H. Rider Haggard Books in Order

How many H. Rider Haggard books are there?

H. Rider Haggard has 78 books, released between 1882 and 2013. 10 of them were published after H. Rider Haggard's death in 1925. They include 3 separate series.

H. Rider Haggard Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 78 H. Rider Haggard books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.

H. Rider Haggard series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

• Allan Quatermain books in order 16 books

H. Rider Haggard books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Do you have to read H. Rider Haggard books in order?

You only need to read H. Rider Haggard books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with H. Rider Haggard

Start with King Solomon's Mines (1885), the first Allan Quatermain book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Cetywayo and His White Neighbours (1882).

What is the newest H. Rider Haggard book?

The Complete H. Rider Haggard Anthology (2013) is the newest H. Rider Haggard book released so far.

Is there a new H. Rider Haggard book coming?

No next H. Rider Haggard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

H. Rider Haggard at a glance

Died

H. Rider Haggard died in 1925, according to Wikidata.

After death

Books credited to H. Rider Haggard are still being published after H. Rider Haggard's death in 1925; the newest appeared in 2013.

Release pace

H. Rider Haggard books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.

Length

15,062 pages across the 54 of 78 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.

Busiest decade

Most H. Rider Haggard books, 17 of 78, were published in the 1910s.

When H. Rider Haggard books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when H. Rider Haggard titles appeared. 1910s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.

What the H. Rider Haggard books are about

53 of the 78 H. Rider Haggard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: action & adventure is tagged on 30 of 53. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

• Action & adventure 30 of 53 books
• Fantasy 12 of 53 books
• Historical fiction 12 of 53 books
• Allan Quatermain (Fictitious character) 11 of 53 books
• Quatermain, allan (fictitious character) 9 of 53 books
• Classic literature 8 of 53 books
• History 8 of 53 books
• Romance 7 of 53 books
• Adventure stories 6 of 53 books
• Africa 6 of 53 books
• English literature 6 of 53 books
• Hunting guides 6 of 53 books