John Birmingham
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

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Publication Order of Axis Of Time: Stalin's Hammer Books

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

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 (With: Jason Lambright)(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 (By: Helen Garner)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prosper: A Voyage at Sea (By: Simon Leys)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The One Day (By: David Malouf)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Brave Ones(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange (By: Robert Manne)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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(with Colin James, Germaine Greer, David Malouf, John Button, Tim Flannery, David Marr, Erik Jensen, Mark Latham, Gideon Haigh, Benjamin Law, John Hirst, Guy Rundle, Linda Jaivin, Kate Jennings, Joëlle Gergis, Robert Manne, Karen Hitchcock, Noel Pearson, Don Watson, Inga Clendinnen, Stan Grant, Stephen Smith, Margaret Simons, Rebecca Huntley, Amanda Lohrey, Anna Krien, David Kilcullen, HughWhite, George Megalogenis, Anna Goldsworthy, Anne Manne, Mungo MacCallum, Raimond Gaita, Micheline Lee, Lech Blaine, Sebastian Smee, Sarah Krasnostein, Frank Bongiorno, Guy Pearse, Annabel Crabb, Jess Hill, Shireen Morris, Clive Hamilton, John Quiggin, Waleed Aly, Richard Denniss, Ian Lowe, John Martinkus, Paul McGeough, Andrew Charlton, AndrewLeigh, David Corlett, Paul Toohey, Peter Hartcher, Judith Brett, Gail Bell, Laura Tingle, Laura Tingle, Mark McKenna, James Brown, Katharine Murphy, Alan Finkel, AlanAtkinson, ScottStephens, Saul Griffith, MeganDavis, Bain Attwood, Tim Hazledine, MirandaJohnson, Alan Kohler, Ben McKay, Hugh Riminton, DonRussell)

Quarterly Essay 1 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (By: Robert Manne)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Appeasing Jakarta: Australia's Complicity in the East Timor Tragedy(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 3 The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction (By: Guy Rundle)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America (By: Don Watson)(2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beyond Belief: What Future for Labor? (By: John Button)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence (By: John Martinkus)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beautiful Lies: Population and Environment In Australia (By: Tim Flannery)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad Company: The Cult of the CEO (By: Gideon Haigh)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood (By: Germaine Greer)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Made in England:Australia's British Inheritance (By: David Malouf)(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference; Quarterly Essay 13 (By: Robert Manne,David Corlett)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq (By: Paul McGeough)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 16 Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics (By: Raimond Gaita)(2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
(By: John Hirst)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Worried Well: The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows (By: Gail Bell)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 19 Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 20 A Time for War(2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
What's Left?: The Death of Social Democracy (By: Clive Hamilton)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 22 Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The History Question: Who Owns the Past?; Quarterly Essay 23 (By: Inga Clendinnen)(2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard (By: David Marr)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bipolar Nation: How To Win the 2007 Election; Quarterly Essay 25 (By: Peter Hartcher)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option (By: Ian Lowe)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (By: Ian Lowe)(2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love & Money: The Family and the Free Market (By: Anne Manne)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 30 Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention (By: Paul Toohey)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (By: Kate Jennings)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? (By: Tim Flannery)(2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom; Quarterly Essay 33 (By: Guy Pearse)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education and Equality for Australia (By: Noel Pearson)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 37 What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia (By: Waleed Aly)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (By: David Marr)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 39 Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing (By: HughWhite)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era; Quarterly Essay 40 (By: George Megalogenis)(2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 41 The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (By: David Malouf)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad News: Murdoch's (By: Robert Manne)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (By: Andrew Charlton)(2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 45 Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals (By: Anna Krien)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
After The Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis (By: Tim Flannery)(2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future (By: Mark Latham)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 50 Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny (By: Anna Goldsworthy)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation (By: Laura Tingle)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell (By: David Marr)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 52 Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World (By: Linda Jaivin)(2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 53 That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution (By: Paul Toohey)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dragon's Tail: The Lucky Country after the China Boom (By: Andrew Charlton)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 55 A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (By: Noel Pearson)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer (By: Guy Rundle)(2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life: On Caring for the Elderly (By: Karen Hitchcock)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State (By: David Kilcullen)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Path to Power (By: David Marr)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Political Amnesia: How We Forgot How to Govern (By: Laura Tingle)(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal (By: George Megalogenis)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull (By: Annabel Crabb)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Firing Line: Australia's Path to War (By: James Brown)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump (By: Don Watson)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming (By: Stan Grant)(2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race (By: David Marr)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock (By: Anna Krien)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal (By: Benjamin Law)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Without America: Australia in the New Asia (By: HughWhite)(2017)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future (By: Mark McKenna)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next (By: Richard Denniss)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman (By: Laura Tingle)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age (By: Sebastian Smee)(2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 73 Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation (By: Rebecca Huntley)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison won and Bill Shorten lost (By: Erik Jensen)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 75 Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap (By: Annabel Crabb)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge (By: Peter Hartcher)(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin; Quarterly Essay 77 (By: Margaret Simons)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future (By: Judith Brett)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The High Road: What Australia can learn from New Zealand (By: Laura Tingle)(2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Getting to Zero: Australia's Energy Transition (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)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic (By: George Megalogenis)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power (By: Lech Blaine)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia (By: Jess Hill)(2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (By: Sarah Krasnostein)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (By: HughWhite)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy (By: Waleed Aly,ScottStephens)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Quarterly Essay 89 The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (By: Saul Griffith)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal (By: MeganDavis)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS (By: Micheline Lee)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (By: Alan Kohler)(2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (By: Stephen Smith)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future (By: Joëlle Gergis)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink; Quarterly Essay 95 (By: Don Watson)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Minority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics (By: George Megalogenis)(2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Losing It: Can we stop violence against women and children?; Quarterly Essay 97 (By: Jess Hill)(2025)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
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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.

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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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  1. park peterson: 11 years ago

    Will Mr. Birmingham do a sequel to Angel of Vengeance

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