John Wyndham

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1951
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • The Day of the Triffids

    In 1951 John Wyndham published his novel The Day of the Triffids to moderate acclaim. Fifty-two years later, this horrifying story is a science fiction classic, touted by The Times (London) as having “all the reality of a vividly realized nightmare...

  • The Kraken Wakes

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    An “ingenious, horrifying” (The Guardian) first contact story by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England h...

  • The Chrysalids

    THE COLD WAR SCI-FI CLASSIC: Following a global nuclear war, a telepathic young boy searches for freedom in a fundamentalist society. “One of the most thoughtful post-apocalypse novels ever written.” -- David Mitchell, New York Times"bestsel...

  • The Midwich Cuckoos

    • / Science Fiction
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    A genre-defining tale of first contact by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”“In m...

  • Trouble With Lichen

    YOU SHOULD LIVE SO LONG... It had been an inadvertent discovery for lovely Diana Brackley as well as for Francis Saxover. Neither knew the other had perfected the antigerone, but both realized the dangers inherent in such a scientific breakthrough...

  • Chocky

    Featuring an afterword by Margaret AtwoodThis quirky alien-meets-boy story “remains fresh and disturbing in an entirely unexpected way” -- for fans of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (The Guardian). A pioneering science-fic...

  • Consider Her Ways and Others

    The six stories in Consider Her Ways: And Others, the second collecton of John Wyndham's short tales, continue his exploration of the science fiction staple - what if? In the title story we are introduced to a world where all the men have been kill...

  • The Seeds of Time

    For the ten short stories collected here, John Wyndham turns his imagination to, among other sujects, body-snatching, time-travel and mind-travel, and the the tricky business of interplanetary colonization....

  • Out of the Deeps

    When a deep-sea probe investigating unexplained ship sinkings disappeared, people began to get nervous. When the authorities resorted to depth-bombing in retaliation against the unseen menace, the situation turned critical. The aliens attacked. Then ...



  • Stowaway to Mars

    A space opera set on Mars by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”What if alien life-f...

  • Web

    A remarkable anti-colonialist novel by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.”What if sp...

  • Myths of Ife

    "The author spent several years as an Assistant District Officer among the Yorubas in Nigeria, and was thus enabled to collect the folklore contained in this book from native sources. The reticence of the natives on religious subjects made it necessa...

  • Plan for Chaos

    A wild ride from one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” What if the defeated Nazis had ...

  • Myths of ?f?

  • Affair of the Heart

    PERIL PRESS presents: Collier’s, March 22 1952 AFFAIR OF THE HEART by John Wyndham Collier's SHORT SHORT “You see,” Jules said, “every year this table is reserved on May twenty-eighth” 1300 Words From the author/creator of Day of the Tri...

  • Jizzle

    PERIL PRESS presents: Collier’s, January 8 1949 JIZZLE by John Wyndham as John Beynon Illustrated by Al Moore Presenting the world’s most talented monkey -- Jizzle, the artist. She could ruin a man’s home with a flick of her brush 2900 Words T...

  • The Wheel

    PERIL PRESS present: Startling Stories, January 1952 THE WHEEL by John Wyndham After the ATOM BOMB -- What? After the atom bomb -- what will humanity have to face next? 2700 Words Startling Stories, January 1952 SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE REVIEW THE DAY...

  • The Chrysalids & Survival

    A double bill of John Wyndham stories adapted for BBC radio in two full-cast dramatizations "The Chrysalids" Ten-year-old David is a happy, ordinary boy, untroubled except for occasional strange dreams about a mysterious city until he befriends S...

  • Consider Her Ways

    The six stories in Consider Her Ways: And Others, the second collecton of John Wyndham''s short tales, continue his exploration of the science fiction staple - what if?

    In the title story we are introduced to a world where all the men have be...



  • The Troons of Space and other Stories

  • Foul Play Suspected

    A rediscovered, outstandingly prescient crime novel written in the lead-up to World War II, by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- science fiction and horror writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of scie...

  • The Outward Urge

    A hard science fiction masterpiece, perfect for fans of Kim Stanley Robinson, by one of the twentieth century’s most brilliant -- and neglected -- writers, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produce...

  • The Curse of the Burdens

    Sixteen classic stories that are bound to get under your skin, perfect for fans of cozy horror -- from the brilliant mind of John Wyndham, whom Stephen King called “the best writer of science fiction that England has ever produced.” (Previously p...

  • But a Kind of Ghost

  • The Venus Adventure

    John Wyndham considered this story a study in “realism in interplanetary travel.” This is no ordinary interplanetary story: it is a human and gripping adventure of explorations into a new world with a surprising series of developments.Wha...

  • Delphi Complete Works of John Wyndham Illustrated

    The sci-fi writer John Wyndham produced innovative works examining the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly invade a comfortable English setting. The 1951 post-apocalyptic masterpiece ‘The Day of the Triffids...

  • Delphi Collected Works of John Wyndham Illustrated

    The sci-fi writer John Wyndham produced innovative works examining the human struggle for survival when catastrophic natural phenomena suddenly invade a comfortable English setting. Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic masterpieces established his name as a ...

  • Logical Fantasy

  • Rebirth

    • / General Fiction
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  • The Cathedral Crypt

    in The Unspeakable People
    • / Horror
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Wyndham has published 30 books.

John Wyndham does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Logical Fantasy, was published in May 2024.

The first book by John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, was published in January 1951.

No. John Wyndham does not write books in series.
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