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Wild Cards Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Wild Cards books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Wild Cards series? Start with "Wild Cards (By: George R.R. Martin)" (1986) and follow publication order through all 48 books.
The complete Wild Cards reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Wild Cards (By: George R.R. Martin)
1986

Aces High (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1987

Jokers Wild (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1987

Aces Abroad (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1988

Down and Dirty (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1988

Ace in the Hole (By: George R.R. Martin)
1990

Dead Man's Hand (By: George R.R. Martin)
1990

One-Eyed Jacks (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1991

Jokertown Shuffle (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1991

Double Solitaire (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
1992

Dealer's Choice (By: George R.R. Martin)
1992

Turn of the Cards (By: George R.R. Martin,Victor Milán)
1993

Deuces Down (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2002

Death Draws Five (By: George R.R. Martin,John J. Miller)
2006

Busted Flush (By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,Caroline Spector)
2008

Inside Straight (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2008

Suicide Kings (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2009
Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan (By: Carrie Vaughn)
2010

Fort Freak (By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham)
2011

The Button Man and the Murder Tree (By: Cherie Priest)
2013

The Elephant in the Room (By: George R.R. Martin,Paul Cornell)
2013

Lowball (By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass,David Anthony Durham)
2014

Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza (By: Carrie Vaughn)
2014

Prompt. Professional. Pop! (By: Walter Jon Williams)
2014

Discards (By: David D. Levine)
2016

High Stakes (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2016

The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown (By: George R.R. Martin)
2016
The Atonement Tango (By: Stephen Leigh)
2017

When the Devil Drives (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2017

Evernight (By: Victor Milán)
2018

The Flight of Morpho Girl (By: George R.R. Martin,Caroline Spector)
2018

Knaves Over Queens (By: George R.R. Martin)
2018

Long is the Way (By: George R.R. Martin)
2019

The City That Never Sleeps (By: Walton Simons)
2019

Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed (By: Bradley Denton)
2019

Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire (By: Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2019

American Hero (By: George R.R. Martin)
2020

Three Kings (By: George R.R. Martin,Melinda M. Snodgrass)
2020
Ripple Effects (By: Laura J. Mixon)
2021

Joker Moon (By: George R.R. Martin)
2021

Skin Deep (By: Alan Brennert)
2021

Hearts of Stone (By: Emma Newman)
2022

Grow (By: Carrie Vaughn)
2022

Full House (By: George R.R. Martin)
2022

Now & Then (By: Carrie Vaughn)
2023

Sleeper Straddle (By: Carrie Vaughn,Stephen Leigh,Mary Anne Mohanraj,Cherie Priest,Walter Jon Williams,Christopher Rowe,Max Gladstone)
2024

House Rulesin Stories (By: George R.R. Martin)
2025

Ante Up (By: John Jos. Miller)
2025
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