# Time travel books that work out **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [January 1, 2026, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232 "2026-01-01T09:06:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232/41 "2026-01-03T22:59:19Z")
Yes. The joke about him was that his brain wasn’t Y2K compatible (2000 being about when he flaked out) ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232/42 "2026-01-04T13:22:04Z")
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban involves time travel which works out well for the heroes. Amusingly, it starts out with Hermione using it as a way to take extra classes which has got to be the weirdest reason for time travel in all of literature. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2026, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232/43 "2026-01-04T13:34:43Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban involves time travel which works out well for the heroes. As does the stage play _Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2026, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232/44 "2026-01-05T17:09:15Z")
Though in that case, time travel also caused the problems [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travel-books-that-work-out/1026232.md?page=2)