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John Birmingham

Australian author John Birmingham is best known for his apocalyptic *Axis of Time* series and the *Dave Hooper* urban fantasy novels. His books have sold over a million copies worldwide. This page provides the John Birmingham books in order, including both chronological order and series reading order.

All books · chronological

1994He Died with a Felafel in His HandPOoNB · 1Buy ↗

1995How to be a ManPOoNB · 2Buy ↗

1996The Tasmanian Babes FiascoPOoSN · 1Buy ↗

1999Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of SydneyPOoNB · 3Buy ↗

2001Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice(By: Helen Garner)POoSBB · 1Buy ↗

2001In Denial(By: Robert Manne)POoQEB · 1Buy ↗

2001Appeasing JakartaPOoQEB · 2Buy ↗

2001The Opportunist(By: Guy Rundle)POoQEB · 3Buy ↗

2001Rabbit Syndrome(By: Don Watson)POoQEB · 4Buy ↗

2002Off One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John BirminghamPOoNB · 4Buy ↗

2002Beyond Belief(By: John Button)POoQEB · 5Buy ↗

2002Girt By Sea(By: Mungo MacCallum)POoQEB · 6Buy ↗

2002Paradise Betrayed(By: John Martinkus)POoQEB · 7Buy ↗

2002Groundswell(By: Amanda Lohrey)POoQEB · 8Buy ↗

2003Dopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana CulturePOoNB · 5Buy ↗

2003Beautiful Lies(By: Tim Flannery)POoQEB · 9Buy ↗

2003Bad Company(By: Gideon Haigh)POoQEB · 10Buy ↗

2003Whitefella Jump Up(By: Germaine Greer)POoQEB · 11Buy ↗

2003Made in England(By: David Malouf)POoQEB · 12Buy ↗

2004Weapons of ChoicePOoAOTB · 1Buy ↗

2004Sending Them Home(By: Robert Manne,David Corlett)POoQEB · 13Buy ↗

2004Mission Impossible(By: Paul McGeough)POoQEB · 14Buy ↗

2004Latham's World(By: Margaret Simons)POoQEB · 15Buy ↗

2004Breach of Trust(By: Raimond Gaita)POoQEB · 16Buy ↗

2005Designated TargetsPOoAOTB · 2Buy ↗

2005Kangaroo Court(By: John Hirst)POoQEB · 17Buy ↗

2005The Worried Well(By: Gail Bell)POoQEB · 18Buy ↗

2005Relaxed and Comfortable(By: Judith Brett)POoQEB · 19Buy ↗

2005A Time for WarPOoQEB · 20Buy ↗

2006Final ImpactPOoAOTB · 3Buy ↗

2006What's Left?(By: Clive Hamilton)POoQEB · 21Buy ↗

2006Voting for Jesus(By: Amanda Lohrey)POoQEB · 22Buy ↗

2006The History Question(By: Inga Clendinnen)POoQEB · 23Buy ↗

2007His Master's Voice(By: David Marr)POoQEB · 24Buy ↗

2007Bipolar Nation(By: Peter Hartcher)POoQEB · 25Buy ↗

2007Reaction Time(By: Ian Lowe)POoQEB · 26Buy ↗

2007Exit Right(By: Ian Lowe)POoQEB · 27Buy ↗

2008Here Be MonstersPOoSS · 1Buy ↗

2008Love & Money(By: Anne Manne)POoQEB · 28Buy ↗

2008Last Drinks(By: Paul Toohey)POoQEB · 29Buy ↗

2008American Revolution(By: Kate Jennings)POoQEB · 30Buy ↗

2008Now or Never(By: Tim Flannery)POoQEB · 31Buy ↗

2009Without WarningPOoTDB · 1Buy ↗

2009Quarry Vision(By: Guy Pearse)POoQEB · 32Buy ↗

2009Radical Hope(By: Noel Pearson)POoQEB · 33Buy ↗

2009Australian Story(By: Mungo MacCallum)POoQEB · 34Buy ↗

2010After AmericaPOoTDB · 2Buy ↗

2010What's Right?(By: Waleed Aly)POoQEB · 35Buy ↗

2010Power Trip(By: David Marr)POoQEB · 36Buy ↗

2010Power Shift(By: HughWhite)POoQEB · 37Buy ↗

2010Trivial Pursuit(By: George Megalogenis)POoQEB · 38Buy ↗

2011A Captain of the GatePOoSS · 2Buy ↗

2011The Happy Life(By: David Malouf)POoQEB · 39Buy ↗

2011Fair Share(By: Judith Brett)POoQEB · 40Buy ↗

2011Bad News(By: Robert Manne)POoQEB · 41Buy ↗

2011Man-Made World(By: Andrew Charlton)POoQEB · 42Buy ↗

2012RomePOoAOTSHB · 1Buy ↗

2012Angels Of VengeancePOoTDB · 3Buy ↗

2012Us and Them(By: Anna Krien)POoQEB · 43Buy ↗

2012After The Future(By: Tim Flannery)POoQEB · 44Buy ↗

2013Not Dead Yet(By: Mark Latham)POoQEB · 45Buy ↗

2013Unfinished Business(By: Anna Goldsworthy)POoQEB · 46Buy ↗

2013Great Expectations(By: Laura Tingle)POoQEB · 47Buy ↗

2013The Prince(By: David Marr)POoQEB · 48Buy ↗

2013Found in Translation(By: Linda Jaivin)POoQEB · 49Buy ↗

2014EmergencePOoDvTMB · 1Buy ↗

2014That Sinking Feeling(By: Paul Toohey)POoQEB · 50Buy ↗

2014Dragon's Tail(By: Andrew Charlton)POoQEB · 51Buy ↗

2014A Rightful Place(By: Noel Pearson)POoQEB · 52Buy ↗

2014Clivosaurus(By: Guy Rundle)POoQEB · 53Buy ↗

2015Prosper: A Voyage at Sea(By: Simon Leys)POoSBB · 2Buy ↗

2015ResistancePOoDvTMB · 2Buy ↗

2015The One Day(By: David Malouf)POoSBB · 3Buy ↗

2015AscendancePOoDvTMB · 3Buy ↗

2015The Brave OnesPOoSBB · 4Buy ↗

2015Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange(By: Robert Manne)POoSBB · 5Buy ↗

2015Dear Life(By: Karen Hitchcock)POoQEB · 54Buy ↗

2015Blood Year(By: David Kilcullen)POoQEB · 55Buy ↗

2015Faction Man(By: David Marr)POoQEB · 56Buy ↗

2015Political Amnesia(By: Laura Tingle)POoQEB · 57Buy ↗

2016A Girl in TimePOoAGiTB · 1Buy ↗

2016CairoPOoAOTSHB · 2Buy ↗

2016ParisPOoAOTSHB · 3Buy ↗

2016Soul Full of GunsPOoDvTMB · 4Buy ↗

2016A Protocol for MonstersPOoDvTMB · 5Buy ↗

2016How to Be a WriterPOoNB · 6Buy ↗

2016Balancing Act(By: George Megalogenis)POoQEB · 58Buy ↗

2016Stop at Nothing(By: Annabel Crabb)POoQEB · 59Buy ↗

2016Firing Line(By: James Brown)POoQEB · 60Buy ↗

2016Enemy Within(By: Don Watson)POoQEB · 61Buy ↗

2016The Australian Dream(By: Stan Grant)POoQEB · 62Buy ↗

2017The Demons of Butte Crack CountyPOoDvTMB · 6Buy ↗

2017The White Queen(By: David Marr)POoQEB · 63Buy ↗

2017The Long Goodbye(By: Anna Krien)POoQEB · 64Buy ↗

2017Moral Panic 101(By: Benjamin Law)POoQEB · 65Buy ↗

2017Without America(By: HughWhite)POoQEB · 66Buy ↗

2018The Golden MinutePOoAGiTB · 2Buy ↗

2018Fortune and GloryPOoSS · 3Buy ↗

2018Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to NowPOoNB · 7Buy ↗

2018The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis.POoNB · 8Buy ↗

2018Moment of Truth(By: Mark McKenna)POoQEB · 67Buy ↗

2018Dead Right(By: Richard Denniss)POoQEB · 68Buy ↗

2018Follow the Leader(By: Laura Tingle)POoQEB · 69Buy ↗

2018Net Loss(By: Sebastian Smee)POoQEB · 70Buy ↗

2019The Cruel StarsPOoTCSB · 1Buy ↗

2019On FatherPOoNB · 9Buy ↗

2019Australia Fair(By: Rebecca Huntley)POoQEB · 71Buy ↗

2019The Prosperity Gospel(By: Erik Jensen)POoQEB · 72Buy ↗

2019Men at Work(By: Annabel Crabb)POoQEB · 73Buy ↗

2019Red Flag(By: Peter Hartcher)POoQEB · 74Buy ↗

2020Cry Me a River(By: Margaret Simons)POoQEB · 75Buy ↗

2020The Coal Curse(By: Judith Brett)POoQEB · 76Buy ↗

2020The End of Certainty(By: Katharine Murphy)POoQEB · 77Buy ↗

2020The High Road(By: Laura Tingle)POoQEB · 78Buy ↗

2021Zero Day CodePOoEoDB · 1Buy ↗

2021Sleeper AgentPOoSAB · 1Buy ↗

2021Fail StatePOoEoDB · 2Buy ↗

2021Getting to Zero(By: Colin James,Frank Bongiorno,Shireen Morris,John Quiggin,AndrewLeigh,Laura Tingle,Alan Finkel,AlanAtkinson,Bain Attwood,Tim Hazledine,MirandaJohnson,Ben McKay,Hugh Riminton,DonRussell)POoQEB · 79Buy ↗

2021Exit Strategy(By: George Megalogenis)POoQEB · 80Buy ↗

2021Top Blokes(By: Lech Blaine)POoQEB · 81Buy ↗

2021The Reckoning(By: Jess Hill)POoQEB · 82Buy ↗

2022The Shattered SkiesPOoTCSB · 2Buy ↗

2022American Kill SwitchPOoEoDB · 3Buy ↗

2022Not Waving, Drowning(By: Sarah Krasnostein)POoQEB · 83Buy ↗

2022Sleepwalk to War(By: HughWhite)POoQEB · 84Buy ↗

2022Uncivil Wars(By: Waleed Aly,ScottStephens)POoQEB · 85Buy ↗

2022Lone Wolf(By: Katharine Murphy)POoQEB · 86Buy ↗

2023World War 3.1POoAoTRB · 1Buy ↗

2023The Wires That Bind(By: Saul Griffith)POoQEB · 87Buy ↗

2023Voice of Reason(By: MeganDavis)POoQEB · 88Buy ↗

2023Lifeboat(By: Micheline Lee)POoQEB · 89Buy ↗

2023The Great Divide(By: Alan Kohler)POoQEB · 90Buy ↗

2024VengeancePOoSAB · 2Buy ↗

2024The Forever DeadPOoTCSB · 3Buy ↗

2024The Javan War(With: Jason Lambright)POoTCSB · 4Buy ↗

2024Bad Cop(By: Stephen Smith)POoQEB · 91Buy ↗

2024Highway to Hell(By: Jo�lle Gergis)POoQEB · 92Buy ↗

2024High Noon(By: Don Watson)POoQEB · 93Buy ↗

2024Minority Report(By: George Megalogenis)POoQEB · 94Buy ↗

2025World War 3.2: The Axis of TimePOoAoTRB · 2Buy ↗

2025Losing It(By: Jess Hill)POoQEB · 95Buy ↗

2025Hard New World(By: HughWhite)POoQEB · 96Buy ↗

2025Woodside vs the Planet(By: Marian Wilkinson)POoQEB · 97Buy ↗

2025The Good Fight(By: Sean Kelly)POoQEB · 98Buy ↗

2026World War 3.3POoAoTRB · 3Buy ↗

2026On Australia and Asia(By: Michael Wesley)POoQEB · 99Buy ↗

Book series · browse all →

Publication Order of Axis of Time: Reloaded Books3 books · 2023–2026

01World War 3.12023Buy ↗

02World War 3.2: The Axis of Time2025Buy ↗

03World War 3.32026Buy ↗

Publication Order of Dave vs. The Monsters Books6 books · 2014–2017

01Emergence2014Buy ↗

02Resistance2015Buy ↗

03Ascendance2015Buy ↗

04Soul Full of Guns2016Buy ↗

05A Protocol for Monsters2016Buy ↗

06The Demons of Butte Crack County2017Buy ↗

Publication Order of A Girl in Time Books2 books · 2016–2018

01A Girl in Time2016Buy ↗

02The Golden Minute2018Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Disappearance Books3 books · 2009–2012

01Without Warning2009Buy ↗

02After America2010Buy ↗

03Angels Of Vengeance2012Buy ↗

Publication Order of Quarterly Essay Books99 books · 2001–2026

01In Denial(By: Robert Manne)2001Buy ↗

02Appeasing Jakarta2001Buy ↗

03The Opportunist(By: Guy Rundle)2001Buy ↗

04Rabbit Syndrome(By: Don Watson)2001Buy ↗

05Beyond Belief(By: John Button)2002Buy ↗

06Girt By Sea(By: Mungo MacCallum)2002Buy ↗

07Paradise Betrayed(By: John Martinkus)2002Buy ↗

08Groundswell(By: Amanda Lohrey)2002Buy ↗

09Beautiful Lies(By: Tim Flannery)2003Buy ↗

10Bad Company(By: Gideon Haigh)2003Buy ↗

11Whitefella Jump Up(By: Germaine Greer)2003Buy ↗

12Made in England(By: David Malouf)2003Buy ↗

13Sending Them Home(By: Robert Manne,David Corlett)2004Buy ↗

14Mission Impossible(By: Paul McGeough)2004Buy ↗

15Latham's World(By: Margaret Simons)2004Buy ↗

16Breach of Trust(By: Raimond Gaita)2004Buy ↗

17Kangaroo Court(By: John Hirst)2005Buy ↗

18The Worried Well(By: Gail Bell)2005Buy ↗

19Relaxed and Comfortable(By: Judith Brett)2005Buy ↗

20A Time for War2005Buy ↗

21What's Left?(By: Clive Hamilton)2006Buy ↗

22Voting for Jesus(By: Amanda Lohrey)2006Buy ↗

23The History Question(By: Inga Clendinnen)2006Buy ↗

24His Master's Voice(By: David Marr)2007Buy ↗

25Bipolar Nation(By: Peter Hartcher)2007Buy ↗

26Reaction Time(By: Ian Lowe)2007Buy ↗

27Exit Right(By: Ian Lowe)2007Buy ↗

28Love & Money(By: Anne Manne)2008Buy ↗

29Last Drinks(By: Paul Toohey)2008Buy ↗

30American Revolution(By: Kate Jennings)2008Buy ↗

31Now or Never(By: Tim Flannery)2008Buy ↗

32Quarry Vision(By: Guy Pearse)2009Buy ↗

33Radical Hope(By: Noel Pearson)2009Buy ↗

34Australian Story(By: Mungo MacCallum)2009Buy ↗

35What's Right?(By: Waleed Aly)2010Buy ↗

36Power Trip(By: David Marr)2010Buy ↗

37Power Shift(By: HughWhite)2010Buy ↗

38Trivial Pursuit(By: George Megalogenis)2010Buy ↗

39The Happy Life(By: David Malouf)2011Buy ↗

40Fair Share(By: Judith Brett)2011Buy ↗

41Bad News(By: Robert Manne)2011Buy ↗

42Man-Made World(By: Andrew Charlton)2011Buy ↗

43Us and Them(By: Anna Krien)2012Buy ↗

44After The Future(By: Tim Flannery)2012Buy ↗

45Not Dead Yet(By: Mark Latham)2013Buy ↗

46Unfinished Business(By: Anna Goldsworthy)2013Buy ↗

47Great Expectations(By: Laura Tingle)2013Buy ↗

48The Prince(By: David Marr)2013Buy ↗

49Found in Translation(By: Linda Jaivin)2013Buy ↗

50That Sinking Feeling(By: Paul Toohey)2014Buy ↗

51Dragon's Tail(By: Andrew Charlton)2014Buy ↗

52A Rightful Place(By: Noel Pearson)2014Buy ↗

53Clivosaurus(By: Guy Rundle)2014Buy ↗

54Dear Life(By: Karen Hitchcock)2015Buy ↗

55Blood Year(By: David Kilcullen)2015Buy ↗

56Faction Man(By: David Marr)2015Buy ↗

57Political Amnesia(By: Laura Tingle)2015Buy ↗

58Balancing Act(By: George Megalogenis)2016Buy ↗

59Stop at Nothing(By: Annabel Crabb)2016Buy ↗

60Firing Line(By: James Brown)2016Buy ↗

61Enemy Within(By: Don Watson)2016Buy ↗

62The Australian Dream(By: Stan Grant)2016Buy ↗

63The White Queen(By: David Marr)2017Buy ↗

64The Long Goodbye(By: Anna Krien)2017Buy ↗

65Moral Panic 101(By: Benjamin Law)2017Buy ↗

66Without America(By: HughWhite)2017Buy ↗

67Moment of Truth(By: Mark McKenna)2018Buy ↗

68Dead Right(By: Richard Denniss)2018Buy ↗

69Follow the Leader(By: Laura Tingle)2018Buy ↗

70Net Loss(By: Sebastian Smee)2018Buy ↗

71Australia Fair(By: Rebecca Huntley)2019Buy ↗

72The Prosperity Gospel(By: Erik Jensen)2019Buy ↗

73Men at Work(By: Annabel Crabb)2019Buy ↗

74Red Flag(By: Peter Hartcher)2019Buy ↗

75Cry Me a River(By: Margaret Simons)2020Buy ↗

76The Coal Curse(By: Judith Brett)2020Buy ↗

77The End of Certainty(By: Katharine Murphy)2020Buy ↗

78The High Road(By: Laura Tingle)2020Buy ↗

79Getting to Zero(By: Colin James,Frank Bongiorno,Shireen Morris,John Quiggin,AndrewLeigh,Laura Tingle,Alan Finkel,AlanAtkinson,Bain Attwood,Tim Hazledine,MirandaJohnson,Ben McKay,Hugh Riminton,DonRussell)2021Buy ↗

80Exit Strategy(By: George Megalogenis)2021Buy ↗

81Top Blokes(By: Lech Blaine)2021Buy ↗

82The Reckoning(By: Jess Hill)2021Buy ↗

83Not Waving, Drowning(By: Sarah Krasnostein)2022Buy ↗

84Sleepwalk to War(By: HughWhite)2022Buy ↗

85Uncivil Wars(By: Waleed Aly,ScottStephens)2022Buy ↗

86Lone Wolf(By: Katharine Murphy)2022Buy ↗

87The Wires That Bind(By: Saul Griffith)2023Buy ↗

88Voice of Reason(By: MeganDavis)2023Buy ↗

89Lifeboat(By: Micheline Lee)2023Buy ↗

90The Great Divide(By: Alan Kohler)2023Buy ↗

91Bad Cop(By: Stephen Smith)2024Buy ↗

92Highway to Hell(By: Jo�lle Gergis)2024Buy ↗

93High Noon(By: Don Watson)2024Buy ↗

94Minority Report(By: George Megalogenis)2024Buy ↗

95Losing It(By: Jess Hill)2025Buy ↗

96Hard New World(By: HughWhite)2025Buy ↗

97Woodside vs the Planet(By: Marian Wilkinson)2025Buy ↗

98The Good Fight(By: Sean Kelly)2025Buy ↗

99On Australia and Asia(By: Michael Wesley)2026Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas3 books · 2008–2018

01Here Be Monsters2008Buy ↗

02A Captain of the Gate2011Buy ↗

03Fortune and Glory2018Buy ↗

Publication Order of The Cruel Stars Books4 books · 2019–2024

01The Cruel Stars2019Buy ↗

02The Shattered Skies2022Buy ↗

03The Forever Dead2024Buy ↗

04The Javan War(With: Jason Lambright)2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Short Blacks Books5 books · 2001–2015

01Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice(By: Helen Garner)2001Buy ↗

02Prosper: A Voyage at Sea(By: Simon Leys)2015Buy ↗

03The One Day(By: David Malouf)2015Buy ↗

04The Brave Ones2015Buy ↗

05Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange(By: Robert Manne)2015Buy ↗

Publication Order of Axis Of Time: Stalin's Hammer Books3 books · 2012–2016

01Rome2012Buy ↗

02Cairo2016Buy ↗

03Paris2016Buy ↗

Publication Order of End of Days Books3 books · 2021–2022

01Zero Day Code2021Buy ↗

02Fail State2021Buy ↗

03American Kill Switch2022Buy ↗

Publication Order of Sleeper Agent Books2 books · 2021–2024

01Sleeper Agent2021Buy ↗

02Vengeance2024Buy ↗

Publication Order of Axis Of Time Books3 books · 2004–2006

01Weapons of Choice2004Buy ↗

02Designated Targets2005Buy ↗

03Final Impact2006Buy ↗

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books9 books · 1994–2019

01He Died with a Felafel in His Hand1994Buy ↗

02How to be a Man1995Buy ↗

03Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney1999Buy ↗

04Off One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John Birmingham2002Buy ↗

05Dopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana Culture2003Buy ↗

06How to Be a Writer2016Buy ↗

07Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now2018Buy ↗

08The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis.2018Buy ↗

09On Father2019Buy ↗

Publication Order of Standalone Novels1 book · 1996

01The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco1996Buy ↗

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