Bibliography
Novels
- 2018 — Irontown Blues
- 2014 — Dark Lightning
- 2012 — Slow Apocalypse
- 2008 — Rolling Thunder
- 2006 — Red Lightning
- 2005 — Mammoth
- 2003 — Red Thunder
- 1998 — The Golden Globe
- 1992 — Steel Beach
- 1984 — Demon
- 1983 — Millennium
- 1980 — Wizard
- 1979 — Titan
- 1977 — The Ophiuchi Hotline
Short Story Collections
- 2013 — Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe and Other Stories
- 2004 — The John Varley Reader
- 1995 — Superheroes
- 1986 — Blue Champagne
- 1984 — Picnic on Nearside
- 1980 — The Barbie Murders and Other Stories
- 1978 — The Persistence of Vision
Screenplays
Films
- 2012 — A Short Overview of Titan
- 1998 — Options
- 1998 — Blue Champagne
- 1989 — Millennium
- 1983 — Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
Short Fiction
- 2004 — Beatnik Bayou
- 2003 — The Bellman
- 2003 — In Fading Suns and Dying Moons
- 2003 — A Christmas Story
- 1998 — The Flying Dutchman
- 1995 — Truth, Justice and the Politically Correct Socialist Path
- 1992 — Her Girl Friday
- 1992 — Good Intentions
- 1989 — Just Another Perfect Day
- 1988 — A Valentine
- 1986 — The Unprocessed Word
- 1986 — Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo
- 1984 — Press Enter ■
- 1984 — The Manhattan Phone Book (Abridged)
- 1981 — Blue Champagne
- 1981 — The Pusher
- 1979 — Options
- 1978 — The Barbie Murders
- 1978 — In the Hall of the Martian Kings
- 1978 — The Persistence of Vision
- 1977 — Equinoctial
- 1977 — Lollipop and the Tar Baby
- 1977 — Air Raid
- 1977 — Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe
- 1976 — Manikins
- 1976 — Overdrawn at the Memory Bank
- 1976 — The Phantom of Kansas
- 1976 — Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance
- 1976 — The Funhouse Effect
- 1975 — In the Bowl
- 1975 — The Black Hole Passes
- 1975 — Retrograde Summer
- 1974 — Picnic on Nearside
- 1974 — Bagatelle