THE JODI TAYLORBOOKSHELFSearch

A LITTLE GUIDANCE BEFORE YOU JUMP

Build your reading order.

Choose a route through the connected world, then decide whether the shorter adventures come along.

A SPOILER-LIGHT STARTING POINT

Find your next Jodi Taylor series.

Question 1 of 3

What kind of trouble sounds most fun?

The connected time-travel world

St Mary’s, Time Police, and Smallhope & Pennyroyal share a world and recurring characters. The recommended route completes each series in turn; publication order interleaves releases by year.

01
Just One Damned Thing After Another

St Mary’s · Novel · 2013

02
A Symphony of Echoes

St Mary’s · Novel · 2013

03
When a Child Is Born

St Mary’s · Short story · 2013

04
A Second Chance

St Mary’s · Novel · 2014

05
Roman Holiday

St Mary’s · Short story · 2014

06
A Trail Through Time

St Mary’s · Novel · 2014

07
Christmas Present

St Mary’s · Short story · 2014

08
No Time Like the Past

St Mary’s · Novel · 2015

09
The Very First Damned Thing

St Mary’s · Short story · 2015

10
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

St Mary’s · Novel · 2015

11
Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings

St Mary’s · Short story · 2015

12
Lies, Damned Lies, and History

St Mary’s · Novel · 2016

13
The Great St Mary’s Day Out

St Mary’s · Short story · 2016

14
My Name Is Markham

St Mary’s · Short story · 2016

15
Desiccated Water

St Mary’s · Short story · 2017

16
And the Rest Is History

St Mary’s · Novel · 2017

17
Markham and the Anal Probing

St Mary’s · Short story · 2017

18
A Perfect Storm

St Mary’s · Short story · 2017

19
Christmas Past

St Mary’s · Short story · 2017

20
An Argumentation of Historians

St Mary’s · Novel · 2018

21
Battersea Barricades

St Mary’s · Short story · 2018

22
The Steam-Pump Jump

St Mary’s · Short story · 2018

23
And Now for Something Completely Different

St Mary’s · Short story · 2018

24
Hope for the Best

St Mary’s · Novel · 2019

25
When Did You Last See Your Father?

St Mary’s · Short story · 2019

26
Why Is Nothing Ever Simple?

St Mary’s · Short story · 2019

27
Plan for the Worst

St Mary’s · Novel · 2020

28
The Ordeal of the Haunted Room

St Mary’s · Short story · 2020

29
Another Time, Another Place

St Mary’s · Novel · 2021

30
The Toast of Time

St Mary’s · Short story · 2021

31
A Catalogue of Catastrophe

St Mary’s · Novel · 2022

32
The Good, the Bad and the History

St Mary’s · Novel · 2023

33
A Storm in a Teacup

St Mary’s · Bonus scene · 2023

34
Christmas Pie

St Mary’s · Short story · 2023

35
Lights! Camera! Mayhem!

St Mary’s · Short story · 2024

36
Raising the Dead

St Mary’s · Short story · 2025

37
Murder at Martingale Manor

St Mary’s · Short story · 2025

38
Doing Time

Time Police · Novel · 2019

39
Hard Time

Time Police · Novel · 2020

40
Saving Time

Time Police · Novel · 2021

41
About Time

Time Police · Novel · 2022

42
Santa Grint

Time Police · Short story · 2022

43
Killing Time

Time Police · Novel · 2024

44
Out of Time

Time Police · Novel · 2025

45
The Ballad of Smallhope and Pennyroyal

Smallhope & Pennyroyal · Novel · 2024

46
A Family Affair

Smallhope & Pennyroyal · Novel · 2026

Find a different kind of story

Elizabeth Cage → Nothing is quite as it seems.

Frogmorton Farm → A little everyday magic.

Standalone & Collections → A different kind of adventure.