A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare's passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey Niffenegger's cinematic storytelling that makes the novel's unconventional chronology so vibrantly triumphant.

An enchanting debut and a spellbinding tale of fate and belief in the bonds of love, The Time Traveler's Wife is destined to captivate readers for years to come.

Suggested Book Club Questions for The Time Traveler's Wife (Fiction)

The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Did Audrey Niffenegger emphasize any specific themes throughout The Time Traveler's Wife? What do you think Audrey Niffenegger is trying to explain with this theme?
• What was unique about the setting of The Time Traveler's Wife and how did it affect the storyline?
• Could you relate to any of the characters? If so, which ones and why?
• How do characters change or learn throughout The Time Traveler's Wife? What events caused these changes? Have you or someone you know experienced the same thing?
• How does The Time Traveler's Wife reveal Audrey Niffenegger's own perspectives about people and the world? For a lively discussion, describe why you think Audrey Niffenegger is liberal or conservative.
• Did certain parts of The Time Traveler's Wife affect you emotionally? Why did it evoke those emotions?
• Did Audrey Niffenegger's point of view on things lend new perspective to your own view of the world?

Suggested Book Club Questions for The Time Traveler's Wife (Non-fiction)

The following book club questions provide a starting point for creating a reading group discussion on The Time Traveler's Wife:

• Did Audrey Niffenegger make persuasive arguments in The Time Traveler's Wife? Did The Time Traveler's Wife change or reinforce your opinion on the subject?
• What did you learn from The Time Traveler's Wife?
• How does Audrey Niffenegger present the information and did you enjoy it?
• How is Audrey Niffenegger biased within The Time Traveler's Wife? Is there a political slant to what is being discussed and how does it impact the book?
• What, if anything, does The Time Traveler's Wife make you want to read next? Why?