Read-alikes and related books

Books like Invictus

What to read after Invictus by Ryan Graudin: 24 titles sharing themes of Exploration & Discovery, Ancient Civilizations, Time Travel, and Emotions & Feelings, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to Invictus

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Hunt for the Golden Scarab

M. G. Leonard

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel

The Time Travel Twins: the Pharaoh’s Tomb

James Patterson

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel

Early Departures

Justin A. Reynolds

Themes: Time Travel • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

Soulswift

Megan Bannen

Themes: Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction

Call It Courage

Armstrong Sperry

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

The Last Last-Day-Of-Summer

Lamar Giles

Themes: Time Travel • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

Time Keeper

Robert Starnes

Themes: Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

When You Reach Me

Rebecca Stead

Themes: Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

Time Machine 12 Search for the Nile

Robert W. Walker

Themes: Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction

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Time Machine 16: Quest for the Cities of Gold

Richard Glatzer

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction

#11

The Final Six

Alexandra Monir

Themes: Time Travel • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

#12

The Space Between Here & Now

Sarah Suk

Themes: Time Travel • Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction

#13

The House That Wasn’t There

Elana K. Arnold

Themes: Time Travel • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

#14

Son (for Pob Boxed Set Only)

Lois Lowry

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

#15

Boomi’s Boombox

Shanthi Sekaran

Themes: Time Travel • Emotions & Feelings • Friendship

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Kaleidoscope

Brian Selznick

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

#17

Trouble

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy A Newbery Honor Award Winner

Gary D. Schmidt

Themes: Emotions & Feelings • Young Adult Fiction • Friendship

#19

Doctor Who: Josephine and the Argonauts

Paul Magrs

Themes: Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel • Science Fiction

#20

The Time Machine Next Door: Artists and a Disappearing Dog

Iszi Lawrence

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Time Travel • Science Fiction

#21

Race to the South Pole (Ranger in Time #4) Volume 4

Kate Messner

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Time Travel • Science Fiction

#22

The Mona Lisa Mystery

M. A. Bennett

Themes: Exploration & Discovery • Time Travel • Science Fiction

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Archer’s Quest

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel • Science Fiction

#24

Flashback Four #3: The Pompeii Disaster

Dan Gutman

Themes: Ancient Civilizations • Time Travel • Science Fiction

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Exploration & Discovery, Ancient Civilizations, Time Travel — the same threads that run through Invictus by Ryan Graudin. Among the authors featured: M. G. Leonard, James Patterson, Justin A. Reynolds, Megan Bannen, and others.