Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Time Machine

24 books recommended for fans of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells, tied together by themes of Time Travel, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Short Stories (single author), and Epic.

Time Travel English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Short Stories (single author) Epic European Literary Criticism Classics Science Fiction Fantasy Action & Adventure Fiction

Top related books to The Time Machine

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

The Atlas of Middle-earth

Karen Wynn Fonstad

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • Epic

The War of the Ring The History of the Lord of the Rings, Part Three

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

King Arthur and His Knights Selected Tales — Sir Thomas Malory

SIR THOMAS. MALORY

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • European

Beowulf A Verse Translation

Michael Alexander

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

De Profundis and Other Writings

Oscar Wilde

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • European

Chronicles of the Canongate

Sir Walter Scott

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • European

Paradise Lost

John Milton

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

The Girl with the Golden Eyes and Other Stories

Honoré de Balzac

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • European

#10

Dubliners

James Joyce

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Short Stories (single author) • European

#11

Flatland A Romance of Many Dimensions

Edwin A. Abbott

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#12

A Pilgrim’s Progress

John Bunyan

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#13

The Fall of Númenor And Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-Earth — J R R Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Epic • Classics

#14

The Great Tales Never End Essays in Memory of Christopher Tolkien

Richard Ovenden

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

#15

Moby Dick Or, The Whale

Herman Melville

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#16

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • Epic • European

#17

Mary Barton

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#18

Huntingtower

John Buchan

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#19

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver

Themes: Time Travel • Epic • Classics

#20

Ruth

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#21

Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#22

The Fixed Period

Anthony Trollope

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#23

Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore

W. B. Yeats

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

#24

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism

Tobias Smollett

Themes: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh • European • Literary Criticism

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with The Time Machine by H. G. Wells. Connected by Time Travel, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Short Stories (single author). Authors featured include Karen Wynn Fonstad, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien, SIR THOMAS. MALORY, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.