Order of John Birmingham Books
John Birmingham is a British-Australian author of science fiction, alternate history, crime fiction and non-fiction. His first taste of being published was in a student newspaper at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, where he wrote stories. He then began writing articles for Rolling Stone and the Australian edition of Penthouse. However, he would gain his most notoriety for He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, a memoir that was adapted into a stageplay, film and graphic novel. He has also written a trilogy called the Axis of Time, an alternate history/techno-thriller series. He even included authors from the genres as minor characters in the trilogy.
John Birmingham’s first book was the aforementioned memoir, He Died With a Felafel in His Hand. It would be followed up by a sequel, entitled The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco, in 1998. Below is a list of John Birmingham’s books in order of when they were originally published:
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Publication Order of A Girl in Time Books
| A Girl in Time | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Golden Minute | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Axis Of Time Books
| Weapons of Choice | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Designated Targets | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Final Impact | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Axis of Time: Reloaded Books
| World War 3.1 | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World War 3.2: The Axis of Time | (2025) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Axis Of Time: Stalin's Hammer Books
| Rome | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cairo | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Paris | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dave vs. The Monsters Books
| Emergence | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Resistance | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ascendance | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Soul Full of Guns | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Protocol for Monsters | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Demons of Butte Crack County | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Chronological Order of Dave vs. The Monsters Books
| Emergence | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Protocol for Monsters | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Resistance | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Soul Full of Guns | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ascendance | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Demons of Butte Crack County | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of End of Days Books
| Zero Day Code | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fail State | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| American Kill Switch | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Without Warning Books
| Without Warning | (2009) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| After America | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Angels Of Vengeance | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Cruel Stars Books
| The Cruel Stars | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Shattered Skies | (2022) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Forever Dead | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Javan War | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| "The Javan War" is a prequel. | ||
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Sleeper Agent: An Audible Original | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| Here Be Monsters | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Captain of the Gate | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fortune and Glory | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Our Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground | (1970) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| How to be a Man | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Off One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John Birmingham | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana Culture | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| How to Be a Writer | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis. | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| On Father | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Blacks Books
(with David Malouf, Helen Garner, Simon Leys)
| Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Prosper: A Voyage at Sea | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The One Day | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| The Brave Ones | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
| Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com | ||
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Publication Order of Quarterly Essay Books
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco is a sequel to He Died with a Felafel in His Hand. How To Be a Man is co-authored with Dirk Flinthart.
If You Like John Birmingham Books, You’ll Love…
John Birmingham Synopses: In his memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, John Birmingham tells stories of debauchery, drugs, bad roommates and gross things coming from the sink. Whether it’s dead rats in the kitchen or tent-dwelling lodgers in the living room, you’ll think twice about putting an ad in for that new roommate.
The non-fiction book How To Be a Man by John Birmingham and Dirk Flinthart gives men all the advice they need to how to impress a woman, cheat at cards, spot a cheap suit, clean your house, land a jumbo, ask for a raise, buy a car and tells you what books you must read.
John Birmingham goes for a publisher-financed tour of Australia in Dopeland: Taking the High Road Through Australia’s Marijuana Culture. In the book, he recounts his meetings with the pot smokers of Oz, including sci-fi geeks, activists, politicians (conservative ones, even), lawyers, cops, banks and teachers.
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