literary

Dual Timeline Books

The story moves between two time periods, each illuminating the other.

5 books
The Sea of Tranquility
YA Science Fiction

The Sea of Tranquility

by Emily St. John Mandel

A girl in 1912 is transported briefly to a future she doesn''t understand. A space station in 2401 where a detective investigates something impossible. A novel that moves between centuries, asking whe…

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The Vanishing Half
Literary Fiction

The Vanishing Half

by Brit Bennett

The Vignes twin sisters escape their small Southern Black hometown and swear to never return. One returns years later with her Black daughter. The other lives as a white woman in Virginia with her whi…

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed💘 He Falls First🌀 Plot Twist Incoming💔 Ugly Cry
Lincoln in the Bardo
Literary Fiction

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

Abraham Lincoln''s son Willie dies in 1862 Washington, and the president visits the cemetery in secret — while in the bardo (the Buddhist space between death and rebirth), a group of restless spirits …

🦋 Butterflies Guaranteed🌀 Plot Twist Incoming😭 Tissue Warning💔 Ugly Cry
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Fantasy

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

by V.E. Schwab

Addie makes a deal with the devil to live forever — but no one will ever remember her. Until one does.

🕯️ Slow Burn Alert💔 Ugly Cry
One Day
Contemporary Romance

One Day

by David Nicholls

Dex and Emma meet on the night of their college graduation. Every July 15th for twenty years, we check in on them — the day that shaped them, the day they almost got it right, the day everything fell …

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