HG Wells Books in Order

Wells’s letters from 1919 to 1934 trace his personal relationships and public life through correspondence with friends, family, and professional contacts. Gathered from numerous archives, they reveal concerns and exchanges beyond the published fiction.

Wells’s letters from 1934 to 1946 trace his personal relationships and public life through correspondence with friends, family, and professional contacts. Gathered from numerous archives, they reveal concerns and exchanges beyond the published fiction.

This collection brings together Wells's essays and articles originally written for newspapers and magazines. Addressing politics, science, and social questions, it shows how his journalism engaged with the debates and changing conditions of the early twentieth century.

Two late works bring together Wells's reflections on time and his escape into dreams amid wartime destruction. Philosophical questions about existence sit alongside imagined encounters with supernatural beings in a world freed from ordinary earthly constraints.

Wells explains games played with miniature armies and improvised landscapes on the floor, combining practical rules with accounts of imaginative play. The paired works explore how simple toys can support both strategic contests and shared creative adventures.

Wells speculates about how scientific and mechanical advances could reshape human life in the twentieth century. His forecasts consider transport, warfare, social organization, and personal relationships, examining the possibilities and pressures created by rapidly changing technology.

Scientists Bensington and Redwood create a substance that accelerates growth, then test it on farm animals and human children. When their experiments escape control, giant creatures and children challenge a society unprepared for the changes they bring.