What to Read After The Lincoln Hunters by Wilson Tucker

The time-travel apparatus drives the field team’s every decision, because any misstep risks both their lives and the integrity of recorded history. Best for readers who appreciate science fiction that uses time travel to foreground character reactions, but may feel challenging if you seek high-octane action, rapid plot twists, or intricate technical explanations of temporal mechanics.

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The Lincoln Hunters

Wilson Tucker
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Closest Emotional Continuation

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson
Strong continuation 100/100
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Speaking in Bones

Kathy Reichs
Strong continuation 100/100
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The Red Hunter

Lisa Unger
Strong continuation 100/100
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Dying Fall

Elly Griffiths
Strong continuation 90/100
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Net Force

Tom Clancy & Steve Pieczenik
Strong continuation 90/100
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The BFG

Roald Dahl
Strong continuation 90/100
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Kim Edwards
Strong continuation 88/100
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Same Territory, Different Shape

The Doloriad

Missouri Williams
Close continuation 83/100
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Hell's Paradise: Jigokuraku, Vol. 1

Yuji Kaku
Close continuation 83/100
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No One Writes to the Colonel

Gabriel García Márquez
Close continuation 79/100
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Notes of a Desolate Man

Chu T'ien-wen
Gentle shift 64/100
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