Herbert George Wells was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary.
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The Time Machine
149 editions - first published in 1895 Read -
The War of the Worlds
140 editions - first published in 1898 Read -
The Invisible Man
131 editions - first published in 1897 Borrow -
Tono-Bungay
101 editions - first published in 1890 Read -
Island of Doctor Moreau
76 editions - first published in 1896 Read -
The History of Mr. Polly
53 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
The New Machiavelli
52 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
The outline of history: being a plain history of life and mankind
49 editions - first published in 1919 Read -
The First Men in the Moon
42 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
Kipps: the story of a simple soul
40 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
Love and Mr. Lewisham: the story of a very young couple
39 editions - first published in 1899 Read -
The World Set Free: a story of mankind
38 editions - first published in 1914 Read -
A Modern Utopia
35 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
The Shape of Things to Come: the ultimate revolution
35 editions - first published in 1933 Borrow -
Ann Veronica: a modern love story
35 editions - first published in 1909 Read -
Short stories
34 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
The war in the air: and particularly how Mr. Bert Smallways fared while it lasted
33 editions - first published in 1908 Read -
In the days of the comet
31 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
Experiment in autobiography: discoveries and conclusions of a very ordinary brain (since 1866)
30 editions - first published in 1934 Borrow -
A short history of the world
29 editions - first published in 1922 Read -
The Secret Places of the Heart
27 editions - first published in 1922 Read -
Mr. Britling Sees It Through
27 editions - first published in 1916 Read -
The sleeper awakes
27 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
The world of William Clissold: a novel at a new angle
26 editions - first published in 1926 -
The food of the gods: and how it came to earth.
24 editions - first published in 1900 Borrow -
Marriage
24 editions - first published in 1912 Read -
The wheels of chance
23 editions - first published in 1896 Read -
The research magnificent
23 editions - first published in 1915 Read -
Twelve Stories and a Dream
21 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
First and Last Things: a confession of faith and rule of life.
21 editions - first published in 1908 Read -
The soul of a bishop
21 editions - first published in 1917 Read -
Joan and Peter: the story of an education
20 editions - first published in 1918 Read -
Mankind in the making
20 editions - first published in 1903 Read -
God the Invisible King
19 editions - first published in 1917 Read -
The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
19 editions - first published in 1895 Read -
The Country of the Blind and Other Stories
18 editions - first published in 1926 -
The Door in the Wall and Other Stories
17 editions - first published in 1911 Borrow -
The science of life: a summary of contemporary knowledge about life and its possibilities
17 editions - first published in 1929 Borrow -
The undying fire: a contemporary novel
16 editions - first published in 1900 Read -
Certain Personal Matters: A Collection Of Material, Mainly Autobiographical
16 editions - first published in 1897 Read -
Men like gods
16 editions - first published in 1923 -
When the sleeper wakes
16 editions - first published in 1899 Read -
Star-begotten: a biological fantasia.
16 editions - first published in 1937 Borrow -
The open conspiracy
15 editions - first published in 1928 -
New worlds for old: a plain account of modern socialism
15 editions - first published in 1907 Read -
The sea lady: a tissue of moonshine
15 editions - first published in 1902 Read -
The wife of Sir Isaac Harman
15 editions - first published in 1914 Read -
The passionate friends: a novel
15 editions - first published in 1913 Read -
Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
14 editions - first published in 1928 -
What is coming?: A European forecast
14 editions - first published in 1916 Read -
Tales of space and time
13 editions - first published in 1899 Read -
The country of the blind: and other stories
13 editions - first published in 1911 -
The croquet player: a story
13 editions - first published in 1936 -
The outline of history, being a plain history of life and mankind: Written with the advice and editorial help of Ernest Barker [and others]
12 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
Novels
12 editions - first published in 1981 Borrow -
War and the Future: Italy, France, and Britain at war
12 editions - first published in 1917 Read -
The work, wealth and happiness of mankind
11 editions - first published in 1931 -
The future in America: a search after realities
11 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
The wonderful visit
11 editions - first published in 1895 Read -
The new world order: whether it is attainable, how it can be attained, and what sort of world a world at peace will have to be.
11 editions - first published in 1940 DAISY -
Bealby: a holiday.
11 editions - first published in 1915 Read -
Crux ansata: an indictment of the Roman Catholic Church
11 editions - first published in 1943 Borrow -
Works of H.G. Wells
10 editions - first published in 1924 -
Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought
10 editions - first published in 1902 Read -
Meanwhile: the picture of a lady
10 editions - first published in 1927 -
Russia in the shadows
10 editions - first published in 1920 Read -
Brynhild: or, The show of things
10 editions - first published in 1937 -
Floor games: a companion volume to "Little Wars".
10 editions - first published in 1911 Read -
This misery of boots
9 editions - first published in 1907 Read -
The Bulpington of Blup: adventures, poses, stresses, conflicts, and disaster in a contemporary brain.
9 editions - first published in 1932 -
The dream: a novel
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The food of the gods and how it came to earth
9 editions - first published in 1906 Read -
Little Wars
9 editions - first published in 1913 Read -
Seven famous novels
8 editions - first published in 1934 Borrow -
The discovery of the future: a discourse delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902
8 editions - first published in 1902 Read -
Thirty strange stories
8 editions - first published in 1897 Read -
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
8 editions - first published in 1977 DAISY -
The Plattner story, and others
7 editions - first published in 1897 Read -
In the fourth year: anticipations of a world peace
7 editions - first published in 1910 Read -
The king who was a king: an unconventional novel.
7 editions - first published in 1929 -
An Englishman looks at the world: being a series of unrestrained remarks upon contemporary matters
7 editions - first published in 1914 Read -
World brain
6 editions - first published in 1938 -
You can't be too careful: a sample of life : 1901-1951
6 editions - first published in 1941 -
Three novels: The time machine. The war of the worlds. The island of Doctor Moreau.
6 editions - first published in 1963 -
A year of prophesying
6 editions - first published in 1920 -
The autocracy of Mr. Parham: his remarkable adventures in this changing world
6 editions - first published in 1930 -
The history of the world
6 editions - first published in 1927 Read -
Idea of a world encyclopaedia: a lecture delivered at the Royal Institution. November 20th, 1936.
6 editions - first published in 1936 -
Kipps: the story of a simple soul
6 editions - first published in 1905 Read -
Ann Veronica: a modern love story
6 editions - first published in 1932 -
The happy turning: a dream of life.
5 editions - first published in 1945 -
The brothers: a story
5 editions - first published in 1938 -
The holy terror
5 editions - first published in 1939 -
The anatomy of frustration: a modern synthesis
5 editions - first published in 1936 -
The War Of The Worlds/The Time Machine
5 editions - first published in 1956 -
Boon, The mind of the race, The wild asses of the devil, and The last trump: being a first selection from the literary remains of George Boon, appropriate to the times
5 editions - first published in 1915 Read -
Meanwhile; the picture of a lady: and The King who was a King.
5 editions - first published in 1927 Borrow -
What Is Coming? a Forecast of Things After the War
5 editions - first published in 2004 -
What are we to do with our lives?
5 editions - first published in 1931 -
Babes in the darkling wood: a novel
5 editions - first published in 1940
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