Order of Wild Cards Books
Wild Cards is a series of science fiction/alternate history anthologies edited by George R.R. Martin (with Melinda Snodgrass). The series was inspired by comic book superheroes and the roleplaying game Superworld. The series is set following World War II when an alien virus is unleashed on New York City, killing almost everyone who goes near it. Most of those who survive are turned into “Jokers,” which are deformed creatures, and a select few are given superpowers (and called “Aces”).
George R.R. Martin began his Wild Cards anthology series in 1986 with voulme 1 of the series, entitled Wild Cards. The series is currently ongoing. Besides Martin himself, some of the authors who have contributed to the series include Roger Zelazny, Lewis Shiner, Walter Jon Williams, Pat Cadigan, Howard Waldrop, Leanne C. Harper, Chris Claremont, Victor Milan and John J. Miller. Below is a list of George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards anthologies in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Wild Cards Books
Wild Cards | (1986) | |
Aces High | (1987) | |
Jokers Wild | (1987) | |
Aces Abroad | (1988) | |
Down and Dirty | (1988) | |
Ace in the Hole | (1990) | |
Dead Man’s Hand | (1990) | |
One-Eyed Jacks | (1991) | |
Jokertown Shuffle | (1991) | |
Double Solitaire | (1992) | |
Dealer’s Choice | (1992) | |
Turn of the Cards | (1993) | |
Deuces Down | (2002) | |
Death Draws Five | (2006) | |
Busted Flush | (2008) | |
Inside Straight | (2008) | |
Suicide Kings | (2009) | |
Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan | (2010) | |
Fort Freak | (2011) | |
The Button Man and the Murder Tree | (2013) | |
The Elephant in the Room | (2013) | |
Lowball | (2014) | |
Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza | (2014) | |
Prompt. Professional. Pop! | (2014) | |
Discards | (2016) | |
High Stakes | (2016) | |
The Thing about Growing Up in Jokertown | (2016) | |
The Atonement Tango | (2017) | |
When the Devil Drives | (2017) | |
Evernight | (2018) | |
The Flight of Morpho Girl | (2018) | |
Knaves Over Queens | (2018) | |
Long is the Way | (2019) | |
The City That Never Sleeps | (2019) | |
Naked, Stoned, and Stabbed | (2019) | |
Wild Cards X: Double Solitaire | (2019) | |
American Hero | (2020) | |
Three Kings | (2020) | |
Ripple Effects | (2021) | |
Joker Moon | (2021) | |
Skin Deep | (2021) | |
Hearts of Stone | (2022) | |
Grow | (2022) | |
Full House | (2022) | |
Pairing Up | (2023) | |
Sleeper Straddle | (2024) |
Publication Order of George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards – Comics Books
(By: George R.R. Martin, Daniel Abraham)
George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards | (2009) | |
The Hard Call | (2009) |
Publication Order of Wild Cards Mosaic: New Cycle Anthologies
(Melinda M. Snodgrass)
Card Sharks | (1993) | |
Marked Cards | (1994) | |
Black Trump | (1995) |
Publication Order of Wild Cards: USA Triad Books
(Melinda M. Snodgrass)
Mississippi Roll | (2017) | |
Low Chicago | (2018) | |
Texas Hold’em | (2018) |