Rudyard Kipling Books In Order
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Puck of Pook's Hill | (1906) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rewards and Fairies | (1910) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Jungle Book Books
The Jungle Book | (1893) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Second Jungle Book | (1895) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Light That Failed | (1890) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Naulahka - A Story Of East And West | (1892) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Captains Courageous | (1897) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of the Gadsbys | (1899) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Under The Deodars | (1899) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kim | (1901) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
They | (1905) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
With the Night Mail | (1909) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
The Man Who Would Be King | (1888) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Return of Imray | (1891) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cat That Walked by Himself | (1902) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Plain Tales from the Hills | (1888) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Stories | (1888) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Life's Handicap | (1891) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Barrack-Room Ballads | (1893) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Many Inventions | (1893) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Soldiers Three | (1899) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Indian Tales | (1899) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Just So Stories | (1902) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Five Nations | (1903) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Traffics and Discoveries | (1904) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kipling Poems | (1907) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Day's Work | (1908) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Actions and Reactions | (1909) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sea Warfare | (1916) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Diversity of Creatures | (1917) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Eyes of Asia | (1919) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rudyard Kipling's Verse | (1923) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Man Who Was | (1924) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Debits And Credits | (1926) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Limits And Renewals | (1932) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All The Mowgli Stories | (1933) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Phantoms and Fantasies | (1965) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Complete Verse | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kiplings Science Fiction | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Kipling's Fantasy Stories | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Selected Stories of Rudyard Kipling | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Mark of the Beast and Other Horror Tales | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Elephant, The Hare And The Black Cobra | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Victorian Short Stories of Troubled Marriages | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rudyard Kipling's Tales of Horror and Fantasy | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ten Stories | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Mowgli: Stories from the Jungle Book | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Picture Books
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Publication Order of Graphic Spin Books
Red Riding Hood | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cinderella | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Jack and the Beanstalk | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hansel and Gretel | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Beauty and the Beast | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snow White | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rumpelstiltskin | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sleeping Beauty | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Three Little Pigs | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rapunzel: The Graphic Novel | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Ugly Duckling | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Princess and the Pea | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Emperor's New Clothes | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thumbelina | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Tall Tale of Paul Bunyan | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
John Henry, Hammerin' Hero | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pecos Bill, Colossal Cowboy | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bremen Town Musicians | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Golden Goose | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tom Thumb | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Elves and the Shoemaker | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the Leopard Got His Spots | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the Camel Got His Hump | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
How the Elephant Got His Trunk | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rudyard Kipling's Just So Comics | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tall | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Year of the Cat Books
A Cat of a Different Color | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Perfect Taste | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Disdainful Looks | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Strange Lands | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Cozy Situations | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Heroic Heart | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Artistic Sensibilities | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Fantastic Whims | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Feral Instincts | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
50 Great Short Stories | (1952) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A St. Nicholas Anthology | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Famous and Curious Animal Stories | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Separate Star: A Tribute to Rudyard Kipling | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of the Occult | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Amis Story Anthology | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fantasy Stories | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Anthology of Love and Romance | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spellbound | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Detection by Gaslight: 14 Victorian Detective Stories | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Time Machines | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Treasury of Five-Minute Stories | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
On Glorious Wings | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The World's Greatest Horror Stories | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Big Book of California | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Rotten English: A Literary Anthology | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Empire Tales | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories to Get You Through the Night | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
50 Classic Novellas | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Adventure | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Phantom Coach | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
That Glimpse of Truth | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Red Sky | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Writers: Their Lives and Works | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Occult Fiction Collection | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Cat of Disdainful Looks | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Classic Cat Stories | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hungry for Blood – Ultimate Halloween Collection | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Born in India to English parents, Rudyard Kipling was to become a great short-story, poet and novelist who was also a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was famous for writing novels, short stories, various poems and children’s stories.
Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. At the age of 6 his parents sent him back to their homeland of England to receive a formal education while they remained in India to assist the British government. Living with an unkind foster family, particularly his strict foster mother, Mrs. Holloway, Rudyard Kipling struggled to fit in at his new home and school. He was often found reading and writing for comfort. Having finally discovered the deplorable conditions her son was subjected to, Mrs. Kipling immediately returned to England and moved Rudyard to a new school where he excelled. It was also during this time that Rudyard discovered he had a true talent for writing. He joined the school newspaper and very quickly became editor.
Instead of attending college, Rudyard Kipling returned to India after school and soon found a job at a local newspaper. During this time Kipling also suffered from insomnia and learned the underground local culture as he wondered the streets at night. He eventually gained access to brothels and opium dens that were hidden from the light of day. His experiences at such places laid the building blocks for his book of short stories called Plain Tales from the Hills. This book earned him some celebrity in England.
In 1892, Rudyard Kipling married Carrie Balestier who was the sister of an American friend and associate he had made in England but who then passed away suddenly. Immediately after their marriage, the fall of the New Oriental Banking Corporation left the Kiplings broke and so they decided to settle in Vermont near Carrie’s family. Kipling thoroughly enjoyed his time living in the United States. He and Carrie had two girls while living in America (later they had a son in England) and it was during this time that Kipling also wrote his most famous works: The Jungle Book, The Naulahka: A Short Story of the West and East and the Second Jungle Book. By this time Kipling was known as a prolific writer all over the globe. He became extremely successful and is believed to have been the highest paid author in the world during the 1890s.
In 1896 the Kiplings decided to move to England. Sadly, on a return visit to America, Rudyard Kipling and his daughter, Josephine, fell gravely ill on board the ship. Due to his celebrity, the world was on edge about Kipling and his daughter’s condition as they fought a terrible case of pneumonia. Rudyard Kipling eventually recovered from his illness but his young daughter passed away. Kipling was not informed of his daughter’s death until he had recovered. After this tragedy, Kipling blamed the trip to the United States for causing her death and therefore he did not wish to travel to America again. It is said that Kipling was never the same after his daughter’s death.
Rudyard Kipling was known for writing many works about war during this time and in 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature as he was a strong voice for the plights of the common English solider. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Kipling received numerous honorary degrees and awards for his portrayal of soldier life and also for his classic children’s tales.
Rudyard Kipling remained in England and continued writing until 1915 when he became a vocal supporter of the war and went to the front line to report on soldier life there. Tragedy struck the Kipling family again as Rudyard Kipling’s son John was lost in the fight during a battle in France. His body was never recovered. Kipling went to France to try to locate his son but returned unsuccessful. It is believed that the loss of two children is the reason why Kipling never wrote another children’s book after this.
In 1926 Rudyard Kipling received the Gold Medal of the Royal Society for Literature. The society strives to reward literary merit and excite talent.
Rudyard Kipling passed away on January 18th, 1936 due to complications with an ulcer. He was cremated and today his ashes are in Westminster Abbey next to Charles Dickens.
Kipling’s series of The Jungle Book takes place in India and centers around a young boy, Mowgli, a feral child who is raised by a pack of wolves. In The Jungle Book universe the young boy’s name is said to mean “frog”. During his time growing up in the jungle, the boy learns about “The Law of the Jungle” and the reader follows him on his many adventures with the animal friends he makes in the jungle. Baloo, the bear, and Baheera the panther are prominent characters who teach the boy and keep him safe. Eventually Mowgli must face the evil Shere Khan, the man-eating tiger who torments all who live in the Jungle.
The Second Jungle Book offers more tales of Mowgli and his animal friends in the jungle as well as some unrelated stories about life in India.
The Jungle Book stories were originally published in magazines which accompanied drawings by Rudyard Kipling’s father, John Lockwood Kipling. Rudyard Kipling used the animals in his series to relay valuable lessons to the youth who read his tales. Rudyard Kipling had adapted The Jungle Book and other stories about Mowgli’s adventures to be performed as a play but it was never set to stage. The manuscript was thought to be lost forever but was eventually recovered and published as a book in 2000.
The Jungle Book is of course widely famous for Disney’s adaptation of the timeless children’s tale in the 1967 animated film. It was the last Disney film to be produced by Walt Disney himself who died during its production. In 1967 it finished as the 4th highest grossing film of the year. The Disney adaptation of the Jungle Book was re-released in theater various times over the years including in 1978, 1984 and 1990. Disney also produced another Jungle Book movie in 1994.
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