Rudyard Kipling Reading Order
15 series · 285 books · Born 30 December 1865
Rudyard Kipling, a British writer and poet born in Bombay, is celebrated for his contributions to children's literature and his mastery of storytelling. His most notable work, The Jungle Book, exemplifies his unique style and ability to create vivid narratives. With an impressive catalog of 285 books, encompassing 15 series that include Puck, standalone novels, and collections of short stories and novellas, Kipling's literary legacy spans from 1667 to 2026.
Anthologies Series
Complete37 books (1952–2020)
Start with 50 Great Short Stories, the first of 37 books in the Anthologies series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  50 Great Short Stories 1952Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  A St. Nicholas Anthology 1969Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories 1984Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 | Mysterious Sea Stories 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | Famous and Curious Animal Stories 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Tales of the Occult 1989Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  The Amis Story Anthology 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Fantasy Stories 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Anthology of Love and Romance 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 | 100 Best-Loved Poems 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Spellbound 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 | Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Time Machines 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Dark 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  On Glorious Wings 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The World's Greatest Horror Stories 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  The Little Big Book of California 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Rotten English 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Empire Tales 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Stories to Get You Through the Night 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | 50 Classic Novellas 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Red Sky 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | That Glimpse of Truth 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  The Phantom Coach 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 | The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 34 | Writers: Their Lives and Works 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 35 | 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 36 | A Cat of Disdainful Looks 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 37 | Classic Cat Stories 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Ongoing28 books (1671–2024)
Start with Herbert: Poems(By: ), the first of 28 books in the Everyman's Library Pocket Poets series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Herbert: Poems(By: ) 1671Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Wordsworth: Poems(By: William Wordsworth) 1802Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Byron: Poems(By: Lord Byron) 1816Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Keats: Poems(By: John Keats) 1817Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Blake: Poems(By: William Blake) 1827Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Coleridge: Poems(By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 1834Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Poe: Poems(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 1882Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Tennyson: Poems(By: Alfred Tennyson) 1892Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Kipling: Poems 1907Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Milton: Poems(By: John Milton) 1936Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Baudelaire: Poems(By: Charles Baudelaire) 1942Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Eliot: Poems(By: T.S. Eliot) 1955Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Shakespeare: Poems(By: William Shakespeare) 1958Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Hardy: Poems(By: Thomas Hardy) 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Rossetti: Poems(By: Christina Rossetti) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Shelley: Poems(By: Percy Bysshe Shelley) 1993Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Donne: Poems(By: John Donne) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Browning: Poems(By: Robert Browning,Elizabeth Barrett Browning) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  Frost: Poems(By: Robert Frost) 1997Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Emerson: Poems(By: Ralph Waldo Emerson) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  Marvell: Poems(By: ) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Burns: Poems(By: Robert Burns) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Mozart: Letters(By: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Robinson: Poems(By: Edwin Arlington Robinson) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Millay: Poems(By: Edna St. Vincent Millay) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  The Best of Archy and Mehitabel(By: Don Marquis) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Rumi: Poems(By: Jalaluddin Rumi) 2019Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Cold Mountain Poems(By: Hanshan) 2024Buy 🇺🇸 |
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(By: H.G. Wells) 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 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(By: H.G. Wells,H.P. Lovecraft,Jonathan Swift,A. Merritt,Voltaire,Claude Lalumière,Rich Larson,Rachael K. Jones,George Allan England,Patrick Parrinder,Austin Hall,William R.D. Wood,John Walters,Bo Balder,Maria Haskins,Garrett P. Serviss,Sunil Patel,Jennifer Rachel Baumer,Laura Pearlman,Robert Potter,Tim Pieraccini,Angus McIntyre,Suo Hefu,George Chesney,Stephen G. Parks,Eric Reitan,S.A. Westerley) 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 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 🇺🇸 |
Graphic Spin Series
Complete28 books (2008–2014)
Start with Beauty and the Beast(By: Michael Dahl), the first of 28 books in the Graphic Spin series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Beauty and the Beast(By: Michael Dahl) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Cinderella(By: Beth Bracken) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | Hansel and Gretel(By: Donald Lemke) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Jack and the Beanstalk(By: Blake Hoena) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Red Riding Hood(By: Martin Powell) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Rapunzel(By: Stephanie True Peters) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Rumpelstiltskin(By: Martin Powell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Sleeping Beauty(By: Martin Powell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Snow White(By: Martin Powell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Emperor's New Clothes(By: Stephanie True Peters) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  The Princess and the Pea(By: Stephanie True Peters) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  The Three Little Pigs(By: Lisa Trumbauer) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  The Ugly Duckling(By: Martin Powell) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  Thumbelina(By: Martin Powell,Gerardo Sandoval) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  John Henry, Hammerin\' Hero(By: Stephanie True Peters) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Pecos Bill, Colossal Cowboy(By: Sean Tulien) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 |  The Legend of Johnny Appleseed(By: Martin Powell) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan(By: Martin Powell) 2010Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  The Bremen Town Musicians(By: Louise Simonson) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  The Elves and the Shoemaker(By: Martin Powell) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The Golden Goose(By: Sean Tulien) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Tom Thumb(By: Scott Sonneborn) 2011Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  How the Camel Got His Hump 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  How the Elephant Got His Trunk 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  How the Leopard Got His Spots 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin 2012Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 | Rudyard Kipling's Just So Comics 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 | Tall(By: Martin Powell) 2014Buy 🇺🇸 |
Non-Fiction Series
Complete1 book (2009–2009)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Letters of Marque 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
Picture Series
Complete2 books (1900–1983)
Start with The Elephant's Child and read in order.
Poetry Series
Complete1 book (1892–1892)
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Gunga Din and Other Favorite Poems 1892Buy 🇺🇸 |
Poetry for Young People Series
Complete28 books (1977–2017)
Start with Walt Whitman(By: Walt Whitman), the first of 28 books in the Poetry for Young People series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Walt Whitman(By: Walt Whitman) 1977Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  Emily Dickinson(By: Emily Dickinson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Robert Frost(By: Robert Frost) 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Carl Sandburg(By: Carl Sandburg) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Edgar Allan Poe(By: Edgar Allan Poe) 1995Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow(By: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) 1998Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Edna St. Vincent Millay(By: Edna St. Vincent Millay) 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Lewis Carroll(By: Lewis Carroll) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Robert Louis Stevenson(By: Robert Louis Stevenson) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  Rudyard Kipling 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  William Shakespeare(By: William Shakespeare) 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Edward Lear(By: Edward Lear) 2001Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  American Poetry(By: John Hollander) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  William Butler Yeats(By: W.B. Yeats) 2002Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  Alfred Tennyson(By: Alfred Tennyson) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Robert Browning(By: Robert Browning) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge(By: Samuel Taylor Coleridge) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  William Carlos Williams(By: William Carlos Williams) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 |  William Wordsworth(By: William Wordsworth) 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  Animal Poems(By: John Hollander) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 |  The Seasons(By: John N. Serio) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 |  Wallace Stevens(By: Wallace Stevens) 2004Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Langston Hughes(By: Langston Hughes) 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  Poetry for Young People(By: Maya Angelou) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  William Blake(By: William Blake) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 | Poetry for Young People: Carl Sandburg(By: Carl Sandburg) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  African American Poetry(By: Karen Barbour) 2013Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  Poetry for Kids: Walt Whitman(By: Walt Whitman) 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
Puck Series
Complete2 books (1906–1910)
Start with Puck of Pook's Hill and read in order.
Short Stories/Novellas Series
Complete5 books (1888–1988)
Start with The Man Who Would Be King, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.
Short Story Collections Series
Complete33 books (1888–2018)
Start with Plain Tales from the Hills, the first of 33 books in the Short Story Collections series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  Plain Tales from the Hills 1888Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 |  The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories 1888Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Life's Handicap 1891Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Barrack-Room Ballads 1893Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Many Inventions 1893Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  The Day's Work 1898Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | Indian Tales 1899Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 |  Soldiers Three 1899Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 |  Just So Stories 1902Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 |  The Five Nations 1903Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 |  Traffics and Discoveries 1904Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 |  Actions and Reactions 1909Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 13 |  Sea Warfare 1916Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 14 |  A Diversity of Creatures 1917Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 15 |  The Eyes of Asia 1919Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 16 |  Rudyard Kipling's Verse 1923Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 17 | The Man Who Was 1924Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 18 |  Debits And Credits 1926Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 19 | Limits And Renewals 1932Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 20 |  All The Mowgli Stories 1933Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 21 | Phantoms and Fantasies 1965Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 22 | Complete Verse 1972Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 23 |  Kiplings Science Fiction 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 24 |  The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling 1987Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 25 |  Kipling's Fantasy Stories 1992Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 26 |  The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling 1994Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 27 |  Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling 1999Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 28 |  The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales 2000Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 29 |  The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra 2003Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 30 |  Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages 2005Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 31 | Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy(With: Neil Gaiman,Stephen Jones) 2008Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 32 |  Ten Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 33 |  The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book 2018Buy 🇺🇸 |
Standalone Novels Series
Complete8 books (1890–1909)
Start with The Light That Failed, the first of 8 books in the Standalone Novels series.
Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural Series
Complete7 books (2006–2009)
Start with Strange Tales, the first of 7 books in the Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Strange Tales 2006Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories(By: David Stuart Davies) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 |  Crime Scenes(By: David Stuart Davies) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murderer(By: David Stuart Davies) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 |  Not Exactly Ghosts & Fires Burn Blue(By: Sir Andrew Caldecott) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 |  Oriental Ghost Stories(By: David Stuart Davies,Lafcadio Hearn) 2007Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 |  Casebook of Sexton Blake(By: David Stuart Davies) 2009Buy 🇺🇸 |
The Jungle Book Series
Complete2 books (1893–1895)
Start with The Jungle Book and read in order.
The Year of the Cat Series
Likely Complete12 books (2020–2021)
Start with A Cat of Cozy Situations(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Ed Gorman,Carole Nelson Douglas,Dean Wesley Smith,W.W. Jacobs,Mary A. Turzillo,Dory Crowe), the first of 12 books in the The Year of the Cat series.
| # | Title |
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| 1 |  A Cat of Cozy Situations(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Ed Gorman,Carole Nelson Douglas,Dean Wesley Smith,W.W. Jacobs,Mary A. Turzillo,Dory Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 2 | A Cat of Disdainful Looks(With: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mark Twain,Ray Vukcevich,John Adams,Jodi Lyn Nye) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 3 | A Cat of Heroic Heart(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Carole Nelson Douglas,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Lisa Silverthorne,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Liz Pierce) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 4 |  A Cat of Perfect Taste(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Saki,Charles Dudley Warner,Philip Gilbert Hamerton,Kari Kilgore) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 5 | A Cat of Roving Nature(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Emile Zola,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dory Crowe,C.J. Erick,Sylvia Warner) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 6 | A Cat of Space and Time(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Andre Norton,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Cordwainer Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Mary Turzillo,Daemon Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 7 | A Cat of Strange Lands(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Kent Patterson,Meyari McFarland,Leigh Saunders) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 8 | A Cat of a Different Color(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Annie Reed,Louisa Swann,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Ray Vukcevich,Dory Crowe) 2020Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 9 | A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Henry Slesar,Joan Aiken,Annie Reed,Stefon Mears,Dean Wesley Smith,Mary Turzillo) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 10 | A Cat of Fantastic Whims(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,E. Nesbit,Jamie Ferguson,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Dean Wesley Smith,Geoffrey A. Landis,Liz Pierce) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 11 | A Cat of Feral Instincts(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Arthur Conan Doyle,Edgar Allan Poe,Brigid Collins,Dean Wesley Smith,Pamela Sargent,Jamie McNabb,Mary Turzillo,N. Margaret Campbell) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
| 12 | A Cat of Romantic Soul(By: Kristine Kathryn Rusch,Anthea Sharp,Annie Reed,Lisa Silverthorne,Bonnie Elizabeth,Dean Wesley Smith,Kari Kilgore) 2021Buy 🇺🇸 |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How many books has Rudyard Kipling written?
- Rudyard Kipling has written 285 books across 15 series. Their published works span from 1667 to 2026.
- What is the first book in each Rudyard Kipling series?
- Here are the first books in Rudyard Kipling's series: Anthologies: 50 Great Short Stories; Everyman's Library Pocket Poets: Herbert: Poems(By: ); Gothic Fantasy: Paradise Lost & Other Poems(By: John Milton); Graphic Spin: Beauty and the Beast(By: Michael Dahl); Picture: The Elephant's Child.
- What order should I read Rudyard Kipling's books?
- We recommend reading Rudyard Kipling's series in publication order. Each series can be read independently.
- Is Rudyard Kipling still writing new books?
- Yes, Rudyard Kipling has 2 ongoing series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets, Gothic Fantasy.