Order of H.G. Wells Books
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), better known as H.G. Wells, was an English author who is considered one of the fathers of science fiction. However, his bibliography ranges far past the outer reaches of science fiction. He wrote fiction books in many different genres as well as non-fiction books such as textbooks, historical books, political books and much more.
Some of the most well known of H.G. Wells’ published fictional work include novels such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau and The War of the Worlds – all of which are considered classic novels to say the least. Below is the order in which H.G. Wells’ fictional novels were published:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences | (1895) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | (1896) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Crystal Egg and Other Tales | (1897) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Thirty Strange Stories | (1897) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Plattner Story and Others | (1897) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Space and Time | (1899) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twelve Stories and a Dream | (1906) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | (1909) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of Wonder | (1910) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Complete Short Stories | (1927) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Moth and Other Stories | (1962) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories | (1977) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Man With a Nose | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Red Room and Other Stories | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Collected Short Stories | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Tales of the Weird and Supernatural | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Screenplays Books
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | (1898) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Certain Personal Matters | (1897) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Anticipations | (1901) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Discovery of the Future | (1902) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mankind in the Making | (1903) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Future in America | (1906) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| This Misery of Boots | (1907) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| First and Last Things | (1908) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| New Worlds for Old | (1908) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Floor Games | (1911) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Little Wars | (1913) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An Englishman Looks at the World | (1914) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What is Coming? | (1916) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Elements of Reconstruction | (1916) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| God the Invisible King | (1917) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War | (1917) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| In The Fourth Year | (1918) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Outline of History | (1919) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Russia in the Shadows | (1920) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Salvaging of Civiization | (1921) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Short History of the World | (1922) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace | (1922) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions | (1925) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives? | (1928) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Science of Life | (1929) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings | (1933) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Experiment in Autobiography | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| H.G. Wells in Love | (1934) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| World Brain | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The New World Order | (1939) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Conquest of Time | (1942) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Crux Ansata | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mind at the End of Its Tether | (1945) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Frank Swinnerton | (1975) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Interviews and Recollections | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Volume of Journalism | (1999) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Little Wars and Floor Games | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of H.G. Wells Audiobooks Books
| The Martian Invasion of Earth | (1898) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Martian Invasion of Earth is an full-cast adaptation of The War of the Worlds. | ||
Publication Order of Correspondence Of H.G. Wells Books
| The Correspondence of H.G. Wells | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 | (1997) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Note: The Sleeper Awakes is a reworked version of When the Sleeper Wakes.
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