H. Rider Haggard was an English writer best known for writing adventure fiction like the Allan Quatermain series of books.

Haggard was born as the eighth of ten children in 1856. At some point in his upbringing, his father regarded him as someone who would not amount to much and he attended Ipswich Grammar School as opposed to the private schools attended by his brothers. His father sent him to South Africa in 1875 to take an unpaid position as assistant to the secretary to Sir Henry Bulwer, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Natal. He returned to England in 1882 when he began his writing career. His first book was on the political situation in South Africa before turning to writing novels.

Publication Order of Allan Quatermain Books

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King Solomon's Mines (1885)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allan Quatermain (1887)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allan's Wife (1887)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Maiwa's Revenge (1888)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Marie (1912)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Child of Storm (1913)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Holy Flower (1915)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ivory Child (1916)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Finished (1917)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ancient Allan (1920)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
She and Allan (1921)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heu Heu (1924)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Treasure of the Lake (1926)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allan Quatermain and the Ice Gods (1927)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allan's Wife, with Hunter Quatermain's Story (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales of Allan Quatermain and Others (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Ayesha Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Witch's Head (1885)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Jess (1887)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Tale of Three Lions (1887)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mr. Meeson's Will (1888)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Colonel Quaritch, V.C. (1888)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Cleopatra (1889)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beatrice (1890)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The World's Desire (1890)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Saga of Eric Brighteyes / Eric Brighteyes (1891)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nada the Lily (1892)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Montezuma's Daughter (1893)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The People of the Mist (1894)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Heart of the World (1895)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Joan Haste (1895)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wizard (1896)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Doctor Therne (1898)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Swallow (1898)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Spring of a Lion (1899)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Last Boer War (1899)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Black Heart and White Heart (1900)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Elissa (1900)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lysbeth (1901)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Pearl-Maiden (1903)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Stella Fregelius (1903)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Brethren (1904)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Benita / The Spirit of Bambatse (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Way of the Spirit (1906)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fair Margaret (1907)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ghost Kings (1908)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Yellow God (1908)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lady of Blossholme (1909)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Morning Star (1910)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen Sheba's Ring (1910)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Red Eve (1911)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Mahatma and the Hare (1911)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Wanderer's Necklace (1914)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Love Eternal (1918)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Moon of Israel (1918)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
When the World Shook (1919)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The missionary and the witch-doctor (1920)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Smith and the Pharaohs (1920)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Virgin of the Sun (1922)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Queen of the Dawn (1925)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Mary of Marion Isle (1929)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Belshazzar (1930)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Farmer's Year (1899)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Winter Pilgrimage (1901)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rural England (1902)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Gardener's Year (1905)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Regeneration (1910)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rural Denmark and Its Lessons (1911)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Diary of an African Journey (1914)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
After the War Settlement and Employment of Ex-service Men (1916)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Days of My Life (1926)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Private Diaries of Sir H. Rider Haggard, 1914-1925 (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Chapbooks

Allan Quatermain's Wife (1887)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls(1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Tales Before Tolkien(2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die(2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

If You Like H. Rider Haggard Books, You’ll Love…

King Solomon’s Mines is one of H. Rider Haggard’s most famous books. The book takes place in an unexplored region of Africa where a group of adventurers led by Allan Quatermain. They are not in search of treasure, but instead looking for the missing brother of one of the party. Quatermain is a great hunter who leads hunting expeditions, but is called to adventure when Sir Henry Curtis’ brother goes missing searching for King Solomon’s lost diamond mines. The expedition will take them across the desert, up mountains, and into an underground maze.

Another classic from Haggard is Moon of Israel. The book is a retelling of Biblical story of the Exodus from the view point of the Egyptian scribe, Ana. The story includes historical information as well as action, adventure, and romance. Prince Seti is heir to the throne and is forced to marry his half sister, Userti. However, he is soon disinherited by his father as he doesn’t share his idea to kill all of the Jewish people.

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