Novels Early pseudonymous novels •
The Curse of the Burdens (1927), as by John B. Harris: Aldine Mystery Novels No. 17 (London: Aldine Publishing Co. Ltd) is sometimes attributed to Wyndham but, beyond a vague similarity of names, there is no evidence that he wrote it. •
The Secret People (1935), as by John Beynon •
Foul Play Suspected (1935), as by John Beynon •
Planet Plane (1936), as by John Beynon; republished as
The Space Machine and as
Stowaway to Mars Published in his lifetime as by John Wyndham •
The Day of the Triffids (1951), also known as
Revolt of the Triffids •
The Kraken Wakes (1953), published in the U.S. as
Out of the Deeps, also known as
The Things from the Deep •
The Chrysalids (1955), published in the U.S. as
Re-Birth •
The Midwich Cuckoos (1957) •
The Outward Urge (1959),
fix-up novel of 4 novelettes and 1 short story, as by John Wyndham and Lucas Parkes: • : "The Space Station: A.D. 1994" (novelette), "The Moon: A.D. 2044" (novelette), "Mars: A.D. 2094" (novelette), "Venus: A.D. 2144" (novelette), "The Emptiness of Space: The Asteroids A.D. 2194" (added in 1961) •
Trouble with Lichen (1960) •
Chocky (1968)
Posthumously published •
Web (1979) •
Plan for Chaos (2009)
Short stories Short story collections published in his lifetime •
Jizzle (1954), collection of 13 short stories and 2 novelettes: • : "Jizzle", "Technical Slip" (as by John Beynon), "A Present from Brunswick", "Chinese Puzzle" (novelette), "Esmeralda", "How Do I Do?", "Una" (novelette), "Affair of the Heart", "Confidence Trick", "The Wheel", "Look Natural, Please!", "Perforce to Dream", "Reservation Deferred", "Heaven Scent", "More Spinned Against" •
The Seeds of Time (1956), collection of 5 short stories and 5 novelettes: • : "Chronoclasm" (novelette), "Pillar to Post" (novelette), "Dumb Martian" (novelette), "Compassion Circuit", "Survival" (novelette), "Pawley's Peepholes", "Opposite Number", "Wild Flower", "Time to Rest" (as by John Beynon,
Bert #1 series), "Meteor" (novelette, as by John Beynon) •
Tales of Gooseflesh and Laughter (1956), United States edition featuring stories from the
Jizzle and
The Seeds of Time collections, collection of 9 short stories and 2 novelettes: • : "Chinese Puzzle" (novelette), "Una" (novelette), "The Wheel", "Jizzle", "Heaven Scent", "Compassion Circuit", "More Spinned Against...", "A Present from Brunswick", "Confidence Trick", "Opposite Number", "Wild Flower" •
Consider Her Ways and Others (1961), collection of 3 short stories and 3 novelettes/novellas: • : "
Consider Her Ways" (novella), "Odd", "Oh, Where, Now, is Peggy MacRaffery?" (novelette), "A Stitch in Time", "
Random Quest" (novelette), "A Long Spoon" •
The Infinite Moment (1961), United States edition of
Consider Her Ways and Others with two stories dropped and two others added, collection of 3 short stories and 3 novelettes/novellas: • : "Consider Her Ways" (novella), "Odd", "How Do I Do", "Stitch in Time", "Random Quest" (novelette), "Time Out" (novelette)
Posthumously published collections •
Sleepers of Mars (1973), collection of 1 short story, 3 novelettes and 1 novella, originally published in magazines in the 1930s: • : "Sleepers of Mars" (novella), "Worlds to Barter" (novelette), "Invisible Monster" (novelette), "The Man from Earth" (novelette), "The Third Vibrator" •
The Best of John Wyndham (1973), collection of 6 short stories and 6 novelettes: • : "The Lost Machine" (novelette), "The Man from Beyond" (novelette), "The Perfect Creature" (novelette), "The Trojan Beam" (novelette), "Vengeance by Proxy" (as by John Beynon), "Adaptation", "Pawley's Peepholes", "The Red Stuff" (novelette), "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", "Dumb Martian" (novelette), "Close Behind Him", "The Emptiness of Space" •
Wanderers of Time (1973), collection of 1 short story and 4 novelettes, originally published in magazines in the 1930s: • : "Wanderers of Time" (novelette), "Derelict of Space" (novelette), "Child of Power" (novelette), "The Last Lunarians", "The Puff-ball Menace" (novelette) •
The Man from Beyond and Other Stories (1975), hardback with the same contents as
The Best of John Wyndham •
Exiles on Asperus (1979), collection of 2 novelettes and 1 novella, as by John Beynon: • : "Exiles on Asperus" (novelette, as by John Beynon Harris), "No Place Like Earth" (novelette,
Bert #2 series (2024), collection of 18 short stories including 5 previously uncollected ones, marked with a "*" below: • : "Introduction by Michael Marshall Smith", "The Lost Machine", "Spheres of Hell", "The Man from Beyond", * "Beyond the Screen", "Child of Power", * "The Living Lies", * "The Eternal Eve", "Pawley's Peepholes", "The Wheel", "Survival", "Chinese Puzzle", "Perforce to Dream", * "Never on Mars", "Compassion Circuit", * "Brief to Counsel", "Odd", "The Asteroids, 2194", "A Stitch in Time".
Uncollected short stories • "Vivisection" (1919), as by J. W. B. Harris • "Chocky" (1963), novella, developed into novel
Chocky All short stories • "Vivisection" (1919), as by J. W. B. Harris • "Worlds to Barter" (1931), novelette • "Exiles on Asperus" (1932), novelette, as by John Beynon Harris • "The Lost Machine" (1932), novelette • "The Stare" (1932) • "The Venus Adventure" (1932), novella, as by John Beynon • "Invisible Monster", or "Invisible Monsters" (1933), novelette • "The Puff-ball Menace", or "Spheres of Hell" (1933), novelette • "The Third Vibrator" (1933) • "Wanderers of Time" (1933), novelette • "The Last Lunarians", or "The Moon Devils" (1934) • "The Man from Earth", or "The Man from Beyond" (1934), novelette • "The Cathedral Crypt" (1935), as by John Beynon Harris • "Una", or "The Perfect Creature", or "Perfect Creature", or "Female of the Species" (1937), novelette • "Judson's Annihilator", or "Beyond the Screen" (1938), novelette, as by John Beynon • "Child of Power" (1939), novelette • "Derelict of Space" (1939), novelette • "Sleepers of Mars" (1939), novella, a sequel to the novel
Stowaway to Mars • "The Trojan Beam" (1939), novelette • "Vengeance by Proxy" (1940), as by John Beynon • "Meteor", or "Phoney Meteor" (1941), novelette, as by John Beynon • "The Living Lies" (1946), novelette, as by John Beynon • "Adaptation" (1949) • "Jizzle" (1949) • "Technical Slip" (1949), as by John Beynon • "Time to Rest" (1949), as by John Beynon,
Bert #1 series • "The Eternal Eve" (1950) • "A Present from Brunswick", or "Bargain from Brunswick" (1951) • "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down", or "And the Walls Came Tumbling Down...", or "...And the Walls Came Tumbling Down..." (1951) • "No Place Like Earth", or "Tyrant and Slave-Girl on Planet Venus" (1951), novelette, as by John Beynon,
Bert #2 series • "Pawley's Peepholes", or "Operation Peep", or "A New Kind of Pink Elephant" (1951) • "Pillar to Post", or "Body and Soul" (1951), novelette • "The Red Stuff" (1951), novelette • "Affair of the Heart" (1952) • "Dumb Martian", or "Out of This World" (1952), novelette • "Survival" (1952), novelette • "The Wheel" (1952) • "Chinese Puzzle", or "A Stray from Cathay" (1953), novelette • "Close Behind Him" (1953) • "Confidence Trick" (1953) • "How Do I Do?" (1953) • "More Spinned Against", or "More Spinned Against..." (1953) • "Reservation Deferred" (1953) • "The Chronoclasm", or "Chronoclasm" (1953), novelette • "Time Out", or "Time Stops Today" (1953), novelette • "Compassion Circuit", or "Compassion-Circuit" (1954) • "Esmeralda" (1954) • "Heaven Scent" (1954) • "Look Natural, Please!" (1954) • "Never on Mars" (1954), as by John Beynon • "Opposite Number" (1954) • "Perforce to Dream" (1954) • "Wild Flower" (1955) • "
Consider Her Ways" (1956), novella • "But a Kind of Ghost" (1957) • "The Meddler" (1958) • "Brief to Counsel" (1959) • "A Long Spoon" (1960) • "A Stitch in Time", or "Stitch in Time" (1961) • "Odd" (1961) • "Oh, Where, Now, Is Peggy MacRafferty?" (1961), novelette • "
Random Quest" (1961), novelette • "It's a Wise Child", or "Wise Child" (1962) • "Chocky" (1963), novella, developed into novel
Chocky • "In Outer Space There Shone a Star" (1965) • "A Life Postponed" (1968), novelette • "Blackmoil" (2003)
Poems • "Hiroshima" (1974), as by John Beynon == Adaptations ==