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A Traveller In Time by Alison Uttley - a children's book but a classic. I loved reading this when I was younger and will probably re-read it again now I've thought about it!
And not forgetting Doctor Who of course! It's a TV series of course but I remember reading lots of the books (written by Terrance Dick and other authors) when I was younger and enjoying them immensely. Some are more "other worlds" rather than "other times" but there are many stories where The Doctor time travels within our world :-)
Oh wow, I had no idea this thread was still going! I don't visit this forum too often, and totally forgot about it.
Thanks to everyone for the suggestions, and I'll definitely add the intriguing ones to my list. Lately I haven't had time to read anything but the books for the book club I run (also have to keep up on YA titles for work), but every so often I manage to slip in a "personal choice."
As a librarian, I feel kinda funny asking for book suggestions on an internet forum - but even a doctor occasionally needs medical care, LOL. I could read some of my professional review sources or visit whatshouldireadnext.com, but really would prefer some PERSONAL recommendations from real people. Anyway, I absolutely love time travel-themed books, and just finished the excellent Replay by Ken Grimwood... now I'm trying to find something similar to read next. For those who aren't familiar with it, here's the synopsis from Amazon:
"Jeff Winston, forty-three, didn't know he was a replayer until he died and woke up twenty-five years younger in his college dorm room; he lived another life. And died again. And lived again and died again -- in a continuous twenty-five-year cycle -- each time starting from scratch at the age of eighteen to reclaim lost loves, remedy past mistakes, or make a fortune in the stock market. A novel of gripping adventure, romance, and fascinating speculation on the nature of time, Replay asks the question: "What if you could live your life over again?"
I've already read the obvious The Time Machine, and tried to read the popular Time Traveler's Wife and Time and Again, but just couldn't get into them. I also have 11/22/63 on my Kindle, but keep hearing it's a slow-paced story... and as much as I love Stephen King, I'm lacking the patience for 850p of plodding right now. Does anyone have another suggestion, whether it's classic or current? FYI, I'm not into the "Star Trek" or overly scientific type of sci-fi, if that makes any sense. TIA!
I just discovered this thread, and I'm elated: There are other people who know Replay! It has affected us (family) so much that we've been giving copies away to friends who have never heard of it. And last summer we explored the area around Montgomery Creek, CA where Jeff Winston's cabin stood. To my knowledge Replay is unique (unless you count the movie Groundhog Day). I really enjoy time travel stories, but I can only think of movie titles; as for the time travel trope in literature, I think it's been covered well in this thread.
Two books not yet mentioned are "Eon" and its sequel "Eternity" by Greg Bear 1985 & 1989. An artificial world created several centuries in the future is accidently flipped back to our time. World War III ensues as the rival superpowers attempt to monopolise the technology of the apparently uninhabited structure. But that's just the beginning. Soon the world's owners arrive to take command of the chaos - they are no longer human. So begins an adventure into an almost unimaginable future ...
Two books not yet mentioned are "Eon" and its sequel "Eternity" by Greg Bear 1985 & 1989. An artificial world created several centuries in the future is accidently flipped back to our time. World War III ensues as the rival superpowers attempt to monopolise the technology of the apparently uninhabited structure. But that's just the beginning. Soon the world's owners arrive to take command of the chaos - they are no longer human. So begins an adventure into an almost unimaginable future ...
Right, those are the stories with the giant wormhole structure through time and space, correct? And gates can be opened with a certain kind of instrument? Some of Bear's best works. And with funny moments, if I remember correctly: a time traveler tells a culture not to let anyone "mess with their heads," meaning their minds, and within a few generations it has morphed into a religion where nobody cuts or washes their hair because they're not supposed to mess with their heads!
OK, read the whole thread and I don't remember seeing Lest Darkness Fall (1941) by L. Sprague de Camp mentioned.
An archaeologist is visiting the Pantheon in Rome in 1938. A thunderstorm arrives, lightning cracks, and he finds himself transported to 6th century Rome. He ends up 'inventing' all sorts of things
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It has affected us (family) so much that we've been giving copies away to friends who have never heard of it. And last summer we explored the area around Montgomery Creek, CA where Jeff Winston's cabin stood. To my knowledge Replay is unique (unless you count the movie Groundhog Day). I really enjoy time travel stories, but I can only think of movie titles; as for the time travel trope in literature, I think it's been covered well in this thread. 
