book in an Edinburgh bookstore and ends up stranded in a snowstorm with a man who might not be of this time.
- GMA Book Pick
- 4.28 on Goodreads
Time Travel Romance Books With a Glimpse Into the Future
In Five Years by Rebecca Searle
- Romance that peeks into the future
- Woman wakes up five years into the future and gets a glimpse of the heartbreak and joy that are ahead.
- Check out my Author Spotlight on Rebecca Serle
- And my review of Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle, which has magical realism
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
- “It’s a Wonderful Life” type story
- A newly married young woman hits her head at the gym and gets fast-forwarded ten years in time, where things are not at all what she expected for her life.
- 4.07 on Goodreads
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
- A glimpse into the future story
- A tired twenty-something wishes she could skip to the good part of her life, and is suddenly twenty years older. Should she go back to where she was, or stay in this new reality?
- 4.01 on Goodreads
Romance Novels About Time Manipulation
Destination Funeral by Page Harbison
- Time Loop romance
- After her mom’s death, Didion heads back to the place she spent her childhood summers. She gets stuck with her sister, former best friend, and ex in a frustrating time loop.
- 4.03 Goodreads rating
- Check out my review of Destination Funeral
The Do Over by Lynne Painter
- Groundhog Day Story.
- A dumped girl ends up in a Groundhog Day time loop in which she has to relive Valentines Day over and over.
- NYT Bestseller
- 3.9 on Goodreads
Meet Me on the Bridge by Sarah J. Harris
- If I could turn back time…
- A woman meets her perfect guy, only to find he died a year ago. So she tries to go back in time and change his fate.
- 4.0 on Goodreads
Once and Again by Rebecca Serle
- Another turn back time novel by an author who only writes magical realism romance
- Every woman in Lauren’s family has the power to turn back time once.
- My review of Once and Again is here!
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In Five Years by Rebecca Searle
Woman wakes up five years into the future and gets a glimpse of the heartbreak and joy that are ahead.
The Book of Lost Enchantments (4.28)
A woman finds a mysterious and magical book in an Edinburgh bookstore and ends up stranded in a snowstorm with a man who might not be of this time.
The Other Side of Now by Paige Harbison (4.27)
A successful Hollywood star decides to take an impromptu trip to the Ireland, where she and her late best friend always planned to move. But she realizes that she’s living in an alternate reality where she’s not famous and her best friend is still alive.
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston (3.9)
August moves to New York and falls in love with Jane, a time traveler from the 1970s.
Meet Me on the Bridge by Sarah J. Harris
A woman meets her perfect guy, only to find he died a year ago. So she tries to go back in time and change his face.
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
Alexis hits rock bottom, gets mindlessly drunk, and she wishes she can go back in time and fix her college self. Then she wakes up and meets herself at eighteen.
Do you have favorite time travel romance books, multiverse romance books, or Groundhog Day style romance books? Tell me about them in comments!
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