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
| The Time Machine | (1895) |    |
| The Wonderful Visit | (1895) | |
| The Island of Dr. Moreau | (1896) | |
| The Wheels of Chance | (1896) | |
| The Invisible Man | (1897) | |
| The War of the Worlds | (1898) | |
| When the Sleeper Wakes / The Sleeper Awakes | (1899) | |
| Love and Mr. Lewisham | (1899) | |
| The First Men in the Moon | (1901) | |
| The Sea Lady | (1902) | |
| The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth | (1904) | |
| Kipps | (1905) | |
| A Modern Utopia | (1905) | |
| In the Days of the Comet | (1906) | |
| The War in the Air | (1908) | |
| Tono-Bungay | (1909) | |
| Ann Veronica | (1909) | |
| The History of Mr Polly | (1910) | |
| The Sleeper Awakes | (1911) | |
| The New Machiavelli | (1911) | |
| Marriage | (1912) | |
| The Passionate Friends | (1913) | |
| The World Set Free | (1914) | |
| The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman | (1914) | |
| Bealby: A Holiday | (1915) | |
| The Research Magnificent | (1915) | |
| Boon, the Mind of the Race | (1915) | |
| Boon | (1915) | |
| Mr. Britling Sees It Through | (1916) | |
| The Soul of a Bishop | (1917) | |
| Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education | (1918) | |
| The Undying Fire | (1919) | |
| The Secret Places of the Heart | (1922) | |
| Men Like Gods | (1923) | |
| The Dream | (1924) | |
| Christina Alberta's Father | (1925) | |
| The World of William Clissold | (1926) | |
| Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady | (1927) | |
| Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island | (1928) | |
| The King Who Was a King | (1929) | |
| Autocracy of Mr. Parham | (1930) | |
| Bulpington of Blup | (1930) | |
| The Shape of Things to Come | (1933) | |
| The Croquet Player | (1936) | |
| Star Begotten | (1937) | |
| The Camford Visitation | (1937) | |
| Brynhild | (1937) | |
| The Brothers | (1938) | |
| Apropos of Dolores | (1938) | |
| The Holy Terror | (1939) | |
| All Aboard for Ararat | (1940) | |
| Babes in the Darkling Wood | (1940) | |
| You Can't Be Too Careful | (1941) | |
| The Wealth of Mr. Waddy | (1969) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Chronic Argonauts / The Chronic Argonaughts | (1888) | |
| The Triumphs of a Taxidermist | (1894) | |
| The Treasure in the Forest | (1894) | |
| The Flowering of the Strange Orchid | (1894) | |
| The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes | (1895) | |
| The Plattner Story | (1896) | |
| The Star | (1897) | |
| The Sea-Raiders | (1897) | |
| The Crystal Egg | (1897) | |
| A Story Of The Days To Come | (1897) | |
| Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation | (1898) | |
| A Dream of Armageddon | (1901) | |
| The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost | (1902) | |
| The Valley of Spiders | (1903) | |
| The Magic Shop | (1903) | |
| Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland | (1903) | |
| The Door in the Wall | (1906) | |
| The Desert Daisy | (1957) | |
| Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear | (2016) | |
| The New Accelerator | (2017) | |
| Under the Knife | (2022) | |
| A Vision of Judgment | (2022) | |
| Aepyornis Island | (2022) | |
| The Obliterated Man | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences | (1895) | |
| The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents | (1896) | |
| The Crystal Egg and Other Tales | (1897) | |
| Thirty Strange Stories | (1897) | |
| The Plattner Story and Others | (1897) | |
| Tales of Space and Time | (1899) | |
| Twelve Stories and a Dream | (1906) | |
| The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories | (1909) | |
| Tales of Wonder | (1910) | |
| The Complete Short Stories | (1927) | |
| The Moth and Other Stories | (1962) | |
| Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction | (1975) | |
| The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories | (1977) | |
| The Man With a Nose | (1984) | |
| In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories | (1999) | |
| The Red Room and Other Stories | (2000) | |
| The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil | (2008) | |
| Collected Short Stories | (2008) | |
| Tales of the Weird and Supernatural | (2011) | |
| The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells | (2015) | |
| The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories | (2015) | |
| The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories | (2017) | |
Publication Order of Screenplays Books
| The Man Who Could Work Miracles | (1898) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Certain Personal Matters | (1897) | |
| Anticipations | (1901) | |
| The Discovery of the Future | (1902) | |
| Mankind in the Making | (1903) | |
| The Future in America | (1906) | |
| This Misery of Boots | (1907) | |
| First and Last Things | (1908) | |
| New Worlds for Old | (1908) | |
| Floor Games | (1911) | |
| Little Wars | (1913) | |
| An Englishman Looks at the World | (1914) | |
| What is Coming? | (1916) | |
| Elements of Reconstruction | (1916) | |
| God the Invisible King | (1917) | |
| War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War | (1917) | |
| In The Fourth Year | (1918) | |
| The Outline of History | (1919) | |
| Russia in the Shadows | (1920) | |
| The Salvaging of Civiization | (1921) | |
| A Short History of the World | (1922) | |
| Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace | (1922) | |
| A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions | (1925) | |
| The Open Conspiracy: What Are We To Do With Our Lives? | (1928) | |
| The Science of Life | (1929) | |
| The Open Conspiracy and Other Writings | (1933) | |
| Experiment in Autobiography | (1934) | |
| H.G. Wells in Love | (1934) | |
| World Brain | (1938) | |
| The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man | (1939) | |
| The New World Order | (1939) | |
| The Conquest of Time | (1942) | |
| Crux Ansata | (1943) | |
| Mind at the End of Its Tether | (1945) | |
| Frank Swinnerton | (1975) | |
| Interviews and Recollections | (1981) | |
| Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 | (1984) | |
| A Volume of Journalism | (1999) | |
| The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning | (2002) | |
| Little Wars and Floor Games | (2006) | |
Publication Order of H.G. Wells Audiobooks Books
| The Martian Invasion of Earth | (1898) | |
| 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) | |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 | (1997) | |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 | (1997) | |
| The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 | (1997) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror | (1931) | |
| The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories | (1941) | |
| 50 Great Short Stories | (1952) | |
| The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories | (1970) | |
| The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A | (1973) | |
| Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... | (1974) | |
| Rivals of Sherlock Holmes | (1979) | |
| Over the Rainbow: Tales of Fantasy and Imagination | (1983) | |
| Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls | (1985) | |
| Science Fiction Stories | (1988) | |
| Tales of the Occult | (1989) | |
| The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales | (1993) | |
| The Best Crime Stories Ever Told | (2002) | |
| The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives | (2005) | |
| Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural | (2008) | |
| Great Classic Science Fiction | (2010) | |
| The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction | (2010) | |
| Contact: Stories of the New World | (2013) | |
| Amazing Stories, February 1929 | (2014) | |
| Classic Martian Stories | (2014) | |
| Lost Mars | (2018) | |
| 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die | (2019) | |
Note: The Sleeper Awakes is a reworked version of When the Sleeper Wakes.