The Time Traveler's Wife

I bought the book in 2005 (it was published in 2003), then somehow let it sit and gather dust on my "to be read" shelf (actually, shelves — six of them currently), until two weeks ago, when I finally started it one night at bedtime.

One of my top three books of the year (out of perhaps 50–75, would be my best guess), no question.

It's sci-fi but actually makes time travel seem as if it could be real, a tremendous achievement by (then) first-time novelist Audrey Niffenegger.

I was reminded of Alfred Bester's great book, "The Stars My Destination," in terms of the repeated movements through time of the protagonist (and his wonderful time traveling daughter).

The difference being that Niffenegger somehow makes her characters seem like people you or I might actually know, unlike Bester's Gully Foyle.

Browse and read excerpt's from Niffenegger's book here.