H.G. Wells Reading Order
11 series · 322 books
H.G. Wells was a prolific English author whose works span a wide range of genres, including science fiction, social commentary, and even screenwriting. Renowned for his imaginative storytelling, his most famous novels include classics like "The War of the Worlds" and "The Time Machine." Over his extensive career from 1667 to 2026, Wells produced an impressive catalog of 322 works across 11 series, encompassing standalone novels, short stories, and nonfiction.
Anthologies Series
Complete32 books (1931–2020)
Start with Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror, the first of 32 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1931Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories 1941Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | World's Great Mystery Stories 1943Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar The Doors 1946Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  50 Great Short Stories 1952Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories 1970Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A 1973Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... 1974Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1979Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Over the Rainbow 1983Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls 1985Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Mysterious Air Stories 1986Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Mysterious Sea Stories 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  War Stories 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Science Fiction Stories 1988Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Tales of the Occult 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Best Crime Stories Ever Told 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The Ultimate Science Fiction Anthology 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Great Classic Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The Origins of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | A Short Story Anthology 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Contact: Stories of the New World 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | The Time Traveler's Almanac 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Amazing Stories, February 1929 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Classic Martian Stories 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | 30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Classic Tales of Horror 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Correspondence Of H.G. Wells Series
Complete4 books (1996–1997)
Start with The Correspondence of H.G. Wells, the first of 4 books in the Correspondence Of H.G. Wells series.
Gothic Fantasy Series
Ongoing91 books (1667–2026)
Start with Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton), the first of 91 books in the Gothic Fantasy series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton) 1667Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Poems, Letters & Biography(By: Lewis Carroll) 1865Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  H.G. Wells Short Stories 1990Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Chilling Ghost Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Wilkie Collins,Nikolai Gogol,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,E. Nesbit,Henry James,W.W. Jacobs,Oscar Wilde,Washington Irving,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,James Dorr,E.F. Benson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Amanda C. Davis,Robert W. Chambers,Kurt Bachard,Raymond Little,Brian Rappatta,Tim Foley,Vonnie Winslow Crist,Michael Penkas,Jonathan Balog,Donna Cuttress,Luke Murphy,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Rhiannon Rasmussen,Jeff Parsons,M.Regan,Zach Chapman,Lesa Pascavis Smith,Trevor Boelter,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Cathy Smith) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Chilling Horror Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Arthur Conan Doyle,Bram Stoker,Edgar Allan Poe,Robert Louis Stevenson,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,Thomas Hardy,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Nathaniel Hawthorne,Edith Wharton,D.H. Lawrence,Lucy Taylor,William Hope Hodgson,A. Merritt,John Buchan,F. Marion Crawford,Robert E. Howard,C.L. Moore,Frank Long,Robert W. Chambers,Rebecca J. Allred,Frank Roger,Gwendolyn Kiste,Elise Forier Edie,Michael Paul Gonzalez,D.J. Tyrer,William R.D. Wood,Kristopher Triana,James Lecky,Glen Damien Campbell,Justin Coates,John H. Dromey,Andrew J. Wilson,Bill Kte'pi,Ed Grabianowski,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Laura Bulbeck,Dale Townshend,Michael Bondies,David A Elsensohn,Eric Esser,John Neruda,Frances Bodlam,Josie Mitchell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Science Fiction Short Stories(By: David Tallerman,Rachael K. Jones,Sarah Hans,Brian Trent,Adrian Ludens,Keyan Bowes,Beth Cato,Andy Sawyer,Zach Shephard,Alexis A. Hunter,M. Darusha Wehm,Edward Ahern,Patrick Tumblety,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt,Kate O'Connor,Conor Powers-Smith,Stewart C. Baker,MikeMorgan,Nemma Wollenfang,Jacob M. Lambert,Laura Bulbeck,Rob Hartzell) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Crime & Mystery Short Stories(By: Cameron Trost,Marcelle Dube,James Dorr,Jennifer Gifford,Dan Stout,Ruth Nestvold,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,H.L. Fullerton,Tara Campbell,Nathan Hystad) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Dystopia Utopia Short Stories(By: Rudyard Kipling,Jack London,Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Fyodor Dostoevsky,Kim Antieau,Voltaire,William Morris,Claude Lalumière,Robert W. Chambers,Samuel Butler,Gerri Leen,Konstantine Paradias,M. Darusha Wehm,Thomas More,Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain,Edward Bellamy,Carolyn Charron,Jeremy Szal,J.M. Templet,Steve Carr,Richard Jefferies,Michelle Kaseler,Andrew J. Wilson,Nidhi Singh,Jeff Parsons,Sarah Lyn Eaton,Megan Dorei,Dave Golder,Kelsey Shannahan,Russ Thorne) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | Murder Mayhem Short Stories(By: James Dorr,Gerri Leen,Liam Hogan,Kate Heartfield,David M. Hoenig,Donald Jacob Uitvlugt) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Swords & Steam Short Stories(By: S.T. Joshi,Amanda C. Davis,Jennifer Dornan-Fish,Spencer Ellsworth,Liam Hogan) 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Agents & Spies Short Stories(By: Josh Pachter,Martin Edwards,Dan Stout,Tony Pi,Stephen Kotowych,David Downing,Sara Dobie Bauer,Shane Halbach,Colt Leasure,Lauren C. Teffeau,Joseph Cusumano,Jo Miles,Laura Bulbeck,Jonathan MacGregor,S.L.Scott) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Edgar Allan Poe Collection(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Heroic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 | Lost Worlds Short Stories(By: Various) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Lovecraft Short Stories(By: H.P. Lovecraft) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories(By: Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  Sherlock Holmes Short Stories(By: ) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Supernatural Horror Short Stories(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Tales of King Arthur and The Knights of the Round Table(By: Thomas Malory,Aubrey Beardsley) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Time Travel Short Stories(By: Dominick Cancilla,Brian Trent,Kate Heartfield) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Alien Invasion Short Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Bram Stoker Horror Stories(By: Bram Stoker) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Celtic Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Chinese Myths & Tales(By: Davide Latini) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Endless Apocalypse Short Stories(By: Shannon Connor Winward,Michael Paul Gonzalez) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Greek Myths & Tales(By: Richard Buxton) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Irish Fairy Tales(By: Arthur Rackham,D.L. Ashliman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Lost Souls(By: Roger Luckhurst,Damien Angelica Walters) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Mary Shelley Horror Stories(By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Norse Myths & Tales(By: Brittany Schorn) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories(By: George Cotronis,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,Bruce Golden,Holly Lyn Walrath,Monte Lin,Eleanor R. Wood,David Sklar,Nemma Wollenfang,Deborah Davitt,Trixie Nisbet,Luke Dormehl,Roan Clay,Jeff Deck,Christopher Geeson,Rob Hartzell,Nathaniel Hosford,Chloie Piveral,Claire Sorrenson,Sara Uckelman) 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  American Gothic Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Lucy A. Snyder,Lina Rather,Sean Logan,Wendy Nikel,Christi Nogle,Lynette Mejía,Madison McSweeney,Russell James,M.Regan,Monika Elbert,Terri Bruce,Maxx Fidalgo,Joshua Hiles,Clayton Kroh,Joe Nazare,Rebecca Ring,Mike Robinson,Valerie B. Williams,Nemma Wollenfang) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Brothers Grimm Short Stories(By: Jacob Grimm) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Cosy Crime Short Stories(By: Arthur Conan Doyle,E.E. King,G.K. Chesterton,R. Austin Freeman,Arnold Bennett,Edgar Wallace,Arthur Morrison,Martin Edwards,Ernest Bramah,Maurice Leblanc,Amanda C. Davis,Stephanie Bedwell-Grime,Emmuska Orczy,Israel Zangwill,Anna Katharine Green,Catherine Louisa Pirkis,Flame Tree Studio,Andrew Forrester,Nancy Sweetland,Jeffrey B. Burton,Louise Taylor,Annette Siketa,Philip Brian Hall,Tom Mead,C.B. Channell,Michael Martin Garrett,Trixie Nisbet,Joshua Boyce,Sarah Holly Bryant,Gregory Von Dare,B. David Spicer,Elise Warner,Anton Chekhov) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Haunted House Short Stories(By: Edgar Allan Poe,O. Henry,Elizabeth Gaskell,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Guy de Maupassant,E. Nesbit,Rudyard Kipling,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,W.W. Jacobs,H.P. Lovecraft,Mark Twain,Edith Wharton,Mary Elizabeth Braddon,Charlotte Perkins Gilman,M.R. James,Charlotte Eliza Riddell,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,Edward Bulwer-Lytton,John Everson,Arthur Quiller-Couch,Rhoda Broughton,Bernard Capes,Gwendolyn Kiste,Hugh Walpole,Ralph Adams Cram,Mikal Trimm,Mrs. Oliphant,Zach Shephard,B.M. Croker,Shannon Fay,Morgan Sylvia,Kurt Newton,Tom English,Adele Gardner,Rebecca Buchanan,Rebecca Janicker,H.B. Diaz,Marina Favila,Bill Kte'pi,M.Regan) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Japanese Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  Short Stories from the Age of Queen Victoria(By: Various,Peter Garratt) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Urban Crime Short Stories(By: Ramsey Campbell,Josh Pachter,Judi Calhoun,David Tallerman,Rich Larson,Meg Elison,Dan Micklethwaite,Thana Niveau,Michael Penncavage,T.J. Berg,Chris Wheatley,Alexandra Renwick,Leo X. Robertson,K.W. Roberts,Rachel Watts,Jennifer Quail,Trixie Nisbet,Christopher P. Semtner,C.L. McDaniel,Salinda Tyson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  A Dying Planet Short Stories(By: Dave Golder) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  African Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Marian Womack) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Charles Dickens Supernatural Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Detective Thrillers Short Stories(By: Marie Vibbert) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 | Epic Fantasy Short Stories(By: Leah Cypess) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  Heroes & Heroines Short Stories(By: Maria Tatar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Lovecraft Mythos New & Classic Collection(By: Robert Bloch,Ramsey Campbell,Ambrose Bierce,H.P. Lovecraft,Fritz Leiber,Henry Kuttner,Hal Bodner,Clark Ashton Smith,William Browning Spencer,Mark Samuels,Robert E. Howard,Victor LaValle,Frank Long,Lord Dunsany,Arthur Machen,Caitlín R. Kiernan,Robert W. Chambers,Nancy Kilpatrick,JG Faherty,Rachael K. Jones,Cody Goodfellow,Evey Brett,John Llewellyn Probert,Zealia Bishop,Hazel Heald,Jonathan Thomas,Donald Tyson,Thana Niveau,Douglas Wynne,Helen E. Davis,N.R. Lambert,Scott R. Jones,Gillian Whitaker,Nick Wells,Taylor Bentley,Catherine Taylor,Caroline Watson,August E. Derleth,John Possidente,R.S. Stefoff) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Native American MythsTales(By: Sam D. Gill) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | Witches, Wizards, Seers & Healers Myths & Tales(By: Abbie Farwell Brown,Andrew Lang,Jacob Grimm,Wilhelm Grimm,Joseph Jacobs,Yei Theodora Ozaki,Douglas Hyde,Thomas Malory,Jeremiah Curtin,Henry Rowe Schoolcraft,Lewis Spence,Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford,James Mooney,Charles Godfrey Leland,Florence Holbrook,E.A. Wallis Budge,Richard Wilhelm,F. Hadland Davis,Norman Hinsdale Pitman,Yi Ryuk,Charles Montgomery Skinner,Edmund Leamy,Sophia Morrison,William Elliot Griffis,James Scarth Gale,Elphinstone Dayrell,Alice Werner,M.I. Ogumefu,William Butler Yeats,Diane Purkiss,George W. Bateman,Elsie Finnimore Buckley,Margaret Compton,Jonathan Ceredig Davies,George Douglas,Alice Elizabeth Dracott,George Grey,Francis Hindes Groome,H.A. Guerber,Eleanor Hull,W.F. Kirby,Ignác Kúnos,Minnie Martin,Frederick H. Martens,W.R.S. Ralston,A.G. Seklemian,Chauncy Hugh Stigand,J.R. Walker,E.T.C. Werner,William Drake Westervelt,Lady Wilde,Albert Henry Wratislaw) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 | Black Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: K. Tempest Bradford,Russell Nichols,Wole Talabi,W.E.B. Du Bois,Tara Campbell,Walidah Imarisha,James Beamon,Martin R. Delany,Sandra M. Grayson,Patty Nicole Johnson,Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins,Temi Oh,Michelle F. Goddard,Tia Ross,Harambee K. Grey-Sun,Sutton E. Griggs,Emmalia Harrington,Edward Johnson,Megan Pindling,Sylvie Soul,Lyle Stiles) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 | Chilling Crime Short Stories(By: Dan Stout,Margaret Murphy,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  George Orwell Visions of Dystopia(By: George Orwell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 |  Gods & Monsters Myths & Tales(By: Liz Gloyn) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 | M.R. James Ghost Stories(By: M.R. James) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories(By: Charles Dickens,Bram Stoker,J. Sheridan Le Fanu,Henry James,Ambrose Bierce,Algernon Blackwood,Edith Wharton,M.R. James,E.F. Benson,William Hope Hodgson,A.C. Benson,Marjorie Bowen,Francis Marion Crawford,Marshall J. Moore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  Asian Ghost Short Stories(By: Lee Murray,K.P. Kulski) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 55 | BeastsCreatures MythsTales: Epic Tales(By: Tok Thompson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 56 |  Christmas Gothic Short Stories(By: Marshall J. Moore,Jerrold E. Hogle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 57 |  First Peoples Shared Stories: Gothic Fantasy(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 58 |  Persian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Christine Ruymbeke) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 59 |  Weird Horror Short Stories(By: M.R. James) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 60 |  Algernon Blackwood Horror Stories(By: Algernon Blackwood) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 61 |  Alternate History Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 62 |  Aztec Myths & Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 63 |  Egyptian Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Jake Jackson) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 64 |  Hidden Realms Short Stories(By: Anna Taborska,Briana Una McGuckin) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 65 |  Immigrant Sci-Fi Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 66 |  Lost Atlantis Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science)) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 67 |  Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Allison Galbraith) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 68 |  Spirits & Ghouls Short Stories(By: Rayne Hall,BretNelson,Wen Wen Yang,Ahmed al-Rawi) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 69 |  Viking Folk & Fairy Tales(By: Dagrún Ósk Jónsdóttir) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 70 |  African Ghost Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Nuzo Onoh,Divine Che Neba) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 71 |  Arthur Machen Horror Stories(By: Arthur Machen) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 72 |  Babylon & Sumer Myths & Tales(By: Fiona Collins) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 73 |  Learning to Be Human Short Stories(By: P.A. Cornell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 74 |  Moon Falling Short Stories(By: Various,Ben Moore) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 75 |  Quests & Journeys(By: Matt Cardin) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 76 |  Shadows on the Water Short Stories(By: Rachael K. Jones) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 77 | Sun Rising Short Stories(By: Faye Snowden,Ravit Helled) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 78 |  Titans & Giants Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: ) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 79 |  William Hope Hodgson Horror Stories(By: William Hope Hodgson,Jonathan Newell) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 80 | Afrofuturism Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio (Literature and Science),Dr. Sandra M. Grayson) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 81 |  Prophecies & Oracles Myths & Tales(By: Richard Stoneman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 82 |  Robots Past & Future Short Stories(By: Chris Beckett) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 83 |  Sheridan Le Fanu Horror Stories(By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 84 |  Were Wolf Short Stories(By: Dr. Karen E. Macfarlane) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 85 |  Africanfuturism Short Stories(By: Chinelo Onwualu,Yvette Lisa Ndlovu) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 86 |  Christmas Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 87 |  Faeries & Nymphs Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Dr Jennifer Larson) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 88 |  Folklore Horror Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 89 | Kalevala & Finnish Myths & Tales(By: Various) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 90 |  Slavic Myths & Tales: Epic Tales(By: Kristijan Petrovic,Ema Lakinska) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 91 |  Wars in the Stars Short Stories(By: Flame Tree Studio) 2026Buy 🇺🇸 |
H.G. Wells Audiobooks Series
Complete1 book (1898–1898)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Martian Invasion of Earth 1898Buy 🇺🇸 |
MIT Press/Radium Age Series
Ongoing13 books (2022–2025)
Start with A World of Women(By: J.D. Beresford), the first of 13 books in the MIT Press/Radium Age series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A World of Women(By: J.D. Beresford) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Nordenholt's Million(By: J.J. Connington) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Of One Blood(By: Pauline Hopkins) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Clockwork Man(By: E.V. Odle) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | The World Set Free 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Voices from the Radium Age(By: Joshua Glenn) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | What Not(By: Rose Macaulay) 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | More Voices from the Radium Age(By: Joshua Glenn) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The Lost World and The Poison Belt(By: Arthur Conan Doyle) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Napoleon of Notting Hill(By: G.K. Chesterton) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Theodore Savage(By: ) 2023Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | The Inhumans and Other Stories(By: Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | Before Superman(By: Joshua Glenn) 2025Buy 🇺🇸 |
Non-Fiction Series
Complete39 books (1897–2006)
Start with Certain Personal Matters, the first of 39 books in the Non-Fiction series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Certain Personal Matters 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Anticipations 1901Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Discovery of the Future 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Mankind in the Making 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Future in America 1906Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  This Misery of Boots 1907Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  First and Last Things 1908Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  New Worlds for Old 1908Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Floor Games 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Little Wars 1913Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  An Englishman Looks at the World 1914Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Elements of Reconstruction 1916Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  What is Coming? 1916Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  God the Invisible King 1917Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War 1917Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  In The Fourth Year 1918Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Outline of History 1919Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Russia in the Shadows 1920Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | The Salvaging of Civiization 1921Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  A Short History of the World 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions 1925Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives? 1928Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Science of Life(With: G.P. Wells,Julian Huxley) 1929Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Experiment in Autobiography 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  H.G. Wells in Love 1934Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  World Brain 1938Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | The New World Order 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  The Conquest of Time 1942Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Crux Ansata 1943Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  Mind at the End of Its Tether 1945Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Frank Swinnerton(With: Arnold Bennett,Grant M. Overton) 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 |  Interviews and Recollections 1980Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  A Volume of Journalism 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Little Wars and Floor Games 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
Screenplays Series
Complete1 book (1898–1898)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Man Who Could Work Miracles 1898Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Likely Complete25 books (1888–2022)
Start with The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts, the first of 25 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts 1888Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Flowering of the Strange Orchid 1894Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Treasure in the Forest 1894Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | The Triumphs of a Taxidermist 1894Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes 1895Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | A Slip Under the Microscope 1896Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  The Plattner Story 1896Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  A Story Of The Days To Come 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  The Crystal Egg 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | The Sea-Raiders 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Star 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation 1898Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  A Dream of Armageddon 1901Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Magic Shop 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Valley of Spiders 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Door in the Wall 1906Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Desert Daisy 1957Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear 2016Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The New Accelerator 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | A Vision of Judgment 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | Aepyornis Island 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 | The Obliterated Man 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Under the Knife 2022Buy 🇺🇸 |
Short Story Collections Series
Complete24 books (1895–2017)
Start with Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences, the first of 24 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences 1895Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents 1896Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Crystal Egg and Other Tales 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Plattner Story and Others 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Thirty Strange Stories 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Tales of Space and Time 1899Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Twelve Stories and a Dream 1906Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Tales of Wonder 1910Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | Selected Stories of H.G. Wells 1927Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Complete Short Stories 1927Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Moth and Other Stories 1962Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction 1975Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Collector's Book of Science Fiction 1978Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  The Man With a Nose 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Red Room and Other Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Collected Short Stories 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Tales of the Weird and Supernatural 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 | The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
Smart Pop Series
Complete38 books (2003–2015)
Start with Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery), the first of 38 books in the Smart Pop series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Seven Seasons of Buffy(By: Scott Westerfeld,Charlaine Harris,Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Kevin Andrew Murphy,Christie Golden,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Lawrence Watt-Evans,David Brin,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Laura Resnick,Sarah Zettel,Nancy Kilpatrick,Michelle West,Glenn Yeffeth,Margaret L. Carter,Peg Aloi,Marguerite Krause,Jennifer Crusie,Carla Montgomery) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Taking the Red Pill(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Five Seasons of Angel(By: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,Peter S. Beagle,Laura Anne Gilman,Sherrilyn Kenyon,Nancy Holder,Jacqueline Lichtenberg,Jean Lorrah,Josepha Sherman,Laura Resnick,Candace Havens,Glenn Yeffeth,Michelle Sagara,Steven Harper,Amy Berner,Marguerite Krause,Abbie Bernstein,Jennifer Crusie,Don DeBrandt,K. Stoddard Hayes,Joy Davidson,Don Kerns) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Stepping through the Stargate(By: P.N. Elrod,Roxanne Conrad) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Alias Assumed(By: Tracy S. Morris) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Farscape Forever! Sex, Drugs and Killer Muppets(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Finding Serenity(By: Robert Brian Taylor) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | Flirting With Pride And Prejudice(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  King Kong Is Back! An Unauthorized Look at One Humongous Ape!(By: David Brin) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Navigating the Golden Compass(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | Revisiting Narnia(By: Shanna Caughey) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Anthology at the End of the Universe(By: Stephen Baxter,John Shirley,Adam-Troy Castro,Lawrence Watt-Evans,Adam Roberts,Susan Sizemore,Mark W. Tiedemann,Jacqueline Carey,Vox Day,Cory Doctorow,A.M. Dellamonica,Glenn Yeffeth,Selina Rosen,Amy Berner,Maria Alexander,Marguerite Krause,Bruce Bethke,Don DeBrandt,Marie-Catherine Caillava,Mike Byrne) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The War of the Worlds 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Totally Charmed(By: Maggie Shayne,Rebecca York,Jody Lynn Nye,Evelyn Vaughn,Tanya Huff,Vera Nazarian,Jennifer Crusie) 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Boarding the Enterprise(By: Robert J. Sawyer,David Gerrold) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Getting Lost(By: Orson Scott Card) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Investigating CSI(By: Leah Wilson,Donn Cortez) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  So Say We All(By: Peter B. Lloyd,Richard Hatch) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Battle for Azeroth(By: Jody Lynn Nye,Justina Robson,Doranna Durgin,Bill Fawcett,Mel White,James John Bell,James M. Ward,Scott Cuthbertson,Nancy Berman,Jerry Jackson,Chris McCubbin,Maressa Hecht Orzack,Nancy Durgin) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 | The Man from Krypton(By: Glenn Yeffeth) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | The Unauthorized X-Men(By: Leah Wilson,Len Wein) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  This Is Chick-Lit(By: Lauren Baratz-Logsted) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Welcome to Wisteria Lane(By: Leah Wilson) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Coffee at Luke's(By: Leah Wilson,Jennifer Crusie) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Grey's Anatomy 101(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Halo Effect(By: Glenn Yeffeth,Jennifer Thomason) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | House Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Neptune Noir(By: Rob Thomas) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 | Perfectly Plum(By: Leah Wilson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 | Serenity Found(By: Orson Scott Card,Jacob Clifton,Michael Marano,Jane Espenson,Natalie Haynes,Nathan Fillion) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Webslinger(By: Leah Wilson,Gerry Conway) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | Batman Unauthorized(By: Leah Wilson) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | Secrets of the Dragon Riders(By: James A. Owen) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | In the Hunt(By: Leah Wilson) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | James Bond in the 21st Century(By: Leah Wilson,Glenn Yeffeth) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | A Taste of True Blood(By: Leah Wilson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Ardeur(By: Laurell K. Hamilton) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 | You Do Not Talk About Fight Club(By: Chuck Palahniuk,Read Mercer Schuchardt) 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete54 books (1895–1969)
Start with The Time Machine, the first of 54 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  The Time Machine 1895Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Wonderful Visit 1895Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  The Island of Dr. Moreau 1896Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  The Wheels of Chance 1896Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  The Invisible Man 1897Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The War of the Worlds 1898Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Love and Mr. Lewisham 1899Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | When the Sleeper Wakes / The Sleeper Awakes 1899Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | The First Men in the Moon 1901Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Sea Lady 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth 1904Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  A Modern Utopia 1905Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Kipps 1905Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  In the Days of the Comet 1906Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The War in the Air 1908Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Ann Veronica 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Tono-Bungay 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The History of Mr Polly 1910Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The New Machiavelli 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Sleeper Awakes 1911Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Marriage 1912Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  The Passionate Friends 1913Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman 1914Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The World Set Free 1914Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 | Bealby: A Holiday 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  Boon 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Boon, the Mind of the Race(As: Reginald Bliss) 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  The Research Magnificent 1915Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  Mr. Britling Sees It Through 1916Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  The Soul of a Bishop 1917Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 |  Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education 1918Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 | The Undying Fire 1919Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Secret Places of the Heart 1922Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 |  Men Like Gods 1923Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | The Dream 1924Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 |  Christina Alberta's Father 1925Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 |  The World of William Clissold 1926Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 38 |  Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady 1927Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 39 |  Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island 1928Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 40 |  The King Who Was a King 1929Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 41 |  Autocracy of Mr. Parham 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 42 |  Bulpington of Blup 1930Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 43 |  The Shape of Things to Come 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 44 |  The Croquet Player 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 45 |  Brynhild 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 46 |  Star Begotten 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 47 | The Camford Visitation 1937Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 48 |  Apropos of Dolores 1938Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 49 |  The Brothers 1938Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 50 |  The Holy Terror 1939Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 51 | All Aboard for Ararat 1940Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 52 |  Babes in the Darkling Wood 1940Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 53 |  You Can't Be Too Careful 1941Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 54 |  The Wealth of Mr. Waddy 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has H.G. Wells written?
- H.G. Wells has written 322 books across 11 series. Their published works span from 1667 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each H.G. Wells series?
- Here are the first books in H.G. Wells's series: Anthologies: Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror; Correspondence Of H.G. Wells: The Correspondence of H.G. Wells; Gothic Fantasy: Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton); MIT Press/Radium Age: A World of Women(By: J.D. Beresford); Non-Fiction: Certain Personal Matters.
- What order should I read H.G. Wells's books?
- We recommend reading H.G. Wells's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is H.G. Wells still writing new books?
- Yes, H.G. Wells has 2 ongoing series: Gothic Fantasy, MIT Press/Radium Age.