The Jungle Book
The most accessible entry point to Kipling's imaginative fiction and one of his defining works.
Author guide
Rudyard Kipling Books in Order
Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was an English author whose fiction, poetry, journalism, travel writing, children's literature, and military nonfiction drew extensively on his experiences in British India and the wider British Empire. His major works include the Jungle Books, Kim, Just So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill, and influential collections of poetry and short fiction. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907.
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Not sure where to begin?
Start with one of these
Kim
A standalone coming-of-age novel combining adventure, travel, and colonial India.
Plain Tales from the Hills
The earliest major collection and a direct introduction to Kipling's Indian short fiction.
Read in order
Books by series
publication-series · complete
Indian Railway Library
A series of separately issued early collections of Kipling's Indian stories, published in Allahabad in 1888–1889.
- 1
Soldiers ThreeAmazon ↗Book 1 · short-story-collection · 1888
- 2 The Story of the Gadsbys: A Tale Without a PlotAmazon ↗
Book 2 · short-story-collection · 1888
- 3
In Black and WhiteAmazon ↗Book 3 · short-story-collection · 1889
- 4
Under the DeodarsAmazon ↗Book 4 · short-story-collection · 1889
- 5
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other TalesAmazon ↗Book 5 · short-story-collection · 1889
- 6 Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child StoriesAmazon ↗
Book 6 · short-story-collection · 1889
duology · complete
The Jungle Books
The two-volume collection of Mowgli stories and related animal tales.
duology · complete
The Puck Books
Historical fantasy story collections in which Puck introduces Dan and Una to figures from English history.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (14)
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The Light That FailedAmazon ↗novel · 1891
- The Naulahka: A Story of West and EastAmazon ↗
novel · 1892
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Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand BanksAmazon ↗novel · 1897
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A Fleet in Being: Notes of Two Trips with the Channel SquadronAmazon ↗nonfiction · 1898
- KimAmazon ↗
novel · 1901
- A History of EnglandAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1911
- The Fringes of the FleetAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1915
- France at WarAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1915
- The New Army in TrainingAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1915
- Sea WarfareAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1916
- The War in the MountainsAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1917
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The Graves of the FallenAmazon ↗military-nonfiction · 1919
- The King's PilgrimageAmazon ↗
nonfiction · 1922
- The Irish Guards in the Great WarAmazon ↗
military-nonfiction · 1923
Nonfiction (6)
- The City of Dreadful Night and Other PlacesAmazon ↗
travel-writing · 1891
- Letters of MarqueAmazon ↗
travel-writing · 1891
- From Sea to Sea and Other SketchesAmazon ↗
travel-writing · 1899
- Letters of Travel (1892–1913)Amazon ↗
travel-writing · 1920
- Souvenirs of FranceAmazon ↗
travel-writing · 1933
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Something of Myself, For My Friends Known and UnknownAmazon ↗memoir · 1937
Short fiction (18)
- QuartetteAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1885
- Plain Tales from the HillsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1888
- The Smith AdministrationAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1891
- Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own PeopleAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1891
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Many InventionsAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1893
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The Day's WorkAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1898
- Stalky & Co.Amazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1899
- With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D.Amazon ↗
illustrated-short-fiction · 1905
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Just So Stories for Little ChildrenAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1902
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Traffics and DiscoveriesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1904
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Actions and ReactionsAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1909
- Abaft the FunnelAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1909
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A Diversity of CreaturesAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1917
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The Eyes of AsiaAmazon ↗short-story-collection · 1917
- Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and GuidesAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1923
- Debits and CreditsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1926
- Thy Servant a Dog, Told by BootsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1930
- Limits and RenewalsAmazon ↗
short-story-collection · 1932
Essays and speeches (5)
- The Science of RebellionAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1901
- Doctors: An Address Delivered at the Middlesex HospitalAmazon ↗
pamphlet · 1908
- The Dead KingAmazon ↗
poetry-pamphlet · 1910
- Independence: Rectorial Address Delivered at St. Andrews, 10 October 1923Amazon ↗
pamphlet · 1923
- A Book of WordsAmazon ↗
speeches · 1928
Poetry (12)
- Schoolboy LyricsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1881
- EchoesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1884
- Departmental Ditties and Other VersesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1886
- Barrack-Room Ballads and Other VersesAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1890
- The Seven SeasAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1896
- An Almanac of Twelve SportsAmazon ↗
illustrated-poetry-book · 1898
- The Five NationsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1903
- Collected VerseAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1907
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A Song of the EnglishAmazon ↗poetry-collection · 1909
- Songs from BooksAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1912
- Twenty PoemsAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1918
- The Years BetweenAmazon ↗
poetry-collection · 1919
Posthumous collections (3)
- Early Verse by Rudyard Kipling, 1879–1889: Unpublished, Uncollected, and Rarely Collected PoemsAmazon ↗
posthumous-poetry-collection · 1986
- Kipling's India: Uncollected Sketches, 1884–1888Amazon ↗
posthumous-nonfiction-collection · 1986
- Rudyard Kipling's Uncollected Speeches: A Second Book of WordsAmazon ↗
posthumous-speeches · 2008