There’s nothing that brings people together like trying to navigate a strange situation together, and that’s exactly what happens in these queer time travel romance books. One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston is the most well-known example, but there are lots of ways to approach this genre.

I have two sapphic romances for you about modern-day women who are thrown back to the Regency era and fall in love there. Another take is a sci-fi romance about two teen guys time-traveling against their wills who need to work together to escape. What about an M/M romance inspired by 13 Going On 30? And, of course, we can’t forget the love story of two agents on opposite sides of the time war.

Queer Time Travel Romance Books

Time and Tide by J.M. Frey

Regency, but make it time travel! Sam, a bisexual woman living in the modern day, is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Atlantic. Never fear, for she is rescued…in 1805! When some kind of betrayal happens upon the ship on which she’s rescued, she’s taken in by the ship captain’s sisters, one of whom will go on to write the first lesbian kiss in British literature. You see where this one is going, right? —Jessica Pryde

Time-Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane

Silas is a reluctant time traveler: he keeps getting thrown back in time, forced to relive hours or days in his pre-transition body. He’s sure he’s a unique scientific anomaly—until he meets Jude, who has the same symptoms. Jude has met a future version of Silas, and he says that they need to work together to fix their problem. The more time they spend together, the closer they become, but just as a solution comes into sight, Jude begins to question whether it might be better to change the past instead and save both of them heartache. (Jude is also on the aro/ace spectrum.) —Danika Ellis

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

In a vast universe of warring time-traveling empires, enemies can still fall in love. The worldbuilding of this book and the dynamics between Red and Blue are instantly fascinating, and the stakes are so ridiculously high that their emotions must rise to match them. In a story told through letters, we find out why Red and Blue are fighting so hard, and watch them fall for each other across time periods. There’s so much at stake for each of them, and if anyone finds out the connection between the two women, it’s not only their lives on the line. —Julia Rittenberg

New Adult by Timothy Janovsky

Aspiring stand-up comic Nolan is convinced life will be better in his 30s. It definitely can’t be worse than now, in his early 20s, when he’s managed to piss off everyone he loves in pursuit of a comedy career, including his best friend Drew, who he’s secretly in love with. When he wishes on a set of healing crystals to skip forward to the good part of his life, he wakes up seven years older with the career of his dreams—at the expense of all of his friends and family. Is there a future for Nolan where he can have it all? —Susie Dumond

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

As if Audrey’s week couldn’t get any worse, she’s now been dumped by her first love, waitlisted for her dream art school, and to top it off, she’s somehow been sent back to 1812. That’s where she meets Lucy, who is trying to avoid getting married to a suitor she can’t stand. Together, they attempt to get Audrey back to her time and find Lucy a suitable match… but instead, they end up inconveniently falling for each other. —Danika Ellis

Looking for more genre-blending queer romances? Check out these queer SFF romances and these queer fantasy romances.