Let’s be real: sapphic time travel romances aren’t “it” books by any means despite This Is How You Lose the Time War (Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone) recently getting a bump in sales thanks to an anime lover with a bunch of loyal followers, but anyway, here’s a roundup of a few I’ve read, discovered—and one I wrote—because I’m already a fan of the genre.

And yes, I’ve read This Is How You Lose the Time War. It’s thrilling when a book in one of my favorite genres—science fiction romance—gets more attention, sales, and fans. While that book’s visibility boost is an outlier event, I’m still determined to spread the joy of sapphic time travel romances of all kinds in my own small, ordinary reader way.

Now it’s time to discover your next sapphic time travel romance read!

Scatter by Molly J. Bragg

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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

Related post: Is Weird Sci-Fi Romance the New Black?

The Time Slip Girl by Elizabeth Andre

Unbroken Star and Sweet Paladin by Alex Washoe

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

Julie & Winifred’s Most Excellent Adventure by Heather Massey (that’s me!)

Bonus art: The Disaster Pets

Cover illustration and Disaster Pets illustration by Eileen Widjaja.

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Satisfy your sapphic time travel romance itch

I would read more f/f time travel romances, but they’re difficult to find, especially in traditional publishing. It’s possible that very few exist in the first place, so maybe it’s not for lack of trying.

Here are some links to various other f/f time travel titles because I want to help make these types of books easier to find. They include trad, small press, and self-published titles.

Have you read This Is How You Lose the Time War and are looking for your next sapphic time travel adventure (with or without romance)? Amal El-Mohtar has you covered: 7 Books About Time-Traveling Lesbians.

Here’s a Goodreads list of lesbian time travel books.

Read my gushing post about Molly J. Bragg’s Scatter, in case anyone with a platform wants to boost and support a marginalized author and become a fan of her super fun lesbian superhero sci-fi romances!

Read my post exploring the issue of Who gets to time travel?

Thanks for reading!

About the author

Heather Massey (she/her) is a geek mom who's the proud parent of a terrific daughter and married to the love of her life. Heather is best known for her sci-fi romance blog The Galaxy Express.

Though she’s neither an award-winning nor bestselling author (thank you for not judging!), her stories provide quality entertainment by way of fantastical worlds, action-adventure, and larger-than-life characters who fall in love while battling evils such as classist jerks, corporate greed, the patriarchy, and corrupt politicians.