John Shirley

John Shirley is an American published writer. He also goes by the pen names John Cutter and D.B. Drumm. He is a writer of the 1994 movie The Crow, written along with David J.

The best place to start is the Universe series, the earliest of John Shirley's multi-book series: it opens with Universe 1 (1971) and runs to 17 books across 1971–1987, ending with Universe 17 (1987). John Shirley's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

John Shirley has 407 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2027. 287 of them belong to 24 named series — the largest being the Sundown Riders series with 28 books — and 120 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 Shirley's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Universe (1971–1987, 17 books), Encyclopocalypse Classics (1978–2024, 11 books) and Traveler (1984–1987, 13 books), plus 13 more.

This guide splits John Shirley's 407 books into 24 named series and 120 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Sundown Riders (28 books, 1996–2022); Universe (17 books, 1971–1987); Traveler (13 books, 1984–1987); Encyclopocalypse Classics (11 books, 1978–2024); The Specialist (11 books, 1984–1985), plus 19 further series.