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ⓘ About Wesley King
Wesley King is a Canadian author best known for his sci-fi/fantasy novels about teenagers with superpowers. Wesley has gained quick success over a relatively short period of time, not only receiving awards but also seeing his books get optioned for possible movie adaptations. +Biography Wesley King was born in 1987 in Ajax in Ontario, Canada. The author did not always know that he wanted to write. Like every child, Wesley always dreamt about living the lives of his favorite heroes on television. First, it was the Ninja Turtles, then the X-Men, then a Star Wars Jedi. And like every growing child, it wouldn’t take Wesley long to realize that he couldn’t enter the fantastical realms of his favorite characters.
All Book Series by Wesley King
Sara and the Search for Normal
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2020
The Incredible Space Raiders from Space!
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2015
Cavell on Film
Series opener · book 1 of 71 · published 2005 Anthology · Stanley Cavell
The Death of Classical Cinema
Book 3 of 71 · published 2006 Anthology · Joe Mcelhaney
Apocalyptic Dread
Book 4 of 71 · published 2007 Anthology · Kirsten Moana Thompson
Ecology and Popular Film
Book 8 of 71 · published 2009 Anthology · Joseph K. Heumann
Three Documentary Filmmakers
Book 9 of 71 · published 2009 Anthology · William Rothman
Second Takes
Book 10 of 71 · published 2010 Anthology · Carolyn Jess-Cooke,Constantine Verevis
Fantastic Voyages of the Cinematic Imagination
Book 11 of 71 · published 2011 Anthology · Matthew Solomon
Hitchcock, Second Edition
Book 13 of 71 · published 2012 Anthology · William Rothman
Lonely Places, Dangerous Ground
Book 16 of 71 · published 2014 Anthology · Steven Rybin
B Is for Bad Cinema
Book 17 of 71 · published 2014 Anthology · Constantine Verevis
Bad Seeds and Holy Terrors
Book 18 of 71 · published 2014 Anthology · Dominic Lennard
Bombay before Bollywood
Book 19 of 71 · published 2015 Anthology · Rosie Thomas
Binghamton Babylon
Book 20 of 71 · published 2015 Anthology · Scott M. MacDonald
Encounters with Godard
Book 22 of 71 · published 2016 Anthology · James S. Williams
Invented Lives, Imagined Communities
Book 23 of 71 · published 2016 Anthology · R. Barton Palmer
Looking with Robert Gardner
Book 25 of 71 · published 2016 Anthology · Rebecca Meyers
Hitchcock's Moral Gaze
Book 28 of 71 · published 2017 Anthology · Steven Sanders
Are You Watching Closely?
Book 33 of 71 · published 2017 Anthology · Seth Friedman
Queer Art Camp Superstar
Book 35 of 71 · published 2018 Anthology · Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta
From El Dorado to Lost Horizons
Book 40 of 71 · published 2019 Anthology · Ken Windrum
Tuitions and Intuitions
Book 43 of 71 · published 2019 Anthology · William Rothman
The Great War in Hollywood Memory, 1918-1939
Book 44 of 71 · published 2019 Anthology · Michael Hammond
Slapstick Camera, The
Book 45 of 71 · published 2020 Anthology · Burke Hilsabeck
Race and the Suburbs in American Film
Book 53 of 71 · published 2021 Anthology · Merrill Schleier
Encountering the Impossible
Book 57 of 71 · published 2021 Anthology · Alexander Sergeant
Luchino Visconti and the Alchemy of Adaptation
Book 58 of 71 · published 2021 Anthology · Brendan Hennessey
The Holiday in His Eye
Book 59 of 71 · published 2021 Anthology · William Rothman
The Hard Sell of Paradise
Book 60 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Jason Sperb
Hollywood Films in North Africa and the Middle East
Book 62 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Nolwenn Mingant
The Cinematographer's Voice
Book 64 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Roberto Schaefer
White Cottage, White House
Book 65 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Tony Tracy
Whiteness at the End of the World
Book 67 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · David Venditto
Orienting Italy
Book 68 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Mary Ann McDonald Carolan
Cinema of Discontent
Book 70 of 71 · published 2022 Anthology · Tomoyuki Sasaki
Distancing Representations in Transgender Film
Latest in the series · book 71 of 71 · published 2023 Anthology · Lucy J. Miller
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Wesley King?
Wesley King is a Canadian author best known for his sci-fi/fantasy novels about teenagers with superpowers. Wesley has gained quick success over a relatively short period of time, not only receiving awards but also seeing his books get optioned for possible movie adaptations. +Biography Wesley King was born in 1987 in Ajax in Ontario, Canada. The author did not always know that he wanted to write.
Which Wesley King series should I start with?
The best place to start is the SUNY Horizons of Cinema series, the earliest of Wesley King's multi-book series: it opens with Cavell on Film (2005) and runs to 71 books across 2005–2023, ending with Distancing Representations in Transgender Film (2023).
How many books has Wesley King written?
Wesley King has 88 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2005 and 2027. 81 of them belong to 6 named series — the largest being the SUNY Horizons of Cinema series with 71 books — and 7 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Wesley King's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Wesley King's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are SUNY Horizons of Cinema (2005–2023, 71 books), The Vindico (2012–2013, 2 books) and Dragons vs. Drones (2016–2017, 2 books), plus 3 more.
How are Wesley King's books organised into series?
This guide splits Wesley King's 88 books into 6 named series and 7 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: SUNY Horizons of Cinema (71 books, 2005–2023); Beast Ballerz (2 books, 2026–2027); Dragons vs. Drones (2 books, 2016–2017); OCDaniel (2 books, 2016–2020); The Vindico (2 books, 2012–2013), plus 1 further series.