The Cave of Time by Edward Packard, the first book released in the bestselling Choose Your Own Adventure series in 1979, returns to print on August 5, 2025 ($8.99, paperback). Unavailable for twenty-five years and with more than 17 million copies sold, The Cave of Time will be re-issued by Chooseco with the original 1980’s cover art and line illustrations, a request from GenX fans eager to share the instant classic with today’s readers.
In addition, The Cave of Time will also be available as part of a four-volume gift set, The Retro Box (publication date September 30, 2025; $35.99, paperbacks), with three additional classic titles: By Balloon to the Sahara by D. Terman, Space and Beyond and Journey Under the Sea, both by R. A. Montgomery, all featuring cover designs and interior illustrations from the original editions.
Five more fan favorites from the Packard canon will be released: The Mystery of Chimney Rock on November 4, 2025; Your Code Name is Jonah and Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? in spring 2026; and Inside UFO 54-40 and The Underground Kingdom in fall 2026.
“Edward Packard’s books have been a Choose Your Own Adventure touchstone for the series’ original fans and have been long sought after for a reason. Unique and inventive, they play with the interactive format in fun and groundbreaking ways,” says Chooseco Publisher Shannon Gilligan. “These re-issued editions will be treasured by readers old and new, and we’re thrilled to finally make this a reality.”
Edward Packard adds, “I'm delighted that a new generation of young readers will be enjoying some of my favorite Choose Your Own Adventure books.”
For reluctant readers, The Cave of Time may be the book to get 9- to 12-year-olds reading as it did when first released. For fans around the world, the reissuing of The Cave of Time is a landmark publishing event.
About Chooseco
Chooseco is a purpose-built publisher that relaunched the iconic and hugely popular Choose Your Own Adventure series of interactive gamebooks in 2006. Since then, Chooseco has sold over 16 million copies of both original bestselling and all-new books. The series has been translated into 40 languages. Over 270 million books are in print worldwide. Chooseco books are distributed by Penguin Random House. www.cyoa.com
Edward Packard was born in 1931 in Huntington, New York, and worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote the first book in Bantam's classic Choose Your Own Adventure series, The Cave of Time, and wrote many other titles in the series. His book Imagining the Universe (1994) received a Scientific American book award. His recent writings are available at edwardpackard.com.