Book Series Guide

John Shirley

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John Shirley Books in Order

John Shirley is an American author whose work spans cyberpunk science fiction, horror, dark fantasy, thrillers, westerns, poetry, nonfiction, and graphic fiction. His major works include the A Song Called Youth trilogy, City Come A-Walkin', Black Glass, Wetbones, Demons, Stormland, and the Cleve Trewe westerns. He has also written numerous film, television, comic, and game tie-in novels, including BioShock: Rapture, Halo: Broken Circle, and Resident Evil: Retribution. His collection Black Butterflies won the Bram Stoker Award and the International Horror Guild Award.

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John Shirley's Newest Book

The Silver Revolver: A Western Crime Thriller

novel · First published 2025

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Eclipse

The first book of the complete A Song Called Youth cyberpunk trilogy.

Cover of City Come a-Walkin'

City Come a-Walkin'

A seminal standalone cyberpunk novel and an accessible entry point to Shirley's early work.

Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Darkside

The award-winning short-fiction collection that showcases Shirley's horror and dark-fantasy writing.

Read in order

Books by series

novel series · complete

A Song Called Youth

A complete cyberpunk trilogy consisting of Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona.

Series guide →
  1. 1
    Eclipse

    Book 1 · novel · 1985

  2. 2 Cover of Eclipse Penumbra
    Eclipse Penumbra

    Book 2 · novel · 1988

  3. 3 Cover of Eclipse Corona
    Eclipse Corona

    Book 3 · novel · 1990

novel series · ongoing

A Cleve Trewe Western

A western crime-thriller series featuring Cleve Trewe.

Series guide →
  1. 1 Cover of Axle Bust Creek: A Cleve Trewe Western Book 1
    Axle Bust Creek: A Cleve Trewe Western Book 1

    Book 1 · novel · 2022

  2. 2
    Gunmetal Mountain: A Cleve Trewe Western Book 2

    Book 2 · novel · 2023

  3. 3
    Blood in Sweet River: A Cleve Trewe Western Book 3

    Book 3 · novel · 2024

Outside the series

Bibliography by category

Novels (46)
  1. Cover of Transmaniacon
    Transmaniacon

    novel · 1979

  2. Cover of Dracula in Love
    Dracula in Love

    novel · 1979

  3. Cover of City Come a-Walkin'
    City Come a-Walkin'

    novel · 1980

  4. Three-Ring Psychus

    novel · 1980

  5. The Brigade

    novel · 1981

  6. Cover of Cellars
    Cellars

    novel · 1982

  7. Cover of In Darkness Waiting
    In Darkness Waiting

    novel · 1988

  8. Kamus of Kadizar: The Black Hole of Carcosa

    novel · 1988

  9. Cover of A Splendid Chaos
    A Splendid Chaos

    novel · 1988

  10. Cover of Wetbones
    Wetbones

    novel · 1991

  11. Silicon Embrace

    novel · 1996

  12. Cover of Demons
    Demons

    novella · 2000

  13. The View From Hell

    novella · 2001

  14. Her Hunger

    novella · 2001

  15. ...And the Angel with Television Eyes

    novella · 2001

  16. Spider Moon

    novel · 2002

  17. Crawlers

    novel · 2003

  18. Constantine

    novelization · 2005

  19. Cover of Doom
    Doom

    novelization · 2005

  20. War Lord

    tie_in_novel · 2006

  21. Predator: Forever Midnight

    tie_in_novel · 2006

  22. Cover of Batman: Dead White
    Batman: Dead White

    tie_in_novel · 2006

  23. Subterranean

    tie_in_novel · 2006

  24. Cover of The Other End
    The Other End

    novella · 2007

  25. Cover of Aliens: Steel Egg
    Aliens: Steel Egg

    tie_in_novel · 2007

  26. Cover of Black Glass
    Black Glass

    novel · 2008

  27. Cover of Bleak History
    Bleak History

    novel · 2009

  28. Cover of BioShock: Rapture
    BioShock: Rapture

    tie_in_novel · 2011

  29. Cover of Borderlands: The Fallen
    Borderlands: The Fallen

    tie_in_novel · 2011

  30. Cover of Everything Is Broken
    Everything Is Broken

    novel · 2012

  31. Resident Evil: Retribution - The Official Novelization

    novelization · 2012

  32. Cover of Borderlands: Unconquered
    Borderlands: Unconquered

    tie_in_novel · 2012

  33. Cover of Grimm: The Icy Touch
    Grimm: The Icy Touch

    tie_in_novel · 2013

  34. Cover of Borderlands: Gunsight
    Borderlands: Gunsight

    tie_in_novel · 2013

  35. Doyle After Death

    novel · 2014

  36. Wyatt in Wichita: A Historical Novel

    historical_novel · 2014

  37. Cover of Halo: Broken Circle
    Halo: Broken Circle

    tie_in_novel · 2014

  38. Watch Dogs: Dark Clouds

    tie_in_novel · 2014

  39. Cover of Stormland
    Stormland

    novel · 2021

  40. A Sorcerer of Atlantis with a Prince in the Kingdom of Ghosts

    novel · 2021

  41. Cover of SubOrbital 7
    SubOrbital 7

    novel · 2023

  42. The Silver Revolver: A Western Crime Thriller

    novel · 2025

  43. Cover of Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
    Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas

    nonfiction · 2004

  44. Cover of New Taboos
    New Taboos

    nonfiction · 2013

  45. Z-Boyz in the Robot Graveyard

    novella · 2012

  46. Cover of The Crow: Death and Rebirth
    The Crow: Death and Rebirth

    graphic_novel · 2013

Short fiction (10)
  1. Cover of Heatseeker
    Heatseeker

    short_story_collection · 1989

  2. New Noir

    short_story_collection · 1993

  3. The Exploded Heart

    short_story_collection · 1996

  4. Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Darkside

    short_story_collection · 1998

  5. Cover of Really Really Really Really Weird Stories
    Really Really Really Really Weird Stories

    short_story_collection · 1999

  6. Darkness Divided

    short_story_collection · 2001

  7. Living Shadows: Stories: New and Pre-Owned

    short_story_collection · 2007

  8. In Extremis: The Most Extreme Stories of John Shirley

    short_story_collection · 2011

  9. Lovecraft Alive! A Collection of Lovecraftian Stories

    short_story_collection · 2016

  10. The Feverish Stars: New and Uncollected Stories

    short_story_collection · 2021

Poetry (1)
  1. The Voice of the Burning House: Poems

    poetry_collection · 2021

Collaborations (1)
  1. Cover of A Dying Machine
    A Dying Machine

    coauthored_novel · 2018