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
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Puck of Pook’s Hill |
(1906) |
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Rewards and Fairies |
(1910) |
Publication Order of The Jungle Book Books
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The Jungle Book |
(1893) |
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The Second Jungle Book |
(1895) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Light That Failed |
(1890) |
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The Naulahka – A Story Of East And West |
(1892) |
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Captains Courageous |
(1897) |
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The Story of the Gadsbys |
(1899) |
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Under The Deodars |
(1899) |
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Kim |
(1901) |
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They |
(1905) |
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With the Night Mail |
(1909) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Man Who Would Be King |
(1888) |
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The Return of Imray |
(1891) |
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi |
(1894) |
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The Cat That Walked by Himself |
(1902) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Plain Tales from the Hills |
(1888) |
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The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories |
(1888) |
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Life’s Handicap |
(1891) |
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Barrack-Room Ballads |
(1893) |
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Many Inventions |
(1893) |
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Soldiers Three |
(1899) |
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Indian Tales |
(1899) |
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Just So Stories |
(1902) |
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The Five Nations |
(1903) |
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Traffics and Discoveries |
(1904) |
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Kipling Poems |
(1907) |
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The Day’s Work |
(1908) |
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Actions and Reactions |
(1909) |
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Sea Warfare |
(1916) |
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A Diversity of Creatures |
(1917) |
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The Eyes of Asia |
(1919) |
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Rudyard Kipling’s Verse |
(1923) |
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The Man Who Was |
(1924) |
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Debits And Credits |
(1926) |
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Limits And Renewals |
(1932) |
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All The Mowgli Stories |
(1933) |
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Phantoms and Fantasies |
(1965) |
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Complete Verse |
(1972) |
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Kiplings Science Fiction |
(1987) |
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The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling |
(1987) |
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Kipling’s Fantasy Stories |
(1992) |
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The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling |
(1994) |
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Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling |
(1999) |
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The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales |
(2000) |
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The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra |
(2003) |
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Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages |
(2005) |
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Rudyard Kipling’s Tales of Horror and Fantasy |
(2008) |
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Ten Stories |
(2017) |
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The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Picture Books
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The Elephant’s Child |
(1900) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Letters of Marque |
(2009) |
Publication Order of Graphic Spin Books
(with Martin Powell, Gerardo Sandoval, Louise Simonson, Lisa Trumbauer, Blake Hoena, Scott Sonneborn, Michael Dahl, Stephanie True Peters, Donald Lemke, Beth Bracken, Sean Tulien)
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Red Riding Hood |
(2008) |
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Cinderella |
(2008) |
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Jack and the Beanstalk |
(2008) |
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Hansel and Gretel |
(2008) |
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Beauty and the Beast |
(2008) |
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Snow White |
(2009) |
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Rumpelstiltskin |
(2009) |
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Sleeping Beauty |
(2009) |
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The Three Little Pigs |
(2009) |
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Rapunzel: The Graphic Novel |
(2009) |
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The Ugly Duckling |
(2009) |
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The Princess and the Pea |
(2009) |
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The Emperor’s New Clothes |
(2009) |
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Thumbelina |
(2009) |
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The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan |
(2010) |
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John Henry, Hammerin’ Hero |
(2010) |
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Pecos Bill, Colossal Cowboy |
(2010) |
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The Legend of Johnny Appleseed |
(2010) |
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The Bremen Town Musicians |
(2011) |
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The Golden Goose |
(2011) |
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Tom Thumb |
(2011) |
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The Elves and the Shoemaker |
(2011) |
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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin |
(2012) |
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How the Leopard Got His Spots |
(2012) |
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How the Camel Got His Hump |
(2012) |
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How the Elephant Got His Trunk |
(2012) |
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Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Comics |
(2013) |
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Tall |
(2014) |
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Publication Order of The Year of the Cat Books
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A Cat of a Different Color |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Perfect Taste |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Disdainful Looks |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Strange Lands |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Cozy Situations |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Space and Time |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Heroic Heart |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Roving Nature |
(2020) |
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A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities |
(2021) |
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A Cat of Fantastic Whims |
(2021) |
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A Cat of Feral Instincts |
(2021) |
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A Cat of Romantic Soul |
(2021) |
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Publication Order of Tales of Mystery & The Supernatural Books
(with David Stuart Davies, Lafcadio Hearn, Sir Andrew Caldecott)
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Strange Tales |
(2006) |
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Oriental Ghost Stories |
(2007) |
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Children of the Night: Classic Vampire Stories |
(2007) |
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Not Exactly Ghosts & Fires Burn Blue |
(2007) |
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Crime Scenes |
(2007) |
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Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murderer |
(2007) |
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Casebook of Sexton Blake |
(2009) |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
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50 Great Short Stories |
(1952) |
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A St. Nicholas Anthology |
(1969) |
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The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories |
(1984) |
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Mysterious Sea Stories |
(1987) |
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Famous and Curious Animal Stories |
(1989) |
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A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling |
(1989) |
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Tales of the Occult |
(1989) |
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The Amis Story Anthology |
(1992) |
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H.P. Lovecraft’s Book of Horror |
(1993) |
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100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories |
(1993) |
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Fantasy Stories |
(1994) |
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The Anthology of Love and Romance |
(1994) |
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Spellbound |
(1995) |
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World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others |
(1997) |
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Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories |
(1997) |
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Time Machines |
(1997) |
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A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories |
(2000) |
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Dark |
(2000) |
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On Glorious Wings |
(2003) |
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The World’s Greatest Horror Stories |
(2004) |
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The Little Big Book of California |
(2005) |
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H. P. Lovecraft’s Book of the Supernatural |
(2006) |
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Rotten English: A Literary Anthology |
(2007) |
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Empire Tales |
(2008) |
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Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction |
(2008) |
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Stories to Get You Through the Night |
(2010) |
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50 Classic Novellas |
(2011) |
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The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure |
(2011) |
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The Phantom Coach |
(2014) |
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That Glimpse of Truth |
(2014) |
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Red Sky |
(2014) |
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The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories |
(2015) |
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Writers: Their Lives and Works |
(2018) |
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30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die |
(2019) |
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A Cat of Disdainful Looks |
(2020) |
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Classic Cat Stories |
(2020) |