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When Lighting Strikes

  • 1994 first published
  • 371 pages
  • 8 editions

Kristin Hannah's When Lighting Strikes (1994) is a time-travel fiction and historical romance novel. Readers will find themes of time travel.

8 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

At about 371 pages, most readers finish it in 6–7 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Historical romance
  • Time travel

Quick answers

Who wrote When Lighting Strikes?

When Lighting Strikes was written by Kristin Hannah and first published in 1994.

What genre is When Lighting Strikes?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel and Historical Romance.

How long is When Lighting Strikes?

The median edition has 371 pages, about 6–7 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to When Lighting Strikes?

Readers who like it often enjoy Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager and Outlander.

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