Rating of the best books about the hit people in 2024

The choice of a book to read is a purely individual matter. Someone only reads detectives and does not miss a single new product, someone is interested psychology, someone esoteric or love stories. But among all the variety of available books, one can single out a genre that combines several directions, including mysticism, and fantasy, and much more. This genre is called "hitting" and combines stories about relationships, the search for their place in the world. The basis of the book's plot is simple - the main character finds himself in another reality, it can be a parallel world, past, future, most often with some specific purpose - to save someone, change the course of history, not make a mistake that does not affect the lives of everyone people, but will change the life of a particular person.

Book selection criteria

Basically, the choice of the book depends on the personal preference of the reader. Someone is interested in historical events, so for them the most interesting work will be the one in which the hero is transported in time to a certain historical period. Someone prefers books in which sorcerers and witchcraft are present - such readers will like works with the transfer of the main character to the magical world. Consider the main directions of books about the populace.

1. One of the most popular stories is the transfer of the hero during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. This plot is distinguished by immersion in the historical events of that time, most often the main character has knowledge that will help to win the war with the least losses.
2. Transfer to a magical or parallel world - this plot differs in that the hero has supernatural abilities, and only he can save the world from an imminent disaster. Books with a similar plot are read in one breath, ideal for while away the time on a trip, for teenage reading.
3. Post-apocalypse or building a new world. Here the heroes find themselves in a completely unfamiliar world, and their main goal is to build for themselves a place in which to live.
4. Transfer to the past. Most often, heroes go back in time at times of critical moments for the development of society and try to change the course of history.
5. "Robinsonade". The heroes find themselves on an uninhabited island, and by any means it is necessary to get out of there.

Top—10 best books about the hit people

Thus, we will compile a rating of the best works about time travelers, affecting both various historical time periods and raising various social problems, ranging from the search for your place in life, even by destroying the whole world, to the need to give your life for the common good.

10th place - Artem Kamenisty "Five lives of a cheater"

Year of release - 2018, number of pages - 420, price from 211 rubles, rating on Live lib - 4.0. The book is part of a series that includes 6 books.

Post-apocalyptic world, virtual reality. The main character, not remembering himself, wakes up in an unfamiliar place, in which man is an enemy to man, and an incomprehensible System controls everything. To return to your world, you need to go through the quest, get the necessary information, but the hero has only five lives for everything. Will he be able to figure out the situation and get his life back.

• the virtual world is described as realistic and detailed as possible;
• the book is read quickly and in one breath.

• the book is unlikely to be of interest to those who do not like descriptions of virtual reality.

9th place - Sergey Arseniev "Student, Komsomol member, athlete"

Year of publication 2012, number of pages - 480, rating of the book on Live lib - 3.8, cost from 250 rubles.

The book will appeal to fans of the history of the USSR after the war. A pensioner living in modern Russia and barely making ends meet, dissatisfied with the current political system of our country, falls into the body of a newborn child in 1961, while his memory, experience and views on the path of development of Russia remain with him. The book tells how one person, with knowledge of the future, may well change the course of history. But in case of an error, its price will be high. And where is the guarantee that the "bright future" by the standards of one person will be the same for others.

• the period of the 60s is described in as much detail as possible, while the historical accuracy is observed;
• the author describes historical events so fully and in detail that there is a feeling of immersion in the moment;
• the language of the story is very vivid and imaginative;
• the plot of the book is fascinating, does not let go until you read it to the end.

• large volume of pages.

8th place - Natalia Zhiltsova "Marya Bessmertnaya"

Year of release - 2024, number of pages -320, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.26, average price - 231 rubles.

The work can be attributed to the genre - Slavic fantasy. The main character is an ordinary student Masha, who quite accidentally falls into an alternative reality - the world of fairy tales, and it turns out that she is the daughter of Koshchei the Immortal, the heir to a huge fortune. Koshchei was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer, and Masha is forced to go on a journey to save her father.

• the language of the story is very vivid and imaginative;
• many heroes from fairy tales and mythology, an interesting plot;
• beautiful love line;
• the book is read in one breath, ideal to while away the time on a trip.

• plot for an amateur.

7th place - Vadim Denisov “Castle Russia. Strategy"

Year of publication 2012, number of pages - 490, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.13, cost from 150 rubles.

The book belongs to the genre of social fiction. One hundred and twenty people go to a new planet in order to build a new world, a new civilization, since the old one has exhausted itself. These people have resources, whatever they want, they get. But instead of building a new world, they face a new task - to survive at any cost.

• social fiction;
• good elaboration of technical details;
• the language of the story is very vivid and imaginative.

• the plot of the book is not for an amateur, some may think the technical part is overly scrupulous.

6th place Rostislav Marchenko "Pass"

Year of release - 2018, volume of the book - 330 pages, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.2, price from 250 rubles.

The work belongs to the genre of "military fiction". The rifle platoon of US Second Lieutenant George Armstrong Cruster makes an incredible trip to the famous Busan Perimeter in August 1950.

Craster realized that his platoon was the only chance to keep the perimeter from being taken over by the Communists and prevent history from changing. To prevent this seizure and preserve the technology of the future for American scientists, Lieutenant Craster's marines only need to hold the eye of the mountain pass until help arrives at the platoon.

• the book deals with the description of a rather rarely used historical period;
• the work is read in one breath.

• military fiction will not appeal to every reader.

5th place - Artem Kamenisty "Ruthless Paradise"

Year of release - 2012, number of pages - 540, rating on Live lib - 4.2, cost from 287 rubles.

The work can be attributed to the genres of "Robinson", "teenage fantasy". Modern Russia, the loss of young people has become more frequent, according to eyewitnesses, alien objects were noticed near the place of loss. The main character - 18-year-old athlete Max once finds himself next to a similar object and finds himself on a tropical island with the sea and coral archipelagos. However, after the charm of a heavenly place passes, Max realizes that he is on an alternative planet, on which he will have to survive by any available means. And not only himself, but also saving other "earthlings".

• the work is very easy to read;
• beautiful descriptions of nature;
• the work will be of interest to young people, as well as to all lovers of "Robinsonade" and "teenage fantasy".

• large volume of pages.

4th place Anatoly Drozdov "Revanshinst"

Year of release - 2018, number of pages - 360, rating on Live lib - 4.3, price from 275 rubles.

The main character is a writer, he lived not a very successful life, his wife left him, his writing career did not bring either money or fame, and life, in turn, brought satisfaction. But suddenly the hero had a chance to fix everything, because he woke up in the body of himself, but 50 years ago - in the USSR in 1975. The hero decided to fix his life - to marry another girl, write a book that would bring him fame and try to prevent the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

• good elaboration of technical details;
• the language of the story is very vivid and imaginative.

• history of the USSR for an amateur.

3rd place Vladislav Konyushevsky "Attempt to return"

Year of publication - 2014, number of pages - 460, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.5, average price - 200 rubles. The book is part of a series (4 books).

The book is a classic among the rest of the works about the "priest" during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The main character is an ordinary guy who accidentally got into the past and not somewhere there, namely in 1941, one of the most difficult periods for our country. With the knowledge of how much damage the war inflicted on our country, the hero is trying to minimize losses and make the country take a different path.

• the period of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 is described in as much detail as possible, while the historical accuracy is observed;
• the author describes the historical events so fully and in detail that there is a feeling of immersion in the moment, after reading it I want to dive further into the historical events of that time in order to find out for certain what happened to the 2nd shock army or how the T-34 was created;
• the language of the book is very vivid, imaginative, the characters are "living";
• a large number of battle scenes.

• large volume of pages.

2nd place - "Varyag" Alexander Mazin

Year of release - 2005, number of pages - 330, rating on Live lib - 4.2, cost - 223 rubles.

The main character - a paratrooper, after meeting with friends, woke up in Ancient Russia of the 9th century. The book tells how a modern person gets used to an unusual time for him, makes friends, family and finds his place in life, albeit in an unusual era for him.

• the work touches upon the period of Ancient Rus;
• the language of the book is very vivid, imaginative, the characters are "living";
• good study of historical details.

1st place - Stephen King "11/22/63"

Year of release 2011, number of pages - 950, rating on Live lib - 4.6, cost from 300 rubles.

The work tells the story of a school teacher from the United States, who fell into the past and must by any means prevent the assassination of President Kennedy, in order for the fate of the United States and the whole world to take a different path. But history does not tolerate interference in its course and in every possible way prevents it. So, which is stronger - an established course of events or a sincere desire of the protagonist to achieve universal prosperity?

• the very name of the author "Stephen King" is a kind of mark of the book's quality;
• the work was included in the list of the best books recommended for reading;
• full immersion in the 1960s;
• "Living" heroes, each with their own problems and character, a variety of storylines.

• large volume of pages.

Let's compile a summary table of the best books about time travelers with a detailed description of their features.

Rating	Book title, author	Year of release, rating on LiveLid, price	Description
1	Stephen King "11/22/63"	Year of release 2011, number of pages - 950, rating on Live lib - 4.6, cost from 300 rubles	The work tells the story of a school teacher from the United States, who fell into the past and must by any means prevent the assassination of President Kennedy, in order for the fate of the United States and the whole world to take a different path. But history does not tolerate interference in its course and in every possible way prevents it. So, which is stronger - an established course of events or a sincere desire of the protagonist to achieve universal prosperity?
2	"Varyag" Alexander Mazin	Year of release - 2005, number of pages - 330, rating on Live lib - 4.2, cost - 223 rubles.	The main character - a paratrooper, after meeting with friends, woke up in Ancient Russia of the 9th century. The book tells how a modern person gets used to an unusual time for him, makes friends, family and finds his place in life, albeit in an unusual era for him.
3	Vladislav Konyushevsky "Attempt to return"	Year of publication - 2017, number of pages - 460, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.5, average price - 200 rubles	The main character is an ordinary guy who accidentally got into the past and not somewhere there, namely in 1941, one of the most difficult periods for our country. With the knowledge of how much damage the war inflicted on our country, the hero is trying to minimize losses and make the country take a different path.
4	Anatoly Drozdov "Revanshinst"	Year of release - 2018, number of pages - 360, rating on Live lib - 4.3, price from 275 rubles	The main character is a writer, he lived a not very successful life, his wife left him, his writing career did not bring either money or fame, and life, in turn, brought satisfaction. But suddenly the hero had a chance to fix everything, because he woke up in the body of himself, but 50 years ago - in the USSR in 1975. The hero decided to fix his life - to marry another girl, write a book that would bring him fame and try to prevent the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
5	"Ruthless Paradise" Artem Kamenisty	Year of release - 2012, number of pages - 540, rating on Live lib - 4.2, cost from 287 rubles	Modern Russia, the loss of young people has become more frequent, according to eyewitnesses, alien objects were noticed near the place of loss. The main character, an 18-year-old athlete Max, once finds himself next to a similar object and finds himself on a tropical island with the sea and coral archipelagos. However, after the charm of a heavenly place passes, Max realizes that he is on an alternative planet, on which he will have to survive by any available means. And not only himself, but also saving other "earthlings".
6	Rostislav Marchenko "Pass"	Year of release - 2018, volume of the book - 330 pages, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.2, price from 250 rubles	The rifle platoon of US Second Lieutenant George Armstrong Cruster makes an incredible trip to the famous Busan Perimeter in August 1950. Craster realized that his platoon was the only chance to keep the perimeter from being taken over by the Communists and prevent history from changing. To prevent this capture and preserve the technology of the future for American scientists, Lieutenant Craster's Marines only need to hold the eye of the mountain pass until the platoon is approached help
7	Vadim Denisov “Castle Russia. Strategy"	Year of publication 2012, number of pages - 490, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.13, cost from 150 rubles	One hundred and twenty people go to a new planet in order to build a new world, a new civilization, since the old one has exhausted itself. These people have resources, whatever they want, they get. But instead of building a new world, they face a new task - to survive at any cost.
8	Natalia Zhiltsova "Marya the Immortal"	Year of release - 2019, number of pages -320, rating of the book on Live lib - 4.26, average price - 231 rubles	The main character is an ordinary student - Masha, who accidentally falls into an alternative reality - the world of fairy tales, and it turns out that she is the daughter of Koshchei the Immortal, the heir to a huge fortune. Koshchei was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer, and Masha is forced to go on a journey to save her father.
9	Sergey Arsenyev "Student, Komsomol member, athlete"	Year of publication 2012, number of pages - 480, rating of the book on Live lib - 3.8, cost from 250 rubles.	A pensioner living in modern Russia and barely making ends meet, dissatisfied with the current political system of our country, falls into the body of a newborn child in 1961, while his memory, experience and views on the path of development of Russia remain with him. The book tells how one person, with knowledge of the future, may well change the course of history. But in case of an error, its price will be high. And where is the guarantee that the "bright future" by the standards of one person will be the same for others.
10	Artem Kamenisty "Five lives of a cheater"	Year of release - 2018, volume of pages - 420, price from 211 rubles, rating on Live lib - 4.0.	Post-apocalyptic world, virtual reality. The main character, not remembering himself, wakes up in an unfamiliar place, in which man is an enemy to man, and an incomprehensible System controls everything. To return to your world, you need to go through the quest, get the necessary information, but the hero has only five lives for everything. Will he be able to figure out the situation and get his life back.

For a long time man has been interested in the issue of time travel. Many people wonder what would happen to us now if we knew how to influence certain events taking place in the world. The books about the hit people give the readers the opportunity to return to the past together with their heroes and try to change something. It's just not in vain that they say that history does not tolerate the subjunctive mood. Although some succeed.