Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) Books in Order
There are 57 Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books, published between 1986 and 2025: 55 in the 3 main-line series and 2 related titles. The first book is Wild Cards (1986) and the newest main-line book is Ante Up (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 57
- Published
- 1986–2025
- Confirmed
- 57 of 57 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,005 in 21 of 57 books
Wild Cards is filed under George R.R. Martin's name as a character entry covering 57 books published between 1986 and 2025. The run opens with Wild Cards (1986) and continues through Aces High (1987), Jokers Wild (1987), Aces Abroad (1988) and Dealer's Choice (1992) to Ante Up (2025). Credit is shared among many writers: George R.R. Martin on 25 titles, Melinda M. Snodgrass on 15, Carrie Vaughn on 7, David Anthony Durham on 3, and Victor Milan, Caroline Spector and Bradley Denton on 2 each. Subjects include science fiction, superheroes, virus diseases, short stories, the Second World War and graphic novels. Related listings are the Wild Cards Graphic Novel, Wild Cards Mosaic: New Cycle and Wild Cards: USA Triad.
How many Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books are there?
Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) has 57 books, released between 1986 and 2025. 55 of them belong to the 3 main-line series (Wild Cards, Wild Cards Mosaic: New Cycle, Wild Cards: USA Triad), and 2 related titles sit outside it: graphic novels.
Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 57 Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119865944/4
- 219873203/4
- 319875283/4
- 419885284/4
- 519885183/4
- 619904784/4
- 719903284/4
- 81991–3/4
- 91991–3/4
- 1019924373/4
- 111992–4/4
- 1219923844/4
- 1319934524/4
- 1419934484/4
- 1519934184/4
- 1619945444/4
- 172002–3/4
- 182006–3/4
- 1920083984/4
- 202008–3/4
- 212009–3/4
- 2220091404/4
- 232009–3/4
- 242010–4/4
- 2520115763/4
- 272013–4/4
- 282014–4/4
- 292014–4/4
- 302014–3/4
- 312016–4/4
- 322016–3/4
- 332016–4/4
- 342017–4/4
- 352017–4/4
- 362017–4/4
- 3720184293/4
- 3820183814/4
- 392018–4/4
- 402018–4/4
- 422019–4/4
- 432019–4/4
- 442019–4/4
- 452020–4/4
- 4620204004/4
- 472021–3/4
- 4820213684/4
- 492021–4/4
- 502022–4/4
- 512022–4/4
- 5220223364/4
- 532023–4/4
- 542023–3/4
- 552024–3/4
- 562025–3/4
- 572025–3/4
Where to start with Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin)
Start with Wild Cards (1986), the earliest published book in the 3 main-line series.
What is the newest Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) book?
Ante Up (2025) is the newest book in the 3 main-line series.
Is there a new Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) book coming?
No next Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin)
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin). Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.
- Locus Award for Best Anthology1987Shortlistedfor Wild Cards
Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) at a glance
- Still running
- Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) is still running, with a main-line title published as recently as 2025.
- Release pace
- Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,005 pages across the 21 of 57 books with a recorded length, a median of 429 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books, 21 of 57, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 36 of the 57 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 57 titles, 25 are credited to George R.R. Martin, 15 to Melinda M. Snodgrass, 7 to Carrie Vaughn and 3 to David Anthony Durham. A further 19 writers are credited. 4 titles carry no credit.
What the Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books are about
25 of the 57 Wild Cards (George R.R. Martin) books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: science fiction is tagged on 16 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Science fiction 16 of 25 books
- American literature 4 of 25 books
- Superheroes 4 of 25 books
- Science fiction, action & adventure 3 of 25 books
- Science fiction, short stories 3 of 25 books
- Virus diseases 3 of 25 books
- Comics & graphic novels, science fiction 2 of 25 books
- Fantasy 2 of 25 books
- Monsters 2 of 25 books
- Science fiction & fantasy 2 of 25 books