Rudyard Kipling Books in Order

Two adventurers set out to make themselves kings.

Soldiers, officials and families face life in British India.

A painter faces failing sight and an unreturned love.

A wolf-raised boy and other animals face dangers and duties.

A boy raised by wolves faces dangers among animals and men.

A wealthy boy learns to work aboard a fishing schooner.

An orphan travels through India and enters a spy network.

Animals gain their familiar features in tales of the early world.

A mail airship crosses the Atlantic in an imagined future.

Two children meet people from England's past through Puck's magic.

Two children meet people from the past through Puck's magic.

Children and animals face danger in stories set in India.

Begin with familiar animal stories that introduce Kipling's vivid storytelling and questions of belonging.

Continue directly with more Mowgli adventures and other tales, keeping the Jungle books together.

Next, enjoy playful animal origin tales that reveal his humor and delight in language.

Move into a sustained adventure with a clear focus on work, responsibility, and growing up.

This compact adventure introduces a darker treatment of ambition, power, and imperial attitudes.

Now try a richer novel whose travels, friendships, and espionage reward more attentive reading.

Broaden your reading with varied stories of soldiers, officials, and families in British India.

Turn next to adult artistic ambition and troubled love in a more somber novel.

Explore his historical imagination through linked encounters with England's past, guided by Puck.

Follow with the companion collection, returning to the children and their encounters with history.

Sample a less familiar direction in his writing with this imagined future of airship travel.

Finish with a selection that lets you revisit his storytelling after exploring the individual books.