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The classic stories of H. Rider Haggard in their internal chronological order.
This Reading Order shows only those works by Haggard himself. A non-canon continuation of Allan Quatermain’s adventures can be found in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Reading Order.
- Wisdom’s Daughter
- Novel published in 1923.
- Nada the Lily
- Novel published in 1892.
- Marie
- Novel published in 1912.
- The Ghost Kings
- Novel published in 1908.
- Allan’s Wife
- Short story in the collection Allan’s Wife, published in 1887.
- Child of Storm
- Novel published in 1913.
- A Tale of Three Lions
- Short story in the collection Allan’s Wife, published in 1887.
- Maiwa’s Revenge: or, The War of the Little Hand
- Novel published in 1888.
- Hunter Quatermain’s Story
- Short story in the collection Allan’s Wife, published in 1887.
- Long Odds
- Short story in the collection Allan’s Wife, published in 1887.
- Allan and the Holy Flower
- Novel published in 1915.
- Heu-heu: or, The Monster
- Novel published in 1924.
- She and Allan
- Novel published in 1920.
- The Treasure of the Lake
- Novel published in 1926.
- The Ivory Child
- Novel published in 1916.
- Black Heart and White Heart – A Zulu Idyll
- Short story in the collection Elissa, published in 1896.
- Magepa the Buck
- Story in the collection Smith and the Pharaohs, published in 1921.
- Finished
- Novel published in 1917.
- King Solomon’s Mines
- Novel published in 1885.
- She: A History of Adventure
- Novel published in 1886.
- The Ancient Allan
- Novel published in 1920.
- Allan and the Ice Gods
- Novel published in 1927.
- Allan Quatermain
- Novel published in 1887.
- Ayesha, the Return of She
- Novel published in 1905.
Where do Nada the Lily & Finished fit in? Both have links to Allan in particular the second one.
Thank you for bringing that to my attention, Laurie. I’ve added those two (and ‘The Ghost Kings’ too) in their correct places.