Series

Wild Cards Universe

George R. R. Martin, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Stephen Leigh, Walton Simons, John J. Miller, Victor Milán, Carrie Vaughn, Walter Jon Williams, Daniel Abraham, Roger Zelazny, Caroline Spector, Ian Tregillis, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Michael Cassutt, Leanne C. Harper, Lewis Shiner, David Anthony Durham, Mary Anne Mohanraj, David D. Levine, Edward Bryant, Marko Kloos, Paul Cornell, Peadar Ò Guilin, Cherie Priest, Laura J. Mixon, Sage Walker, Steve Perrin, William F. Wu, Bradley Denton, Christopher Rowe, Emma Newman, Mark Lawrence, Max Gladstone, Pat Cadigan, Peter Newman, Alan Brennert, Arthur Byron Cover, Charles Stross, Chris Claremont, Diana Rowland, Gail Gerstner-Miller, Howard Waldrop, Leo Kenden, Saladin Ahmed & Ty Franck · 13 novels · 29 novellas · 75 novelettes · 202 short stories · 23 anthologies · 1986–2025

Reading order

The order the books came out.

Omnibus editions(2 editions)

Map

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Stats

By decade

1980s105
1990s70
2000s71
2010s66
2020s30

Shape

13 novels · 29 novellas · 75 novelettes · 202 short stories · 23 anthologies

45 authors

reads like:superhero genetic engineering north america mid 20th century dark adult

Mood

Grim and intense: 94% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.

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this series · the catalog · brighter = more books142 of 342 works carry a tone