H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard is the pen name of Sir Henry Rider Haggard. an English author of fiction novels that focused mainly on adventures in exotic geographical regions. He is credited as the creator of the literary genre of the "lost world". His stories were popular at the time and his best-known novel is King Solomon's Mines, which deals with the adventures of the main character Allan Quatermain.

The best place to start is the Allan Quatermain series, the earliest of H. Rider Haggard's multi-book series: it opens with King Solomon's Mines (1885) and runs to 16 books across 1885–2002, ending with Tales of Allan Quatermain and Others (2002). H. Rider Haggard's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

H. Rider Haggard has 81 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1882 and 2019. 19 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Allan Quatermain series with 16 books — and 62 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. H. Rider Haggard's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Allan Quatermain (1885–2002, 16 books) and Ayesha (1886–1923, 3 books).

This guide splits H. Rider Haggard's 81 books into 2 named series and 62 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Allan Quatermain (16 books, 1885–2002); Ayesha (3 books, 1886–1923).