6 books to travel through time

From hard science fiction to heartfelt reflections

Who has never imagined what it would be like to return to see someone again, meet their younger self, change some bad decisions, visit other periods in our collective history, or take a peek into the future? Time is a mystery that is forever open, a constant invitation to curiosity about what it does to us and to creativity to invent what to do with it. And, as always, books are great partners for thinking, feeling, and playing with this mystery.

In this selection of titles in various styles, the characters travel through time driven by chance or by desires and pretensions of all kinds. I share six books that I have read, ranging from healing literature to science fiction, bringing precious reflections on sexuality, racism, and fundamental human anxieties.

The invisible life of Addie LaRue — V. E. Schwab

“What is a person, if not the marks they leave behind?”
― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

In 18th-century France, a young woman makes a pact that grants her eternal life — or else she will be…