I would definitely have an easier time telling somebody they ought to read a book with "TLS" in the title. I think many conversations I have are already filled with too many parentheticals as it is, and so ducking out to agree that yes, it isn't called SSL any more is just one extra layer on a conversation that might already risk stack overflow.

TLS 1.3 is definitely a good breaking point. If you understood exactly how SSLv3 works, you could read TLS 1.2 and say to yourself OK, this is basically the same protocol except with some fresh paint and with some extra gadgets I needn't care about yet, whereas you just can't do that with TLS 1.3.

I also see you put TLS 1.3 first, and I think that's a good choice, show people the Right Thing™ as we understand it today first, this is not a history lesson.