The Confessions of Max Tivoli

Which came first: Max Tivoli or Time
Traveler's Wife? The truth is that to me it doesn't really matter
which was published first; what matters is what I read first and that
was Time Traveler's Wife. Consequently, Max feels like an uglier
younger sister.

Max is the story of a man whose body ages backwards; that is, Max is
born old and gradually becomes younger and younger. Complicating his
life is his love for a woman who, sadly, ages normally.

The idea for the story is clever and Max is a sympathetic figure, but
I never had that can't-put-the-book-down feeling.