Order of H.G. Wells Books

Herbert George Wells, born in 1866 and passing in 1946, is an English writer esteemed as one of the pioneers of science fiction. Nevertheless, his literary contributions extend well beyond the confines of that genre. He authored works across a multitude of genres, alongside non-fiction texts including textbooks, historical accounts, political treatises, and more. Among the most renowned of Wells' fictional creations are such novels as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The War of the Worlds—each regarded as a classic in its own right. Below is the chronological sequence of H.G. Wells' published fictional novels:

H.G. Wells became a published novelist in 1888 with the novel The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts. Below is a list of H.G. Wells's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Time Machine	(1895)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wonderful Visit	(1895)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wheels of Chance	(1896)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Island of Dr. Moreau	(1896)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Invisible Man	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The War of the Worlds	(1898)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
When the Sleeper Wakes / The Sleeper Awakes	(1899)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Love and Mr. Lewisham	(1899)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The First Men in the Moon	(1901)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sea Lady	(1902)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth	(1904)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Kipps	(1905)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Modern Utopia	(1905)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In the Days of the Comet	(1906)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The War in the Air	(1908)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tono-Bungay	(1909)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ann Veronica	(1909)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The History of Mr Polly	(1910)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sleeper Awakes	(1911)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New Machiavelli	(1911)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Marriage	(1912)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Passionate Friends	(1913)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World Set Free	(1914)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman	(1914)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bealby: A Holiday	(1915)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Research Magnificent	(1915)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Boon, the Mind of the Race (As: Reginald Bliss)	(1915)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Boon	(1915)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Britling Sees It Through	(1916)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Soul of a Bishop	(1917)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education	(1918)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Undying Fire	(1919)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Secret Places of the Heart	(1922)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Men Like Gods	(1923)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Dream	(1924)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Christina Alberta's Father	(1925)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The World of William Clissold	(1926)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady	(1927)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The King Who Was a King	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Autocracy of Mr. Parham	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Bulpington of Blup	(1930)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Shape of Things to Come	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Croquet Player	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Star Begotten	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Camford Visitation	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Brynhild	(1937)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Brothers	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Apropos of Dolores	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Holy Terror	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
All Aboard for Ararat	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Babes in the Darkling Wood	(1940)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
You Can't Be Too Careful	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wealth of Mr. Waddy	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts	(1888)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Triumphs of a Taxidermist	(1894)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Treasure in the Forest	(1894)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid	(1894)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes	(1895)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Plattner Story	(1896)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Slip Under the Microscope	(1896)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Star	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sea-Raiders	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Crystal Egg	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Story Of The Days To Come	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation	(1898)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Dream of Armageddon	(1901)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost	(1902)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Valley of Spiders	(1903)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Magic Shop	(1903)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland	(1903)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door in the Wall	(1906)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Desert Daisy	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear	(2016)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New Accelerator	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Under the Knife	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Vision of Judgment	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Aepyornis Island	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Obliterated Man	(2022)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences	(1895)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents	(1896)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Crystal Egg and Other Tales	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Thirty Strange Stories	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Plattner Story and Others	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Space and Time	(1899)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Twelve Stories and a Dream	(1906)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories	(1909)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Wonder	(1910)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Selected Stories of H.G. Wells	(1927)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Complete Short Stories	(1927)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Moth and Other Stories	(1962)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories	(1977)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Collector's Book of Science Fiction	(1978)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Man With a Nose	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Red Room and Other Stories	(2000)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Collected Short Stories	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of the Weird and Supernatural	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories	(2017)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Screenplays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Man Who Could Work Miracles	(1898)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Certain Personal Matters	(1897)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anticipations	(1901)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Discovery of the Future	(1902)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mankind in the Making	(1903)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Future in America	(1906)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
This Misery of Boots	(1907)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
First and Last Things	(1908)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
New Worlds for Old	(1908)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Floor Games	(1911)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Little Wars	(1913)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
An Englishman Looks at the World	(1914)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
What is Coming?	(1916)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Elements of Reconstruction	(1916)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
God the Invisible King	(1917)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War	(1917)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
In The Fourth Year	(1918)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Outline of History	(1919)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Russia in the Shadows	(1920)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Salvaging of Civiization	(1921)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Short History of the World	(1922)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace	(1922)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions	(1925)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives?	(1928)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science of Life (With: G.P. Wells,Julian Huxley)	(1929)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings	(1933)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Experiment in Autobiography	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
H.G. Wells in Love	(1934)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
World Brain	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The New World Order	(1939)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Conquest of Time	(1942)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Crux Ansata	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mind at the End of Its Tether	(1945)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Frank Swinnerton (With: Arnold Bennett,Grant M. Overton)	(1975)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Interviews and Recollections	(1980)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Volume of Journalism	(1999)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Little Wars and Floor Games	(2006)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of H.G. Wells Audiobooks Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Martian Invasion of Earth	(1898)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Correspondence Of H.G. Wells Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Correspondence of H.G. Wells	(1996)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3	(1997)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories	(1941)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar The Doors	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Great Short Stories	(1952)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories	(1970)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A	(1973)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow...	(1974)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Rivals of Sherlock Holmes	(1979)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Over the Rainbow	(1983)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls	(1985)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
War Stories	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Mysterious Sea Stories	(1987)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Science Fiction Stories	(1988)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of the Occult	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales	(1993)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Best Crime Stories Ever Told	(2002)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural	(2008)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology	(2009)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Great Classic Science Fiction	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Origins of Science Fiction	(2010)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
A Short Story Anthology	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Time Traveler's Almanac	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Contact: Stories of the New World	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Amazing Stories, February 1929	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Classic Martian Stories	(2014)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Lost Mars	(2018)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die	(2019)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Classic Tales of Horror	(2020)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Tales of Time Warps	(2024)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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