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The War of the Worlds Books in Order

by H. G. WellsLiterature & Fiction

2 books from The War of the Worlds (1999) to The Massacre of Mankind (2017). Rated 4.4 across 5,202 listener reviews.

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  1. The War of the Worlds

    Book 1 1999 4.4 (5.1k)

    First published by H. G. Wells in 1898, The War of the Worlds is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories....

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

  2. The Massacre of Mankind

    Book 2 2017 by Stephen Baxter 3.9 (99)

    A sequel to the H.G. Wells classic THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, brilliantly realized by award-winning SF author and Wells expert Stephen Baxter It has been fourteen years since the Martian invasion.

    Kindle Paperback Audiobook

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The War of the Worlds is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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