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H.G. Wells Books in Order
Every H.G. Wells book in publication order — 141 in total, spanning 1888–2018.
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Time Machine | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Wonderful Visit | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Wheels of Chance | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Invisible Man | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The War of the Worlds | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | When the Sleeper Wakes | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Love and Mr. Lewisham | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The First Men in the Moon | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Sea Lady | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth | 1904 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Kipps | 1905 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | A Modern Utopia | 1905 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | In the Days of the Comet | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The War in the Air | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Tono-Bungay | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Ann Veronica | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The History of Mr Polly | 1910 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The Sleeper Awakes | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The New Machiavelli | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Marriage | 1912 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Passionate Friends | 1913 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The World Set Free | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Bealby: A Holiday | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Research Magnificent | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Boon | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Mr. Britling Sees It Through | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | The Soul of a Bishop | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education | 1918 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Undying Fire | 1919 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Secret Places of the Heart | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Men Like Gods | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Dream | 1924 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Christina Alberta's Father | 1925 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | The World of William Clissold | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | The King Who Was a King | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | Autocracy of Mr. Parham | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | Bulpington of Blup | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Shape of Things to Come | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Croquet Player | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | Star Begotten | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | The Camford Visitation | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | Brynhild | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | The Brothers | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | Apropos of Dolores | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | The Holy Terror | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | All Aboard for Ararat | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Babes in the Darkling Wood | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | You Can't Be Too Careful | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | The Wealth of Mr. Waddy | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts | 1888 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Treasure In The Forest | 1894 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Flowering of the Strange Orchid | 1894 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Plattner Story | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Wheels of Chance | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | The Star | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Crystal Egg | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | A Story Of The Days To Come | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | A Dream of Armageddon | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Valley of Spiders | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Magic Shop | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Door in the Wall | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Desert Daisy | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | The New Accelerator | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Crystal Egg and Other Tales | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Plattner Story and Others | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Thirty Strange Stories | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | Tales of Space and Time | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Twelve Stories and a Dream | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Tales of Wonder | 1910 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Complete Short Stories | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Moth and Other Stories | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Man With a Nose | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | The Red Room and Other Stories | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Collected Short Stories | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Tales of the Weird and Supernatural | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Screenplays Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Certain Personal Matters | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Anticipations | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Discovery of the Future | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Mankind in the Making | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Food of the Gods | 1904 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Future in America | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | This Misery of Boots | 1907 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | First and Last Things | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | New Worlds for Old | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Floor Games | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | Little Wars | 1913 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | AnEnglishman Looks at the World | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | What is Coming? | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Elements of Reconstruction | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | God the Invisible King | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | In The Fourth Year | 1918 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Outline of History | 1919 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Russia in the Shadows | 1920 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | The Salvaging of Civiization | 1921 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | A Short History of the World | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions | 1925 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives? | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | The Science of Life | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Experiment in Autobiography | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | H.G. Wells in Love | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | World Brain | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Fate of Homo Sapiens | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The New World Order | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Conquest of Time | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Crux Ansata | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Mind at the End of Its Tether | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Interviews and Recollections | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | A Volume of Journalism | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Little Wars and Floor Games | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Correspondence Of H.G. Wells Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Correspondence of H.G. Wells | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Great Illustrated Classics Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Invisible Man | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost Mars | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 141, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts | 1888 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | The Treasure In The Forest | 1894 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Flowering of the Strange Orchid | 1894 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | The Time Machine | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | The Wonderful Visit | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences | 1895 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | The Island of Dr. Moreau | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | The Wheels of Chance | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | The Plattner Story | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Wheels of Chance | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | 1896 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Invisible Man | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | The Star | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | The Crystal Egg | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | A Story Of The Days To Come | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | The Crystal Egg and Other Tales | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | The Plattner Story and Others | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Thirty Strange Stories | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | Certain Personal Matters | 1897 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | The War of the Worlds | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles | 1898 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | When the Sleeper Wakes | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Love and Mr. Lewisham | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Tales of Space and Time | 1899 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | The First Men in the Moon | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | A Dream of Armageddon | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Anticipations | 1901 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | The Sea Lady | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | The Discovery of the Future | 1902 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | The Valley of Spiders | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | The Magic Shop | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Mankind in the Making | 1903 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth | 1904 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | The Food of the Gods | 1904 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | Kipps | 1905 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | A Modern Utopia | 1905 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | In the Days of the Comet | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | The Door in the Wall | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | Twelve Stories and a Dream | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | The Future in America | 1906 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | This Misery of Boots | 1907 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | The War in the Air | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | First and Last Things | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | New Worlds for Old | 1908 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Tono-Bungay | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Ann Veronica | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | 1909 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The History of Mr Polly | 1910 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Tales of Wonder | 1910 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | The Sleeper Awakes | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | The New Machiavelli | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | Floor Games | 1911 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Marriage | 1912 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | The Passionate Friends | 1913 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Little Wars | 1913 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | The World Set Free | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | AnEnglishman Looks at the World | 1914 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | Bealby: A Holiday | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | The Research Magnificent | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 65 | Boon | 1915 | Amazon US UK |
| 66 | Mr. Britling Sees It Through | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 67 | What is Coming? | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 68 | Elements of Reconstruction | 1916 | Amazon US UK |
| 69 | The Soul of a Bishop | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 70 | God the Invisible King | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 71 | War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War | 1917 | Amazon US UK |
| 72 | Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education | 1918 | Amazon US UK |
| 73 | In The Fourth Year | 1918 | Amazon US UK |
| 74 | The Undying Fire | 1919 | Amazon US UK |
| 75 | The Outline of History | 1919 | Amazon US UK |
| 76 | Russia in the Shadows | 1920 | Amazon US UK |
| 77 | The Salvaging of Civiization | 1921 | Amazon US UK |
| 78 | The Secret Places of the Heart | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 79 | A Short History of the World | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 80 | Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace | 1922 | Amazon US UK |
| 81 | Men Like Gods | 1923 | Amazon US UK |
| 82 | The Dream | 1924 | Amazon US UK |
| 83 | Christina Alberta's Father | 1925 | Amazon US UK |
| 84 | A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions | 1925 | Amazon US UK |
| 85 | The World of William Clissold | 1926 | Amazon US UK |
| 86 | Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 87 | The Complete Short Stories | 1927 | Amazon US UK |
| 88 | Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 89 | The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives? | 1928 | Amazon US UK |
| 90 | The King Who Was a King | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 91 | The Science of Life | 1929 | Amazon US UK |
| 92 | Autocracy of Mr. Parham | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 93 | Bulpington of Blup | 1930 | Amazon US UK |
| 94 | The Shape of Things to Come | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 95 | The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings | 1933 | Amazon US UK |
| 96 | Experiment in Autobiography | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 97 | H.G. Wells in Love | 1934 | Amazon US UK |
| 98 | The Croquet Player | 1936 | Amazon US UK |
| 99 | Star Begotten | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 100 | The Camford Visitation | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 101 | Brynhild | 1937 | Amazon US UK |
| 102 | The Brothers | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 103 | Apropos of Dolores | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 104 | World Brain | 1938 | Amazon US UK |
| 105 | The Holy Terror | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 106 | The Fate of Homo Sapiens | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 107 | The New World Order | 1939 | Amazon US UK |
| 108 | All Aboard for Ararat | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 109 | Babes in the Darkling Wood | 1940 | Amazon US UK |
| 110 | You Can't Be Too Careful | 1941 | Amazon US UK |
| 111 | The Conquest of Time | 1942 | Amazon US UK |
| 112 | Crux Ansata | 1943 | Amazon US UK |
| 113 | Mind at the End of Its Tether | 1945 | Amazon US UK |
| 114 | The Desert Daisy | 1957 | Amazon US UK |
| 115 | The Moth and Other Stories | 1962 | Amazon US UK |
| 116 | The Wealth of Mr. Waddy | 1969 | Amazon US UK |
| 117 | Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction | 1975 | Amazon US UK |
| 118 | The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories | 1977 | Amazon US UK |
| 119 | Interviews and Recollections | 1981 | Amazon US UK |
| 120 | The Man With a Nose | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 121 | Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 122 | The Invisible Man | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 123 | The Correspondence of H.G. Wells | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 124 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 125 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 126 | The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 127 | In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 128 | A Volume of Journalism | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 129 | The Red Room and Other Stories | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 130 | The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 131 | Little Wars and Floor Games | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 132 | The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 133 | Collected Short Stories | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 134 | Tales of the Weird and Supernatural | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 135 | The Country of the Blind and Other Stories | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 136 | The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 137 | The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 138 | Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear | 2016 | Amazon US UK |
| 139 | The New Accelerator | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 140 | The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 141 | Lost Mars | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
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