Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Girl in Time | 2016 | John Birmingham | Buy |
| 2 | The Golden Minute | 2018 | John Birmingham | Buy |
| 3 | The Cruel Stars | 2019 | John Birmingham | Buy |
| 4 | The Shattered Skies | 2022 | John Birmingham | Buy |
A Girl in Time begins with Cady McCall, a teenage girl who finds herself displaced through time. The book connects to John Birmingham’s wider fictional universe, sharing elements with the Dave vs. the Monsters series while telling its own story about time travel and survival.
Birmingham self-published the first book in 2016, expanding on themes of temporal displacement that had appeared in his earlier work. The series grew to include The Golden Minute, and the later entries cross over into the space opera territory of The Cruel Stars and The Shattered Skies.
This grouping represents the broader continuity that connects several of Birmingham’s series. Readers who have followed his Dave vs. the Monsters books will find familiar world-building here, while the later entries move into far-future science fiction. The series shows Birmingham’s willingness to connect his various fictional worlds into a larger shared setting.