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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: March 2026
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What are all of John Birmingham's book series? John Birmingham has written 12 book series. The most notable is the A Girl in Time series.
Complete series list with all books in reading order below.
Book Series by John Birmingham
- #1
A Girl in Time(2016) - #2
The Golden Minute(2018)
- #1
Weapons of Choice(2004) - #2
Designated Targets(2005) - #3
Final Impact(2006)
- #1
World War 3.1(2023) - #2
World War 3.2: The Axis of Time(2025)
- #1
Rome(2012) - #2Cairo(2016)
- #3
Paris(2016)
- #1
Emergence(2014) - #2
Resistance(2015) - #3
Ascendance(2015) - #4
Soul Full of Guns(2016) - #5
A Protocol for Monsters(2016) - #6
The Demons of Butte Crack County(2017)
- #1
Zero Day Code(2021) - #2
Fail State(2021) - #3
American Kill Switch(2022)
- #1
Our Time Is Now: Notes from the High School Underground(1970) - #2He Died with a Felafel in His Hand(1994)
- #3
How to be a Man(1995) - #4
Leviathan: The Unauthorised Biography of Sydney(1999) - #5
Off One's Tits: Ill-Considered Rants And Raves from a Graceless Oaf Named John Birmingham(2002) - #6
Dopeland; Taking The High Road Through Australia's Marijuana Culture(2003) - #7
How to Be a Writer(2016) - #8
Stranger Thingies: From Felafel to Now(2018) - #9
The Seven Stages of Drinking Martinis.(2018) - #10
On Father(2019)
- #1
Quarterly Essay 1 In Denial: The Stolen Generations and the Right (By: Robert Manne)(2001) - #2
Appeasing Jakarta: Australia's Complicity in the East Timor Tragedy(2001) - #3
Quarterly Essay 3 The Opportunist: John Howard and the Triumph of Reaction (By: Guy Rundle)(2001) - #4
Rabbit Syndrome: Australia and America (By: Don Watson)(2001) - #5
Beyond Belief: What Future for Labor? (By: John Button)(2002) - #6
Quarterly Essay 5 Girt By Sea: Australia, the Refugees and the Politics of Fear (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2002) - #7
Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for Independence (By: John Martinkus)(2002) - #8
Groundswell: The Rise of the Greens (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2002) - #9
Beautiful Lies: Population and Environment In Australia (By: Tim Flannery)(2003) - #10
Bad Company: The Cult of the CEO (By: Gideon Haigh)(2003) - #11
Whitefella Jump Up: The Shortest Way To Nationhood (By: Germaine Greer)(2003) - #12
Made in England:Australia's British Inheritance (By: David Malouf)(2003) - #13
Sending Them Home: Refugees and the New Politics of Indifference; Quarterly Essay 13 (By: Robert Manne,David Corlett)(2004) - #14
Mission Impossible: The Sheikhs, the U.S. and the Future of Iraq (By: Paul McGeough)(2004) - #15
Quarterly Essay 16 Breach of Trust: Truth, Morality and Politics (By: Raimond Gaita)(2004) - #16
(By: John Hirst)(2005) - #17
The Worried Well: The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows (By: Gail Bell)(2005) - #18
Quarterly Essay 19 Relaxed and Comfortable: The Liberal Party's Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2005) - #19
Quarterly Essay 20 A Time for War(2005) - #20
What's Left?: The Death of Social Democracy (By: Clive Hamilton)(2006) - #21
Quarterly Essay 22 Voting for Jesus: Christianity and Politics in Australia (By: Amanda Lohrey)(2006) - #22
The History Question: Who Owns the Past?; Quarterly Essay 23 (By: Inga Clendinnen)(2006) - #23
His Master's Voice: The Corruption of Public Debate Under Howard (By: David Marr)(2007) - #24
Bipolar Nation: How To Win the 2007 Election; Quarterly Essay 25 (By: Peter Hartcher)(2007) - #25
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option (By: Ian Lowe)(2007) - #26
Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard (By: Ian Lowe)(2007) - #27
Love & Money: The Family and the Free Market (By: Anne Manne)(2008) - #28
Quarterly Essay 30 Last Drinks: The Impact of the Northern Territory Intervention (By: Paul Toohey)(2008) - #29
American Revolution: The Fall of Wall Street and the Rise of Barack Obama (By: Kate Jennings)(2008) - #30
Now or Never: A Sustainable Future for Australia? (By: Tim Flannery)(2008) - #31
Quarry Vision: Coal, Climate Change and the End of the Resources Boom; Quarterly Essay 33 (By: Guy Pearse)(2009) - #32
Quarterly Essay 35 Radical Hope: Education and Equality for Australia (By: Noel Pearson)(2009) - #33
Australian Story: Kevin Rudd and the Lucky Country (By: Mungo MacCallum)(2009) - #34
Quarterly Essay 37 What's Right?: The Future of Conservatism in Australia (By: Waleed Aly)(2010) - #35
Power Trip: The Political Journey of Kevin Rudd (By: David Marr)(2010) - #36
Quarterly Essay 39 Power Shift: Australia's Future between Washington and Beijing (By: HughWhite)(2010) - #37
Trivial Pursuit: Leadership and the End of the Reform Era; Quarterly Essay 40 (By: George Megalogenis)(2010) - #38
Quarterly Essay 41 The Happy Life: The Search for Contentment in the Modern World (By: David Malouf)(2011) - #39
Quarterly Essay 42 Fair Share: Country and City in Australia (By: Judith Brett)(2011) - #40
Bad News: Murdoch's (By: Robert Manne)(2011) - #41
Quarterly Essay 44 Man-Made World: Choosing Between Progress and Planet (By: Andrew Charlton)(2011) - #42
Quarterly Essay 45 Us and Them: On the Importance of Animals (By: Anna Krien)(2012) - #43
After The Future: Australia's New Extinction Crisis (By: Tim Flannery)(2012) - #44
Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet: Labor's Post-Left Future (By: Mark Latham)(2013) - #45
Quarterly Essay 50 Unfinished Business: Sex, Freedom and Misogyny (By: Anna Goldsworthy)(2013) - #46
Quarterly Essay 46 Great Expectations: Government, Entitlement and an Angry Nation (By: Laura Tingle)(2013) - #47
The Prince: Faith, Abuse and George Pell (By: David Marr)(2013) - #48
Quarterly Essay 53 That Sinking Feeling: Asylum Seekers and the Search for the Indonesian Solution (By: Paul Toohey)(2014) - #49
Dragon's Tail: The Lucky Country after the China Boom (By: Andrew Charlton)(2014) - #50
Quarterly Essay 55 A Rightful Place: Race, Recognition and a More Complete Commonwealth (By: Noel Pearson)(2014) - #51
Clivosaurus: The Politics of Clive Palmer (By: Guy Rundle)(2014) - #52
Quarterly Essay 57 Dear Life: On Caring for the Elderly (By: Karen Hitchcock)(2015) - #53
Blood Year: Terror and the Islamic State (By: David Kilcullen)(2015) - #54
Faction Man: Bill Shorten's Path to Power (By: David Marr)(2015) - #55
Political Amnesia: How We Forgot How to Govern (By: Laura Tingle)(2015) - #56
Balancing Act: Australia Between Recession and Renewal (By: George Megalogenis)(2016) - #57
Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull (By: Annabel Crabb)(2016) - #58
Firing Line: Australia's Path to War (By: James Brown)(2016) - #59
Quarterly Essay 63 Enemy Within: American Politics in the Time of Trump (By: Don Watson)(2016) - #60
The Australian Dream: Blood, History and Becoming (By: Stan Grant)(2016) - #61
The White Queen: One Nation and the Politics of Race (By: David Marr)(2017) - #62
The Long Goodbye: Coal, Coral and Australia's Climate Deadlock (By: Anna Krien)(2017) - #63
Moral Panic 101: Equality, Acceptance and the Safe Schools Scandal (By: Benjamin Law)(2017) - #64
Without America: Australia in the New Asia (By: HughWhite)(2017) - #65
Moment of Truth: History and Australia's Future (By: Mark McKenna)(2018) - #66
Dead Right: How Neoliberalism Ate Itself and What Comes Next (By: Richard Denniss)(2018) - #67
Follow the Leader: Democracy and the Rise of the Strongman (By: Laura Tingle)(2018) - #68
Net Loss: The Inner Life in the Digital Age (By: Sebastian Smee)(2018) - #69
Quarterly Essay 73 Australia Fair: Listening to the Nation (By: Rebecca Huntley)(2019) - #70
The Prosperity Gospel: How Scott Morrison won and Bill Shorten lost (By: Erik Jensen)(2019) - #71
Quarterly Essay 75 Men at Work: Australia's Parenthood Trap (By: Annabel Crabb)(2019) - #72
Red Flag: Waking Up to China's Challenge (By: Peter Hartcher)(2019) - #73
Cry Me a River: The Tragedy of the Murray-Darling Basin; Quarterly Essay 77 (By: Margaret Simons)(2020) - #74
The Coal Curse: Resources, Climate and Australia's Future (By: Judith Brett)(2020) - #75
The End of Certainty: Scott Morrison and Pandemic Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2020) - #76
The High Road: What Australia can learn from New Zealand (By: Laura Tingle)(2020) - #77
Exit Strategy: Politics After the Pandemic (By: George Megalogenis)(2021) - #78
Top Blokes: The Larrikin Myth, Class and Power (By: Lech Blaine)(2021) - #79
The Reckoning: How #MeToo is Changing Australia (By: Jess Hill)(2021) - #80
Not Waving, Drowning: Mental Illness and Vulnerability in Australia (By: Sarah Krasnostein)(2022) - #81
Sleepwalk to War: Australia’s Unthinking Alliance with America (By: HughWhite)(2022) - #82
Uncivil Wars: How Contempt Is Corroding Democracy (By: Waleed Aly,ScottStephens)(2022) - #83
Lone Wolf: Albanese and the New Politics (By: Katharine Murphy)(2022) - #84
Quarterly Essay 89 The Wires That Bind: Electrification and Community Renewal (By: Saul Griffith)(2023) - #85
Voice of Reason: On Recognition and Renewal (By: MeganDavis)(2023) - #86
Lifeboat: Disability, Humanity and the NDIS (By: Micheline Lee)(2023) - #87
The Great Divide: Australia's Housing Mess and How to Fix It (By: Alan Kohler)(2023) - #88
Bad Cop: Peter Dutton's Strongman Politics (By: Stephen Smith)(2024) - #89
Highway to Hell: Climate Change and Australia's Future (By: Joëlle Gergis)(2024) - #90
High Noon: Trump, Harris and America on the Brink; Quarterly Essay 95 (By: Don Watson)(2024) - #91
Minority Report: The New Shape of Australian Politics (By: George Megalogenis)(2024) - #92
Losing It: Can we stop violence against women and children?; Quarterly Essay 97 (By: Jess Hill)(2025)
- #1
Regions of Thick-Ribbed Ice (By: Helen Garner)(2001) - #2
Prosper: A Voyage at Sea (By: Simon Leys)(2015) - #3
The One Day (By: David Malouf)(2015) - #4
The Brave Ones(2015) - #5
Cypherpunk Revolutionary: On Julian Assange (By: Robert Manne)(2015)
- #1The Tasmanian Babes Fiasco(1996)
- #2
Here Be Monsters(2008) - #3
A Captain of the Gate(2011) - #4
Fortune and Glory(2018)
- #1
The Cruel Stars(2019) - #2
The Shattered Skies(2022) - #3
The Forever Dead(2024) - #4
The Javan War (With: Jason Lambright)(2024)
- #1
Without Warning(2009) - #2After America(2010)
- #3
Angels Of Vengeance(2012)
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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