Time Machine Books in Order
Time Machine contains 18 books, published between 1984 and 1989. The first book is Search for Dinosaurs (1984) and the newest is World War II Code Breaker (1989). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 18
- Published
- 1984–1989
- Confirmed
- 18 of 18 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,459 in 11 of 18 books
- Reading time
- 24–36 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,459 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 18 titles with a page count on record.
Time Machine is a plot-your-own story series for children, filed under time travel, history and space and time. Eighteen books are listed between 1984 and 1989, among them Search for Dinosaurs, Civil War Secret Agent, Sword of the Samurai, Ice Age Explorer, Wild West Rider, American Revolutionary, Blade of the Guillotine and World War II Code Breaker. No single writer carries the line: Arthur Byron Cover is credited on 3, Susan Nanus and Peter Lerangis on 2 each, and David Bischoff, Steve Perry, Michael Reaves, Dougal Dixon and Steve Leialoha on one apiece.
How many Time Machine books are there?
Time Machine has 18 books, released between 1984 and 1989.
Time Machine Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 18 Time Machine books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Search for Dinosaurs1984 · 120 pages · confirmed 3/419841203/4
- 2Civil War Secret Agent1984 · 125 pages · confirmed 3/419841253/4
- 3Sword of the Samurai1984 · 127 pages · confirmed 3/419841273/4
- 4Ice Age Explorer1985 · confirmed 3/41985–3/4
- 5The Rings of Saturn1985 · confirmed 3/41985–3/4
- 6Wild West Rider1985 · 125 pages · confirmed 3/419851253/4
- 7American Revolutionary1985 · confirmed 3/41985–3/4
- 8Time Machine 11: Mission to World War II1986 · confirmed 3/41986–3/4
- 9Mission to World War II1986 · confirmed 3/41986–3/4
- 10Blade of the Guillotine1986 · 125 pages · confirmed 3/419861253/4
- 11Flame of the Inquisition1986 · confirmed 3/41986–3/4
- 12Search for the Nile1986 · 127 pages · confirmed 3/419861273/4
- 13Quest for the Cities of Gold1987 · 146 pages · confirmed 3/419871463/4
- 14Scotland Yard Detective1987 · 144 pages · confirmed 3/419871443/4
- 15Sword of Caesar1987 · 148 pages · confirmed 3/419871483/4
- 16Last of the Dinosaurs1988 · 113 pages · confirmed 3/419881133/4
- 17World War I Flying Ace1988 · confirmed 3/41988–3/4
- 18World War II Code Breaker1989 · 159 pages · confirmed 3/419891593/4
Where to start with Time Machine
Start with Search for Dinosaurs (1984), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Time Machine book?
World War II Code Breaker (1989) is the newest Time Machine book released so far.
Is there a new Time Machine book coming?
No next Time Machine book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Time Machine at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Time Machine title on record dates from 1989, 37 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Time Machine books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,459 pages across the 11 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 127 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Time Machine books, 18 of 18, were published in the 1980s.
- Attribution
- Of the 18 titles, 3 are credited to Arthur Byron Cover, 2 to Susan Nanus, 2 to Peter Lerangis and 1 to Steve Perry. A further 14 writers are credited.
What the Time Machine books are about
6 of the 18 Time Machine books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 2 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Children's fiction 2 of 6 books
- Dinosaurs 2 of 6 books
- History 2 of 6 books
- Plot-your-own stories 2 of 6 books