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Home / Authors / J.G. Ballard J.G. Ballard J.G. Ballard was a British author best known for his dystopian novels *Crash* and *Empire of the Sun*. A pioneer of the New Wave science fiction movement, his work has sold millions of copies worldwide and influenced generations of writers. This page provides the J.G. Ballard books in order, including both chronological publication order and series reading order.
All books · chronological
1962 The Wind from Nowhere POoSN · 1 Buy ↗ 1962 Billenium POoC · 1 Buy ↗ 1962 The Voices of Time POoC · 2 Buy ↗ 1962 The Drowned World POoSN · 2 Buy ↗ 1963 The Subliminal Man POoSS · 1 Buy ↗ 1963 Passport To Eternity POoC · 3 Buy ↗ 1964 The Drought POoSN · 3 Buy ↗ 1964 The Terminal Beach POoC · 4 Buy ↗ 1966 The Crystal World POoSN · 4 Buy ↗ 1967 The Day of Forever POoC · 5 Buy ↗ 1967 The Disaster Area POoC · 6 Buy ↗ 1970 Love and Napalm POoSN · 5 Buy ↗ 1970 The Atrocity Exhibition POoC · 7 Buy ↗ 1971 Chronopolis POoSS · 2 Buy ↗ 1971 Vermilion Sands POoC · 8 Buy ↗ 1971 Chronopolis and Other Stories POoC · 9 Buy ↗ 1974 Concrete Island POoSN · 7 Buy ↗ 1975 High-Rise POoSN · 8 Buy ↗ 1976 Low Flying Aircraft and Other Stories POoC · 10 Buy ↗ 1978 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard POoC · 11 Buy ↗ 1979 The Unlimited Dream Company POoSN · 9 Buy ↗ 1980 The Venus Hunters / The Overloaded Man POoC · 12 Buy ↗ 1981 Hello America POoSN · 10 Buy ↗ 1982 Myths of the Near Future POoC · 13 Buy ↗ 1984 Empire of the Sun POoEOTSB · 1 Buy ↗ 1987 The Day of Creation POoSN · 11 Buy ↗ 1988 Running Wild POoSN · 12 Buy ↗ 1990 War Fever and Other Stories POoC · 14 Buy ↗ 1991 The Kindness of Women POoEOTSB · 2 Buy ↗ 1993 Mondo Barbie(By: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Alice McDermott,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle) POoMB · 1 Buy ↗ 1994 Mondo Elvis(By: Howard Waldrop,Cornelius Eady,Mark Childress,Susie Mee,Nick Cave,Mark Winegardner,Rafael Alvarez,Greil Marcus,Pagan Kennedy,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Lynne McMahon,Cathryn Hankla,Samuel Charters,Rachel Salazar,Eleanor Earle Crockett,Diane Wakoski,Judy Vernon,David Wojahn,William McCranor Henderson,Janice Eidus,Elizabeth Ash V�lez,Laura Kalpakian,Eri Makino,Ai,Michael Wilkerson,Brian Gilmore) POoMB · 2 Buy ↗ 1994 Rushing to Paradise POoSN · 13 Buy ↗ 1995 Mondo Marilyn(With: Michael Hemmingson,Clive Barker,Doris Grumbach,Beth Meacham,Lynne Tillman,Charles Bukowski,David Trinidad,Tom Whalen,Sharon Olds,Leslie Pietrzyk,Lyn Lifshin,Nanci Griffith,Robert Peters,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Gregg Shapiro,Judy Grahn,Sam Toperoff,Julia P. Dubner,Bill Morris,John Rechy,L.A. Lantz,Phyllis Burke,Hillary Johnson,Rita Valencia,Michael Lally,Eleanor E. Crocket,Taylor Mead,Susan Compo,Rosanne Daryl Thomas) POoMB · 3 Buy ↗ 1996 A User's Guide to the Millennium POoNB · 1 Buy ↗ 1996 Mondo James Dean(By: Lewis Shiner,Jack C. Haldeman II,Bentley Little,Michael Hemmingson,Chuck Taylor,Michael Martone,Louisa Ermelino,Terence Winch,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Sparrow .,Janice Eidus,Ai,Tino Villanueva,Edwin Corley,Robert Ready,Reuben Jackson,Stephanie Hart,D.E. Steward,David Plumb,Ed Graczyk,Hilary Howard,James Finney Boylan,Miranda Schwartz) POoMB · 4 Buy ↗ 1996 Cocaine Nights POoSN · 14 Buy ↗ 2000 Super-Cannes POoSN · 15 Buy ↗ 2001 The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard POoC · 15 Buy ↗ 2003 Millennium People POoSN · 16 Buy ↗ 2005 J.G. Ballard Conversations POoNB · 3 Buy ↗ 2006 The Complete Short Stories: Volume 2 POoC · 16 Buy ↗ 2006 The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1 POoC · 17 Buy ↗ 2006 Kingdom Come POoSN · 17 Buy ↗ 2008 Miracles of Life POoNB · 4 Buy ↗ 2009 The Best Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard POoC · 18 Buy ↗ 2012 Extreme Metaphors POoNB · 5 Buy ↗ 2023 Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007 POoNB · 6 Buy ↗ Book series · browse all →
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas 2 books · 1963–1971
01 The Subliminal Man 1963 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Standalone Novels 17 books · 1962–2006
01 The Wind from Nowhere 1962 Buy ↗ 02 The Drowned World 1962 Buy ↗ 04 The Crystal World 1966 Buy ↗ 05 Love and Napalm 1970 Buy ↗ 07 Concrete Island 1974 Buy ↗ 09 The Unlimited Dream Company 1979 Buy ↗ 11 The Day of Creation 1987 Buy ↗ 13 Rushing to Paradise 1994 Buy ↗ 14 Cocaine Nights 1996 Buy ↗ 16 Millennium People 2003 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books 6 books · 1996–2023
01 A User's Guide to the Millennium 1996 Buy ↗ 03 J.G. Ballard Conversations 2005 Buy ↗ 04 Miracles of Life 2008 Buy ↗ 05 Extreme Metaphors 2012 Buy ↗ 06 Selected Nonfiction, 1962-2007 2023 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Empire Of The Sun Books 2 books · 1984–1991
01 Empire of the Sun 1984 Buy ↗ 02 The Kindness of Women 1991 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Collections 18 books · 1962–2009
02 The Voices of Time 1962 Buy ↗ 03 Passport To Eternity 1963 Buy ↗ 04 The Terminal Beach 1964 Buy ↗ 05 The Day of Forever 1967 Buy ↗ 06 The Disaster Area 1967 Buy ↗ 07 The Atrocity Exhibition 1970 Buy ↗ 08 Vermilion Sands 1971 Buy ↗ 09 Chronopolis and Other Stories 1971 Buy ↗ 10 Low Flying Aircraft and Other Stories 1976 Buy ↗ 11 The Best Short Stories of J. G. Ballard 1978 Buy ↗ 12 The Venus Hunters / The Overloaded Man 1980 Buy ↗ 13 Myths of the Near Future 1982 Buy ↗ 14 War Fever and Other Stories 1990 Buy ↗ 15 The Complete Stories of J.G. Ballard 2001 Buy ↗ 16 The Complete Short Stories: Volume 2 2006 Buy ↗ 17 The Complete Short Stories, Volume 1 2006 Buy ↗ 18 The Best Science Fiction of J. G. Ballard 2009 Buy ↗ Publication Order of Mondo Books 4 books · 1993–1996
01 Mondo Barbie(By: John Varley,Lynne Barrett,Julia Alvarez,Philip Levine,A.M. Homes,David Trinidad,Sandra Cisneros,Marge Piercy,Gary Soto,Roberta Allen,Alice McDermott,Hilary Tham,Lyn Lifshin,Rebecca Brown,Denise Duhamel,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Lynne McMahon,Kathryn Harrison,Patricia Storace,Richard Grayson,Leslie Shiel,Laura Costas,Sharon Henry,Cookie Lupton,Lisa B. Herskovits,Belinda Subraman,Ellie Schoenfeld,Sparrow .,Gregg Shapiro,Cathryn Hankla,Wayne E. Kline,Jose Padua,Jeff Weddle) 1993 Buy ↗ 02 Mondo Elvis(By: Howard Waldrop,Cornelius Eady,Mark Childress,Susie Mee,Nick Cave,Mark Winegardner,Rafael Alvarez,Greil Marcus,Pagan Kennedy,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Lynne McMahon,Cathryn Hankla,Samuel Charters,Rachel Salazar,Eleanor Earle Crockett,Diane Wakoski,Judy Vernon,David Wojahn,William McCranor Henderson,Janice Eidus,Elizabeth Ash V�lez,Laura Kalpakian,Eri Makino,Ai,Michael Wilkerson,Brian Gilmore) 1994 Buy ↗ 03 Mondo Marilyn(With: Michael Hemmingson,Clive Barker,Doris Grumbach,Beth Meacham,Lynne Tillman,Charles Bukowski,David Trinidad,Tom Whalen,Sharon Olds,Leslie Pietrzyk,Lyn Lifshin,Nanci Griffith,Robert Peters,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Jeanne Beaumont,Gregg Shapiro,Judy Grahn,Sam Toperoff,Julia P. Dubner,Bill Morris,John Rechy,L.A. Lantz,Phyllis Burke,Hillary Johnson,Rita Valencia,Michael Lally,Eleanor E. Crocket,Taylor Mead,Susan Compo,Rosanne Daryl Thomas) 1995 Buy ↗ 04 Mondo James Dean(By: Lewis Shiner,Jack C. Haldeman II,Bentley Little,Michael Hemmingson,Chuck Taylor,Michael Martone,Louisa Ermelino,Terence Winch,Lucinda Ebersole,Richard Peabody,Sparrow .,Janice Eidus,Ai,Tino Villanueva,Edwin Corley,Robert Ready,Reuben Jackson,Stephanie Hart,D.E. Steward,David Plumb,Ed Graczyk,Hilary Howard,James Finney Boylan,Miranda Schwartz) 1996 Buy ↗