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Books Like The Time Machine

by H.G. Wells · about this book

Loved The Time Machine by H.G. Wells? If its science fiction, classics and time travel hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Anthem, The Island of Dr. Moreau and Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Time Machine: Science Fiction · Classics · Time Travel · Far Future · Male Lead

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   Anthem

   Ayn Rand

   Far Future · Scientist Protagonist · Class Struggle · Classics · Novella

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   The Island of Dr. Moreau

   Herbert George Wells

   Evolution · Scientist Protagonist · Frame Story · Classics · Science Fiction

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   Brave New World / Brave New World Revisited

   Aldous Huxley

   Far Future · Classism · Class Struggle · Classics · Science Fiction

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   A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

   Mark Twain

   Time Travel · Frame Story · Classism · Classics · Adventure

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5. 

   Red Rising

   Pierce Brown

   Far Future · Class Struggle · Classism · Science Fiction · Dystopian

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   Prelude to Foundation

   Isaac Asimov

   Far Future · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Classics · Class Struggle

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   The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

   Robert Louis Stevenson

   Scientist Protagonist · Frame Story · Novella · Classics · Science Fiction

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8. 

   The Diamond Age: or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer

   Neal Stephenson

   Far Future · Class Struggle · Classism · Science Fiction · Dystopian

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9. 

   We

   Yevgeny Zamyatin

   Far Future · Classics · Science Fiction · Novella · Dystopian

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10. 

    Julian Comstock: A Story of 22nd-Century America

    Robert Charles Wilson

    Far Future · Class Struggle · Dystopian · Classism · Science Fiction

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11. 

    Frankenstein

    Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

    Frame Story · Scientist Protagonist · Classics · Science Fiction · First Person Narrator

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12. 

    Empire of Silence

    Christopher Ruocchio

    Far Future · Frame Story · Science Fiction · Adventure · First Person Narrator

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13. 

    Planet of the Apes

    Pierre Boulle

    Frame Story · Scientist Protagonist · Classism · Science Fiction · Classics

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14. 

    The Accidental Time Machine

    Joe Haldeman

    Time Travel · Far Future · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Adventure

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15. 

    The Dispossessed

    Ursula K. Le Guin

    Scientist Protagonist · Class Struggle · Science Fiction · Classics · Dystopian

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16. 

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë

    Frame Story · Classism · Class Struggle · Classics · Bleak

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17. 

    Solaris

    Stanislaw Lem

    Scientist Protagonist · Far Future · Science Fiction · Classics · Male Lead

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18. 

    2001: A Space Odyssey

    Arthur C. Clarke

    Evolution · Classics · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Adventure

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19. 

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

    Time Travel · Frame Story · Classics · Science Fiction · Bleak

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20. 

    Shades of Grey

    Jasper Fforde

    Far Future · Class Struggle · Classism · Dystopian · Science Fiction

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