Jodi Taylor

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  • Bibliography:
    48 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2013
  • Latest Book:
    June 2024
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Full Series List in Order

The Chronicles of St. Mary's

1 - Just One Damned Thing After Another (Sep-2013)
2 - A Symphony of Echoes (Jan-2014)
2.5 - When a Child is Born (Nov-2013)
3 - A Second Chance (Aug-2014)
3.5 - Roman Holiday (Jun-2014)
4 - A Trail Through Time (Mar-2015)
4.5 - Christmas Present (Feb-2015)
5 - No Time Like The Past (May-2015)
6 - What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Jul-2015)
6.4 - Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings: A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story (Nov-2015)
6.5 - The Very First Damned Thing (Dec-2015)
6.6 - The Great St. Mary's Day Out (Aug-2016)
6.7 - My Name is Markham (Dec-2016)
7 - Lies, Damned Lies, and History (May-2017)
8 - Blood, Sweat, and Tea (Jul-2017)
8.5 - Christmas Past (Dec-2017)
8.6 - The Battersea Barricades (Apr-2018)
9 - An Argumentation of Historians (Apr-2018)
9.5 - The Steam Pump Jump (Jul-2018)
10 - Hope for the Best (Apr-2019)
11 - Plan for the Worst (Apr-2020)
12 - Another Time, Another Place (Apr-2021)
13 - A Catalogue of Catastrophe (Apr-2022)
14 - The Good, The Bad and The History (Jun-2023)
The Long and Short of It (Jun-2017)

Elizabeth Cage

1 - White Silence (Jan-2018)
2 - Dark Light (Oct-2018)
3 - Long Shadows (Aug-2021)

Frogmorton Farm

1 - The Nothing Girl (May-2014)
1.5 - Little Donkey (Feb-2015)
2 - The Something Girl (Mar-2017)
3 - Joy to the World (Nov-2020)

The Time Police

1 - Doing Time (Oct-2019)
2 - Hard Time (Oct-2020)
3 - Saving Time (Oct-2021)
3.5 - The Toast of Time (Dec-2021)
4 - About Time (Oct-2022)
4.5 - Santa Grint (Dec-2022)
5 - Killing Time (Jun-2024)

Book List in Order: 48 titles

  • Just One Damned Thing After Another

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 1

    Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. Maintaining the appearance of harmless ecce...

  • When a Child is Born

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 2.5

    It's Christmas Day 1066 and a team from St Mary's is going to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror. Or so they think. However, History seems to have different plans for them and when Max finds herself delivering a child in a peasant's hut,...

  • A Symphony of Echoes

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 2

    Book Two in the madcap time-travel series based at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. In the second book in the Chronicles of St Mary's series, Max and the team visit Victorian London in search of J...

  • The Nothing Girl

    Frogmorton Farm - 1

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    Jodi Taylor, author of the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Mary''s series, brings all her comic writing skills to this heart-warming tale of self-discovery.

    Getting a life isn''t always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder...

  • Roman Holiday

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 3.5

    Another rollicking short story from the Chronicles of St Mary's. Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife's house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, Queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of he...

  • A Second Chance

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 3

    St Mary’s is back and nothing is going right for Max. Once again, it’s just one damned thing after another. The action jumps from an encounter with a mirror-stealing Isaac Newton to the bloody battlefield at Agincourt. Discover how a simple fact-...

  • Christmas Present

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 4.5

    It's Christmas Eve at St Mary's, And all through the house, Nothing is stirring ... Except for Max, Peterson, and Markham, sneaking out at midnight for an assignment that is very definitely off the books. It's ten years ago tonight that Senior Histor...

  • Little Donkey

    Frogmorton Farm - 1.5

    It's Christmas and Jenny Checkland is beset with problems. The vicar, who really should know better, has asked to borrow Marilyn the donkey for the nativity play, thereby unleashing chaos on the already chaos-laden Frogmorton Farm. Will Marilyn survi...

  • A Trail Through Time

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 4

    The fourth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a diff...



  • No Time Like The Past

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 5

    The fifth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a diffe...

  • What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 6

    Max is back! New husband, new job, and a training regime that cannot fail - to go wrong! Take one interim Chief Training Officer, add five recruits, mix with Joan of Arc, a baby mammoth, a duplicitous Father of History, a bombed rat, Stone Age hunter...

  • Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings: A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 6.4

    It's Christmas again at St Mary's and time for Max's obligatory illegal jump. On this occasion, however, they're right up against it. A loaded gun has been left behind in Ancient Egypt and it's up to St Mary's historians to retrieve it before someone...

  • The Very First Damned Thing

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 6.5

    Ever wondered how it all began? It's two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning. How will he assemble his team? Fro...

  • A Bachelor Establishment

    High adventure and dark mystery combine in a sparkling historical romance, by Jodi Taylor writing as Isabella Barclay from The Chronicles of St. Mary's. Bascombe, widowed and tied to an impoverished estate, has learned to ask little of life. With...

  • The Great St. Mary's Day Out

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 6.6

    Everyone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's. Astonishingly, Dr. Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601...

  • My Name is Markham

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 6.7

    Like a smaller and much scruffier Greta Garbo �" finally �" Markham speaks! It’s Christmas and time for the first (and almost certainly last) St Mary’s Annual Children’s Christmas Party �" attendance compulsory, by order of Dr Bairstow. Disc...

  • The Something Girl

    Frogmorton Farm - 2

    From the bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's. The Nothing Girl has grown up… It’s life as usual at Frogmorton Farm �" which is to say that events have passed the merely eccentric and are now galloping headlong towards the complete...

  • And the Rest is History

    Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary''s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don''t call it time travel - these historians investigate major historical events in contemporary time. ...

  • Lies, Damned Lies, and History

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 7

    The seventh book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone's cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of...



  • The Long and Short of It

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's

    The first collection of previously published short stories set in the national-bestselling British madcap time-traveling series The Chronicles of St. Mary’s.Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historica...

  • Blood, Sweat, and Tea

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 8

    The eighth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind...

  • A Perfect Storm

    The brand new short story in the bestselling series, The Chronicles of St Mary’s. You don’t have to travel through time to experience catastrophe on an epic scale, as the disaster-magnets from St Mary’s are about to find out… For Max, what st...

  • Christmas Past

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 8.5

    The First Farrell Family Christmas Max, Leon and Matthew - together at last for Christmas at St Mary's - a time of conspicuous consumption, riotous misbehaviour and the traditional illegal Christmas jump. And this time, it's inter-generational. Don...

  • White Silence

    Elizabeth Cage - 1

    *The first instalment in the new, gripping supernatural thriller series from international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor.* "I don't know who I am. I don't know what I am." Elizabeth Cage is a child when she discovers that there are things...

  • An Argumentation of Historians

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 9

    The ninth book in the bestselling British madcap time-travelling series, served with a dash of wit that seems to be everyone’s cup of tea. Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, a different kind ...

  • The Battersea Barricades

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 8.6

    It's not easy being a rebel. So many new skills to assimilate. Never mind strategic planning, weapons expertise and the like - there's bicycle-stealing, oil-stain removal and boat steering to be mastered first. And quickly. It's the time of the Civi...

  • The Steam Pump Jump

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 9.5

    Not one to let being banged up in Sick Bay stop her, Max has had a brilliant idea. But she needs Markham to execute it on her behalf. The subject of this cunning plan is Peterson, struggling with another bereavement and not doing very well. What’s ...

  • Dark Light

    Elizabeth Cage - 2

    The second novel in the new, gripping supernatural thriller series from international bestselling author Jodi Taylor From the frying pan into the fire Betrayed, terrified and alone, Elizabeth Cage has fled her home. With no plan and no friends, s...

  • Hope for the Best

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 10


    The tenth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.<...



  • When Did You Last See Your Father?

    A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

    **Includes bonus St Mary's escapades Desiccated Water and Markham and the Anal Probing an...

  • Doing Time

    The Time Police - 1

    Introducing The Time Police, the brand-new series by international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor - an irresistible spinoff from the much-loved Chronicles of St Mary's series. Perfect reading for fans of Doctor Who, Ben Aaronovitch and Jasper Ffo...

  • Why is Nothing Ever Simple?

    A special Chronicles of St Mary's Christmas short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

    It's Christmas at St Mary's and time for the traditional illicit jump. ...

  • Plan for the Worst

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 11

    The eleventh book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series. If you love Jasper Fforde, Ben Aaronovitch or Doctor Who, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.

    I would have trusted this man with my life. Until a couple of days ago, a...

  • Hard Time

    The Time Police - 2

    Team Weird are back causing havoc in the Time Police in this irresistible spin-off series by international bestseller Jodi Taylor, author of The Chronicles of St Mary's. If you love Doctor Who, Ben Aaronovitch and Jasper Fforde, you'll love the Ti...

  • Joy to the World

    Frogmorton Farm - 3

    A Frogmorton Farm short story from the bestselling author of the Chronicles of St Mary's. Perfect for fans of Sarah Addison Allen, Kristen Ashley and Genevieve Cogman.It's Christmas time again and all is not well at Frogmorton Farm.Jenny and Russell'...

  • The Ordeal of the Haunted Room

    A Christmas ghost story - Chronicles of St Mary''s style! For fans of Doctor Who and Jasper Fforde... and A Christmas Carol. Where better for the annual festive jump than the chance to experience a real Victorian Christmas?On the longest night of 189...

  • Another Time, Another Place

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 12

    'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL'A great mix of British properness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' *****BOOK 12 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING...

  • Long Story Short

    Now in print for the very first time, this unmissable collection brings together seven short stories from the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Mary''s series, and one special guest tale from somewhere completely different.

    **Inc...

  • Long Shadows

    Elizabeth Cage - 3

    BOOK 3 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'SI don't know who I am. I don't know what I am. The identity of Elizabeth Cage has always been a mystery. Even she doesn't know who, or what, she is. Bu...



  • Saving Time

    The Time Police - 3

    From the bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S.Life is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut.But Time waits for no ...

  • The Toast of Time

    The Time Police - 3.5

    A Christmas short story from the 'Queen of Time', internationally bestselling author of The Chronicles of St Mary's, Jodi Taylor.'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELLOnc...

  • A Catalogue of Catastrophe

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 13

    'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time. Her books are a swashbuckling joyride through History' C. K. MCDONNELL BOOK 13 IN THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIESFor fans of Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club series, J...

  • About Time

    The Time Police - 4

    From the bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S.'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL---After their heroic efforts to safeguard the Acropolis and prevent the Paris Time-Stop, the Time Police have gone from zero to...

  • Santa Grint

    The Time Police - 4.5

    Pre-order a brand new TIME POLICE short story from million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S.It all begins when the Time Police hold their first Children's Christmas Party. Their most dangerous mission yet . . .No good deed ever ...

  • The Good, The Bad and The History

    The Chronicles of St. Mary's - 14

    BOOK 14 IN THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S SERIES, FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLER JODI TAYLOR. ⭐ ⭐⭐ ⭐⭐'Brilliant, hilarious, keeps you on your toes' Reader review 'The characters make me come back time and time again' Reader review 'I have no...

  • Christmas Pie

    Merry Christmas from Jodi Taylor. It's time for St Mary's traditional Christmas jump - even though it's only September...St Mary's has never lacked for enemies, but danger has never been closer to home. A state of war has broken out between St Mary's...

  • Killing Time

    The Time Police - 5

    From the million-copy bestselling author of THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S.'Jodi Taylor is quite simply the Queen of Time' C. K. MCDONNELL---'I'm just stepping outside. I might be some Time.'Is this Luke Parrish sacrificing himself to save others?A ghos...

  • And Now for Something Completely Different

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    Here's a question for you. What's the most exciting thing ever found in a fire bucket? 

    And don't say 'fire' because you'll be wrong.  

    Suppose - just suppose - it was the technology to take a pod to Mars.

    Yeah, now we're talk...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jodi Taylor has published 48 books.

The next book by Jodi Taylor, Killing Time, will be published in June 2024.

The first book by Jodi Taylor, Just One Damned Thing After Another, was published in September 2013.

Yes. Jodi Taylor has 4 series.
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