H. G. Wells bibliography
works by the English writer
H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback) of "The Father of Science Fiction".
Novels
The Time Machine (1895)
The Wonderful Visit (1895)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
The Wheels of Chance (1896)
The Invisible Man (1897)
The War of the Worlds (1898)
When the Sleeper Wakes (1899, revised 1910)
Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
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 New Machiavelli (1911)
Marriage (1912)
The Passionate Friends (1913)
The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
The World Set Free (1914)
Bealby (1915)
Boon (1915) (as Reginald Bliss)
The Research Magnificent (1915)
Mr Britling Sees It Through (1916)
The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
Joan and Peter (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 (1927)
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
Brynhild (1937)
Star Begotten (1937)
Apropos of Dolores (1938)
The Holy Terror (1939)
Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)
Short stories
All short stories
Note: The stories are listed in alphabetical order of title within each year, and not in order of their publication during the year.
"A Tale of the Twentieth Century" (Science Schools Journal, no. 6, May 1887) – signed S.B. for Septimus Browne
"A Talk with Gryllotalpa" (Science Schools Journal, no. 3, February 1887) – published under the pseudonym Septimus Browne
"A Vision of the Past" (Science Schools Journal, no. 7, June 1887) – signed S.S. for "Sosthenes Smith"
"The Chronic Argonauts" (a.k.a. "Chronic Argonaut", a.k.a.
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