Time and Again

Why it’s on the list: Finney’s 1970 novel sends an illustrator back to New York in 1882 by a method that is essentially self-hypnosis, and is famous less for its plot than for the density of its period detail — the book architecture and preservation people keep recommending.

Where I saw it: A bare Amazon link saved in the note.

Connections

• City Building — the portfolio idea this sits closest to: the novel is largely a reconstruction of a nineteenth-century city.