BIBLIOGRAPHY 3

The H.G. Wells Conservatory

A Very Comprehensive List of Books Written by H.G. Wells

Compiled by Geoffrey Doyle

HTML conversion by Edward "Ted" Doyle

Introduction (by Ted Doyle)

Below is a list of books published by Herbert George (H. G.) Wells. The list is believed to be complete, if not almost complete. While every book written by H. G. Wells, that Geoff is aware of, is listed some books may have been omitted. If you know of such an omission, please contact Geoff or myself at the email addresses below.

Over the years many of the books have had several editions and often two or more individual books have been combined in one volume. Listing all of the editions (often under entirely different title names) and the compilations would be beyond the scope of a reasonable undertaking and of limited added benefit. Therefore the only the years of the first publication of each book have been listed.

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Introduction (by Geoff Doyle)

While searching for H.G.'s book titles I came across several papers/pamphlets that he published as well. There are dozens of them and the few that I included are not intended to neglect the existence of the others - more will be included later. At times it was also not clear as to whether some works qualify as books in their own right, some may only be short stories or pamphlets. Also, a point should be made about the numerous collections of short stories published under many different titles - there are too many to list, but the principle early ones are included.

Perhaps the only equal of H.G.'s great literary skill was his enormous literary output, which was prodigious indeed. A very conservative estimate is that he wrote some 30,000 pages of printed text published in book form over his working lifetime. This means that Wells' average output was (at minimum) about one and one-half pages per day, seven days a week for 55 years. Put another way, If one had access to all Wells' books and decided to read all of them in one year, it would mean going through 82 pages every day. So, not only does the Wells enthusiast have the pleasure of always finding something new by H.G. to read, but there can always be a full lifetime of rewarding re-reading as well.

Geoff Doyle

-June 30th, 1999.

Year	Book(s)
Circa 1891	Honours Physiography (co-written with R.A. Gregory)
1893	Textbook of Biology
1895	The Time Machine The Wonderful Visit Select Conversations With an Uncle
1896	Island of Dr. Moreau The Wheels of Chance
1897	The Invisible Man Certain Personal Matters The Plattner Story and Others
1898	The War of the Worlds The Story of Tommy and the Elephant (published later)
1899	When the Sleeper Wakes (Revised 1911) Tales of Space and Time A Story of the Days to Come
1900	Love and Mr. Lewisham
1901	The First Men in the Moon Anticipations
1902	The Discovery of the Future The Sea Lady
1903	Mankind in the Making A Dream of Armageddon Twelve Stories and a Dream
1904	The Food of the Gods
1905	A Modern Utopia Kipps
1906	In the Days of the Comet The Future of (in) America Socialism and the Family Faults of the Fabians (pamphlet)
1907	This Misery of Boots Will Socialism destroy the Home? (paper)
1908	First and Last Things (revised 1917) New Worlds for Old The War in the Air
1909	Tono-Bungay Ann Veronica The History of Mr. Polly
1911	The New Machiavelli Floor Games
1912	Marriage The Contemporary Novel (Paper) Socialism and the Great State Great Thought From H.G. Wells
1913	Little Wars The Passionate Friends
1914	The World Set Free The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman The War That Will End War Social Forces in England and America (a.k.a. An Englishman Looks at the World)
1915	Boon Bealby: A Holiday The Research Magnificent Peace of the World (magazine article)
1916	Mr. Britling Sees It Through What is Coming?
1917	God the Invisible King The Soul of a Bishop War and the Future (a.k.a. Italy, France, and Britain at War)
1918	Joan and Peter In the Fourth Year Elements of Reconstruction (pamphlet)
1919	The Undying Fire History is One (pamphlet) The Idea of a League of Nations (co-written with Viscount Grey and Gilbert Murray, et al.)
1920	The Outline of History Russia in the Shadows
1921	The Salvaging of Civilization
1922	Washington and the Hope (Riddle) of Peace The Secret Places of the Heart Men Like Gods A Short History of the World The World, its Debts and Rich Men (paper)
1923	The Labour Ideal of Education Socialism and the Scientific Motive
1924	The Dream The Story of a Great School Master
1925	Christina Alberta's Father A Year of Prophesying
1926	The World of William Clissold Democracy Under Revision Mr. Belloc Objects to the Outline of History
1927	Meanwhile Collected Short Stories Wells' Social Anticipations
1928	Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island The Way the World is Going
1929	The Open Conspiracy The King Who Was A King Common Sense of (and) World Peace Imperialism and The Open Conspiracy
1930	The Science of Life (co-written with Julian S. Huxley and G.P. Wells) The Autocracy of Mr.Parham The Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator
1931	What Are We To Do With Our Lives? (revision of Open Conspiracy) Outline of Man's Work and Wealth
1932	After Democracy The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind A Liberal World Organization (pamphlet) The Human Mind and the Behavior of Man (with Julian S. Huxley)
1933	The Bulpington of Blup The Shape of Things to Come
1934	Experiment in Autobiography
1935	The New America: The New World
1936	The Anatomy of frustration The Croquet Player The Idea of a World Encyclopaedia The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1937	Star Begotten Brynhild The Camford Visitation The Brothers
1938	World Brain Apropos of Dolores
1939	The Holy Terror Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water The Fate of Homosapiens (a.k.a. The Fate of Man)
1940	The New World Order The Rights of Man Commonsense of War and Peace Babes in the Darkling Wood All Aboard for Ararat H.G. Wells Contributes to the New World Order (with many others)
1941	You Can't be Too Careful Pocket History of The World Guide to the New World
1942	Science and the World Mind Phoenix The Conquest of Time The Outlook for Homo Sapiens
1943	Crux Ansata
1944	'42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir (1944)
1945	Mind at the End of Its Tether The Happy Turning The Batterave Papers
Published Posthumously	The Desert Daisy H.G. Wells in Love The Cone Stalin, Joseph - H.G. Wells - Marxism Verses Socialism - An Interview

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