Order of Rudyard Kipling Books
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author of short stories, children’s literature, poetry, travelogues and science fiction. He is most famous for his short story collection The Jungle Book, Kim and several other stories. Kipling would receive a Noble Prize for Literature in 1907.
Rudyard Kipling’s first work of published fiction was a poetry collection called Schoolboy Lyrics. His first collection of short stories was The Phantom ‘Rickshaw in 1888, followed quickly by Plain Tales from the Hills that same year. Below is a list of Rudyard Kipling’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Puck Books
| Puck of Pook's Hill | (1906) |    |
| Rewards and Fairies | (1910) | |
Publication Order of The Jungle Book Books
| The Jungle Book | (1893) | |
| The Second Jungle Book | (1895) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| The Light That Failed | (1890) | |
| The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West | (1892) | |
| Captains Courageous | (1897) | |
| The Story of the Gadsbys | (1899) | |
| Under The Deodars | (1899) | |
| Kim | (1901) | |
| They | (1905) | |
| With the Night Mail | (1909) | |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| The Cat That Walked by Himself | (1902) | |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories | (1888) | |
| Plain Tales from the Hills | (1888) | |
| Life's Handicap | (1891) | |
| Barrack-Room Ballads | (1893) | |
| Many Inventions | (1893) | |
| Soldiers Three | (1899) | |
| Just So Stories | (1902) | |
| The Five Nations | (1903) | |
| Traffics and Discoveries | (1904) | |
| Kipling Poems | (1907) | |
| The Day's Work | (1908) | |
| Actions and Reactions | (1909) | |
| Sea Warfare | (1916) | |
| A Diversity of Creatures | (1917) | |
| The Eyes of Asia | (1919) | |
| Rudyard Kipling's Verse: Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918 | (1923) | |
| The Man Who Was | (1924) | |
| Debits And Credits | (1926) | |
| Limits And Renewals | (1932) | |
| All The Mowgli Stories | (1933) | |
| Phantoms and Fantasies | (1965) | |
| Complete Verse | (1972) | |
| Kiplings Science Fiction | (1987) | |
| The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1987) | |
| Kipling's Fantasy Stories | (1992) | |
| The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1994) | |
| Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1999) | |
| The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales | (2000) | |
| The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra | (2003) | |
| Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages | (2005) | |
| Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy | (2008) | |
| Ten Stories | (2017) | |
| The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book | (2018) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Letters of Marque | (2009) | |
Publication Order of 100 Stories Books
| 100 Malicious Little Mysteries | (1981) | |
| 100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories | (1993) | |
| 100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories | (1993) | |
| 100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | |
| 100 Wild Little Weird Tales | (1994) | |
| 100 Creepy Little Creature Stories | (1994) | |
| 100 Crooked Little Crime Stories | (1994) | |
| 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories | (1995) | |
| 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories | (1995) | |
| 100 Astounding Little Alien Stories | (1996) | |
| 100 Fiendish Little Frightmares | (1997) | |
| 100 Sneaky Little Sleuth Stories | (1997) | |
| 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment | (1998) | |
| 100 Menacing Little Murder Stories | (1998) | |
| 100 Hilarious Little Howlers | (1999) | |
| Crafty Cat Crimes | (2000) | |
| 100 Tiny Tales of Terror | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| 50 Great Short Stories | (1952) | |
| Famous and Curious Animal Stories | (1989) | |
| Tales of the Occult | (1989) | |
| H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | (1993) | |
| Fantasy Stories | (1994) | |
| Spellbound | (1995) | |
| Time Machines | (1997) | |
| On Glorious Wings | (2003) | |
| The World's Greatest Horror Stories | (2004) | |
| H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural | (2006) | |
| The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure | (2011) | |
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Notes: Naulahka was co-authored by Wolcott Balestier. Life’s Handicap was also published as Mine Own People. The Elephant, the Hare and the Black Cobra was co-authored by Linda Newbery and Martin S. Waddell. Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages was co-authored by Ella D’Arcy, George Gissing and Arthur Morrison.