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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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