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Reading order

Crosstime Traffic reading order

Harry Turtledove

  1. Gunpowder Empire2003
  2. Curious Notions2004
  3. In High Places2005
  4. The Disunited States of America2006
  5. The Gladiator2007
  6. The Valley-Westside War2008
6 volumes
Volumes
2003–2008
Published
about 30 h
Reading time
Completed
Status

Quick answer

Gunpowder Empire
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Publication order

6 volumes2003–2008Completed

A plan for the whole series

6 volumes, 1,695 pages, about 30 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 6 weeks.

Stages

2 stages, with 1 short book from outside the series between them. You finish around December 13, 2026, 4 days later than in one go.

  1. Stage 115 h20 daysby November 18, 2026
  2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 22, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
  3. Stage 216 habout 3 weeksby December 13, 2026
  4. The end of the series
    December 13, 2026
In one goDecember 9, 2026about 6 weeks
In stages, with breaksDecember 13, 2026about 6 weeks · +2 h of other books

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How this plan is calculated

The plan comes from the pages and ratings of each volume: we split the series into stages of about three weeks’ reading, size each break to the stage before it, and read the chance of finishing from how many readers rate the last volume compared with the first. How we work out the plan →

Every volume in order

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No volume in this series has enough ratings to enter a ranking yet, so the list carries no scores — the order and the volumes are still complete.

  1. Gunpowder Empire
    Gunpowder Empire2003 · 4 ratingsStart here
    –Not ranked yet
  2. Curious Notions
    Curious Notions2004 · 4 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  3. In High Places
    In High Places2005 · 2 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  4. The Disunited States of America
    The Disunited States of America2006
    –Not ranked yet
  5. The Gladiator
    The Gladiator2007 · 3 ratings
    –Not ranked yet
  6. The Valley-Westside War
    The Valley-Westside War2008 · 1 rating
    –Not ranked yet

Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Which Crosstime Traffic book is the longest?

“The Disunited States of America” is the longest at 288 pages; the shortest is “Curious Notions” with 272 pages.