Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Very First Damned Thing (The Chronicles of St Mary’s, #0.5) | 2015 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 2 | Just One Damned Thing After Another | 2013 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 3 | Un monde après l’autre | 2013 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 4 | The Long and Short of It | 2017 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 5 | A Symphony of Echoes | 2013 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 6 | Symfonie ozvěn | 2013 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 7 | When a Child is Born | 2013 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 8 | A Second Chance | 2014 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 9 | Roman Holiday | 2014 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 10 | A Trail Through Time | 2014 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 11 | Christmas Present | 2014 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 12 | No Time Like the Past | 2015 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 13 | Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings | 2015 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 14 | What Could Possibly Go Wrong? | 2015 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 15 | Lies, Damned Lies, and History | 2016 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 16 | My Name is Markham | 2016 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 17 | The Great St Mary’s Day Out | 2016 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 18 | Long Story Short: A Short Story Collection | 2019 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 19 | A Perfect Storm | 2017 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 20 | And the Rest is History | 2017 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 21 | Christmas Past | 2017 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 22 | Markham and the Anal Probing | 2017 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 23 | An Argumentation of Historians | 2018 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 24 | And Now for Something Completely Different | 2018 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 25 | The Battersea Barricades | 2018 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 26 | The Steam Pump Jump | 2018 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 27 | The Very First Damned Thing | 2015 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 28 | Hope for the Best | 2019 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 29 | When Did You Last See Your Father? | 2019 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 30 | Why is Nothing Ever Simple? | 2019 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 31 | Plan For The Worst | 2020 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 32 | St. Mary’s and the Great Toilet Roll Crisis | 2020 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 33 | The Muse of History | 2020 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 34 | The Ordeal of the Haunted Room | 2020 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 35 | The Girl With a Pearl in Her Nose | 2020 | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
| 36 | Another Time, Another Place | 2021 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 37 | A Catalogue of Catastrophe | 2022 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 38 | Christmas Pie | 2023 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 39 | The Good, the Bad and the History | 2023 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 40 | Lights! Camera! Mayhem! | 2024 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 41 | Murder at Martingale Manor | 2025 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 42 | Long Story Short | 2019 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 43 | The Toast of Time | 2021 | Jodi Taylor | Buy |
| 44 | The Very First Damned Thingis technically a prequel but Jodi recommends reading it afterJust One Damned Thing After Anotheras it will make more sense. | - | Jodi Taylor | N/A |
The Chronicles of St. Mary’s is Jodi Taylor’s flagship series, spanning over forty entries including novels, novellas, and short stories. The premise is simple: St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research sends historians back in time to observe historical events. The reality is chaotic. Equipment fails, historians land in the wrong century, and the past turns out to be far more dangerous than the textbooks suggest.
The main character for much of the series is Madeleine Maxwell (Max), whose assignments take her from ancient Egypt to the Somme to the Great Fire of London. The books balance comedy with genuine stakes, and characters face real consequences for their time-travel mishaps. Supporting characters like Mr. Markham, who has his own spotlight stories, add to the ensemble feel.
The series has been running since 2013, with the most recent entries published in 2025. Taylor has supplemented the main novels with holiday stories (When a Child is Born, Christmas Past, Christmas Pie) and standalone adventures that expand the world. For readers who enjoy time travel fiction with humor and heart, this is one of the longest-running series in the genre.