Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Silent Meridian | 2019 | Elizabeth Crowens | Buy |
| 2 | A Pocketful of Lodestones | 2019 | Elizabeth Crowens | Buy |
| 3 | A War in Too Many Worlds | 2021 | Elizabeth Crowens | Buy |
The Time Traveler Professor begins with Silent Meridian in 2019, establishing a world where the boundaries between time periods are permeable and a professor with the ability to move through them becomes entangled in events across different eras. The series has a strong sense of atmosphere, and Crowens’s interest in old Hollywood gives the books a distinctive visual quality even on the page.
The three novels move through connected storylines, with A Pocketful of Lodestones following in the same year as the opener and A War in Too Many Worlds arriving in 2021 to close out the trilogy. The books are best read in sequence, as the narrative builds on what came before and the character relationships carry weight across the series arc.
Readers who enjoy time travel stories that take history seriously rather than using it as mere backdrop, and who have any affection for the mythology of old Hollywood, will find the series a rewarding read. Crowens writes with a fan’s enthusiasm for the period rather than the detached perspective of a historian.