John Birmingham Books in Order
John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by John Birmingham
- #1AmazonOur Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground(1970)
- #2AmazonHe Died with a Felafel in His Hand(1994)
- #3AmazonHow to be a Man(1995)
- #4AmazonLeviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney(1999)
- #5AmazonOff One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John Birmingham(2002)
- #6AmazonDopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana Culture(2003)
- #7AmazonHow to Be a Writer(2016)
- #8AmazonStranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now(2018)
- #9AmazonThe Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis.(2018)
- #10AmazonOn Father(2019)
- #1AmazonQuarterly Essay 1 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (By: Robert Manne)(2001)
- #2AmazonAppeasing Jakarta: Australia's Complicity in the East Timor Tragedy(2001)
- #3AmazonQuarterly Essay 3 The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction (By: Guy Rundle)(2001)
- #4AmazonRabbit Syndrome: Australia and America (By: Don Watson)(2001)
- #5AmazonBeyond Belief: What Future for Labor? (By: John Button)(2002)
- #6AmazonQuarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2002)
- #7AmazonParadise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence (By: John Martinkus)(2002)
- #8AmazonGroundswell: The Rise of the Greens (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2002)
- #9AmazonBeautiful Lies: Population and Environment In Australia (By: Tim Flannery)(2003)
- #10AmazonBad Company: The Cult of the CEO (By: Gideon Haigh)(2003)
- #11AmazonWhitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood (By: Germaine Greer)(2003)
- #12AmazonMade in England:Australia's British Inheritance (By: David Malouf)(2003)
- #13AmazonSending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference; Quarterly Essay 13 (By: Robert Manne,David Corlett)(2004)
- #14AmazonMission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq (By: Paul McGeough)(2004)
- #15AmazonQuarterly Essay 16 Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics (By: Raimond Gaita)(2004)
- #16Amazon(By: John Hirst)(2005)
- #17AmazonThe Worried Well: The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows (By: Gail Bell)(2005)
- #18AmazonQuarterly Essay 19 Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2005)
- #19AmazonQuarterly Essay 20 A Time for War(2005)
- #20AmazonWhat's Left?: The Death of Social Democracy (By: Clive Hamilton)(2006)
- #21AmazonQuarterly Essay 22 Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2006)
- #22AmazonThe History Question: Who Owns the Past?; Quarterly Essay 23 (By: Inga Clendinnen)(2006)
- #23AmazonHis Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard (By: David Marr)(2007)
- #24AmazonBipolar Nation: How To Win the 2007 Election; Quarterly Essay 25 (By: Peter Hartcher)(2007)
- #25AmazonReaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option (By: Ian Lowe)(2007)
- #26AmazonExit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (By: Ian Lowe)(2007)
- #27AmazonLove & Money: The Family and the Free Market (By: Anne Manne)(2008)
- #28AmazonQuarterly Essay 30 Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention (By: Paul Toohey)(2008)
- #29AmazonAmerican Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (By: Kate Jennings)(2008)
- #30AmazonNow or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? (By: Tim Flannery)(2008)
- #31AmazonQuarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom; Quarterly Essay 33 (By: Guy Pearse)(2009)
- #32AmazonQuarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education and Equality for Australia (By: Noel Pearson)(2009)
- #33AmazonAustralian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2009)
- #34AmazonQuarterly Essay 37 What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia (By: Waleed Aly)(2010)
- #35AmazonPower Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (By: David Marr)(2010)
- #36AmazonQuarterly Essay 39 Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing (By: HughWhite)(2010)
- #37AmazonTrivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era; Quarterly Essay 40 (By: George Megalogenis)(2010)
- #38AmazonQuarterly Essay 41 The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (By: David Malouf)(2011)
- #39AmazonQuarterly Essay 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2011)
- #40AmazonBad News: Murdoch's (By: Robert Manne)(2011)
- #41AmazonQuarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (By: Andrew Charlton)(2011)
- #42AmazonQuarterly Essay 45 Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals (By: Anna Krien)(2012)
- #43AmazonAfter The Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis (By: Tim Flannery)(2012)
- #44AmazonQuarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future (By: Mark Latham)(2013)
- #45AmazonQuarterly Essay 50 Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny (By: Anna Goldsworthy)(2013)
- #46AmazonQuarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation (By: Laura Tingle)(2013)
- #47AmazonThe Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell (By: David Marr)(2013)
- #48AmazonQuarterly Essay 53 That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution (By: Paul Toohey)(2014)
- #49AmazonDragon's Tail: The Lucky Country after the China Boom (By: Andrew Charlton)(2014)
- #50AmazonQuarterly Essay 55 A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (By: Noel Pearson)(2014)
- #51AmazonClivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer (By: Guy Rundle)(2014)
- #52AmazonQuarterly Essay 57 Dear Life: On Caring for the Elderly (By: Karen Hitchcock)(2015)
- #53AmazonBlood Year: Terror and the Islamic State (By: David Kilcullen)(2015)
- #54AmazonFaction Man: Bill Shorten's Path to Power (By: David Marr)(2015)
- #55AmazonPolitical Amnesia: How We Forgot How to Govern (By: Laura Tingle)(2015)
- #56AmazonBalancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal (By: George Megalogenis)(2016)
- #57AmazonStop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull (By: Annabel Crabb)(2016)
- #58AmazonFiring Line: Australia's Path to War (By: James Brown)(2016)
- #59AmazonQuarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump (By: Don Watson)(2016)
- #60AmazonThe Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming (By: Stan Grant)(2016)
- #61AmazonThe White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race (By: David Marr)(2017)
- #62AmazonThe Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock (By: Anna Krien)(2017)
- #63AmazonMoral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal (By: Benjamin Law)(2017)
- #64AmazonWithout America: Australia in the New Asia (By: HughWhite)(2017)
- #65AmazonMoment of Truth: History and Australia's Future (By: Mark McKenna)(2018)
- #66AmazonDead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next (By: Richard Denniss)(2018)
- #67AmazonFollow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman (By: Laura Tingle)(2018)
- #68AmazonNet Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age (By: Sebastian Smee)(2018)
- #69AmazonQuarterly Essay 73 Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation (By: Rebecca Huntley)(2019)
- #70AmazonThe Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison won and Bill Shorten lost (By: Erik Jensen)(2019)
- #71AmazonQuarterly Essay 75 Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap (By: Annabel Crabb)(2019)
- #72AmazonRed Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge (By: Peter Hartcher)(2019)
- #73AmazonCry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin; Quarterly Essay 77 (By: Margaret Simons)(2020)
- #74AmazonThe Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future (By: Judith Brett)(2020)
- #75AmazonThe End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2020)
- #76AmazonThe High Road: What Australia can learn from New Zealand (By: Laura Tingle)(2020)
- #77AmazonExit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic (By: George Megalogenis)(2021)
- #78AmazonTop Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power (By: Lech Blaine)(2021)
- #79AmazonThe Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia (By: Jess Hill)(2021)
- #80AmazonNot Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (By: Sarah Krasnostein)(2022)
- #81AmazonSleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (By: HughWhite)(2022)
- #82AmazonUncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy (By: Waleed Aly,ScottStephens)(2022)
- #83AmazonLone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2022)
- #84AmazonQuarterly Essay 89 The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (By: Saul Griffith)(2023)
- #85AmazonVoice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal (By: MeganDavis)(2023)
- #86AmazonLifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS (By: Micheline Lee)(2023)
- #87AmazonThe Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (By: Alan Kohler)(2023)
- #88AmazonBad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (By: Stephen Smith)(2024)
- #89AmazonHighway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future (By: Joëlle Gergis)(2024)
- #90AmazonHigh Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink; Quarterly Essay 95 (By: Don Watson)(2024)
- #91AmazonMinority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics (By: George Megalogenis)(2024)
- #92AmazonLosing It: Can we stop violence against women and children?; Quarterly Essay 97 (By: Jess Hill)(2025)
About John Birmingham
John Birmingham is a British-born Australian author, known for the 1994 memoir He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, the Axis of Time trilogy, and the well-received space opera series, the Cruel Stars trilogy.
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