George Falls Through Time, Ryan Collett
George Falls Through Time, Ryan Collett
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George Falls Through Time
A Novel

Author: Ryan Collett

Narrator: Samuel Barnett

Unabridged: 8 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2026


Synopsis

GEORGE FALLS THROUGH TIME IS. . ."Incredibly entertaining and intelligent." —GARRARD CONLEY"Big-hearted and inspired." —STEVEN ROWLEY"Funny, surprising, profound." —GRANT GINDER"Unputdownable." —LUNA MCNAMARALess meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalities.Narrated by Samuel Barnett.Newly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped. It’s pure undiluted stress that sends him into a spiral, all the way to the year 1300.When he comes to, George recognizes the same rolling hills of Greenwich Park. But the luxuries and phone service of modernity are nowhere. In their place are locals with a bizarre, slanted speech in awe of his foreign clothes, who swiftly toss him in a dungeon. Despite the barbarity of a medieval world, a servant named Simon helps George acclimate to a simpler, easier existence—until a summons from the King threatens to send his life up in flames.George Falls Through Time is as much an inward journey as an outward one: an immersive exploration of identity and dislocation that pits present-day sensibilities against a raw and alien backdrop, a strangely perfect canvas for the absurd anxieties of our modern lives. It's a profound meditation on the nature of desire perfect for fans of Madeline Miller and The Ministry of Time.

About Ryan Collett

Ryan Collett is a writer, animator, and knitter. He grew up in Oregon and now lives in London where his first novel, The Disassembly of Doreen Durand, was published in 2021. He also runs a popular YouTube channel dedicated to knitting.


Reviews

Goodreads review by ancientreader on January 21, 2026

A title like "George Falls Through Time," combined with a bright, almost cartoony cover, might lead you to expect a good time -- ditto the Goodreads tag "romance." But no. This is not a good time, and although George falls in love, the conditions for that love are far, far too bleak to qualify it as......more

Goodreads review by Trin on October 06, 2025

Readers, don't be fooled by the whimsical cover: this book is not a good time. It's an exercise in misery. George, in 2026, is miserable; moreover, he is portrayed (in his own first person narration) as the type of person who is always miserable -- who always has been and always will be. This novel......more

Goodreads review by jenny reads a lot on November 05, 2025

Hilariously funny and relatable despite the time travel, dragons, and medieval brutalities. I was highly entertained! I laughed out loud, I pondered my existence a bit, googled a few things, and finished thinking WTF just happened. All signs of a great book. I don’t know that I fully understand the......more

Goodreads review by Harrison on September 04, 2025

3.25⭐ I have many, many thoughts... George is going through it: he's freshly broken up with, working a low-rent job as a dogwalker, and just all around struggling to make it by. When out at a park, he slips through time and lands in the distant past. George, now, not only has to navigate his new surro......more