John Joseph Adams

John Joseph Adams (1976-) is a well-established American editor, critic and publisher of science fiction and fantasy books and anthologies. Little is known about his early life, but his success in the fantasy world has made him one of the prominent figures in the field of science fiction around the world. He is best known as the editor of the Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy.

The best place to start is the Wastelands series, the earliest of John Joseph Adams's multi-book series: it opens with Wastelands (2007) and runs to 3 books across 2007–2019, ending with Wastelands: The New Apocalypse (2019).

John Joseph Adams has 99 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1998 and 2026. 7 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the Wastelands series with 3 books — and 92 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. John Joseph Adams's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Wastelands (2007–2019, 3 books) and The Living Dead (2010, 1 book).

This guide splits John Joseph Adams's 99 books into 3 named series and 92 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Wastelands (3 books, 2007–2019); The Living Dead (1 book, 2010); The Dystopia Triptych (3 books, 2020).