The Time Traveler's Wife
Published in 2003, The Time Traveler's Wife is a romantasy and sci-fi romance novel by Audrey Niffenegger. It takes readers to Newberry Library and Chicago in 1963. Characters include Clare Anne Abshire, Henry DeTamble and Dr. Kendrick. It deals with mutants, love, death and Amputation.
Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 57 ratings, and 475 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 37 editions across 6 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Trade Fiction Paperback bestseller list in 2009.
It runs to roughly 546 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.
About The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger's innovative debut, The Time Traveler's Wife, is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity in his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
Awards & lists
- ✦Locus Awards 2004 — Best First Novel (nominee)
- ✦Arthur C. Clarke Award 2005 — Overall (nominee)
- 📰New York Times bestseller list — Trade Fiction Paperback, 2009
Quick answers
Who wrote The Time Traveler's Wife?
The Time Traveler's Wife was written by Audrey Niffenegger and first published in 2003.
What genre is The Time Traveler's Wife?
It is usually shelved as Romantasy, Science Fiction Romance and Time Travel.
How long is The Time Traveler's Wife?
The median edition has 546 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.
What books are similar to The Time Traveler's Wife?
Readers who like it often enjoy An Acceptable Time (Time Quintet #5 / O'Keefe Family #4), Replay and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court.
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