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Time Trap Books in Order

Time Trap contains 8 books, published between 1976 and 1995. The first book is Time Trap (1976) and the newest is Termination (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
1976–1995
Pages on record
840 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
14–21 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 840 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

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Time Trap is a science fiction series catalogued in eight books with dates from 1976 to 1995. Time travel and New Mexico are among the recorded subjects. Deborah Chester is credited on six of the books and Keith Laumer on two. Two separate entries carry the title Time Trap, dated 1976 and 1992. Showdown, Back to the Time Trap and Pieces of Eight also carry 1992 dates, and the run closes with Restoration and Turncoat (1994) and Termination (1995).

How many Time Trap books are there?

Time Trap has 8 books, released between 1976 and 1995.

Time Trap Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Time Trap 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.

  1. Cover of Time Trap by Deborah Chester, book 1 of the Time Trap series (1992)
  2. Cover of Pieces of Eight by Deborah Chester, book 3 of the Time Trap series (1992)
  1. 1
    Time Trap1976 · confirmed 1/4
    1976–
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  2. 1
    Time Trap1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  3. 2
    Back to the Time Trap1992 · confirmed 1/4
    1992–
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  4. 2
    Showdown1992 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992238
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  5. 3
    Pieces of Eight1992 · 185 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992185
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  6. 4
    Restoration1994 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19941
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  7. 5
    Turncoat1994 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994192
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  8. 6
    Termination1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995224
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Do you have to read Time Trap books in order?

You should read the Time Trap books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Time Trap book also stands alone.

Where to start with Time Trap

Start with Time Trap (1976), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Time Trap book?

Termination (1995) is the newest Time Trap book released so far.

Is there a new Time Trap book coming?

No next Time Trap 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 Trap at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Time Trap title on record dates from 1995, 31 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Time Trap books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
840 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Time Trap books, 7 of 8, were published in the 1990s.
Attribution
Of the 8 titles, 6 are credited to Deborah Chester and 2 to Keith Laumer.

What the Time Trap books are about

6 of the 8 Time Trap books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.