Oxford Time Travel books in order

Q: "How many books are in the Oxford Time Travel series?"

"There are five books in the Oxford Time Travel series, published between 1958 and 2010."

Q: "What is the first book in the Oxford Time Travel series?"

"The first book in the Oxford Time Travel series is Fire Watch, published in 1982."

Q: "What order should the Oxford Time Travel books be read in?"

"Publication order works well: Fire Watch (1982, a novella), Doomsday Book (1992), To Say Nothing of the Dog (1998), then Blackout and All Clear (2010, a two-part novel). Each book stands alone with different protagonists and time periods, but they share a world, and later books reference earlier events. Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog can be read in either order."

Reading order

#	Title	Published	Author	Buy on Amazon
1	Fire Watch	1982	Connie Willis	N/A
2	Doomsday Book	1958	Connie Willis	N/A
3	Nie licząc psa	1997	Connie Willis	N/A
4	Blackout	2010	Connie Willis	Buy
5	All Clear	2010	Connie Willis	Buy

The Oxford Time Travel series by Connie Willis begins with the premise that historians at a future Oxford University can travel back in time to observe the past. What they find there is never what they expected, and the gap between academic preparation and lived historical reality drives every book in the series.

The five works span from the 1982 novella Fire Watch, set in St. Paul’s Cathedral during the Blitz, through the two-part Blackout/All Clear in 2010. Doomsday Book sends a historian to 1348 England just as the Black Death arrives; To Say Nothing of the Dog is a comedic homage to Jerome K. Jerome set in Victorian Oxford. Willis uses the time travel conceit to write about how ordinary people face extraordinary circumstances, regardless of the century.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Oxford Time Travel series?

There are five books in the Oxford Time Travel series, published between 1958 and 2010.

What is the first book in the Oxford Time Travel series?

The first book in the Oxford Time Travel series is Fire Watch, published in 1982.

What order should the Oxford Time Travel books be read in?

Publication order works well: Fire Watch (1982, a novella), Doomsday Book (1992), To Say Nothing of the Dog (1998), then Blackout and All Clear (2010, a two-part novel). Each book stands alone with different protagonists and time periods, but they share a world, and later books reference earlier events. Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog can be read in either order.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Reading order