Jack London

Jack London was one of the noteworthy authors of America who was active during the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. He was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco, California, United States, and died on November 22, 1916. Other than being an author, Jack was also a journalist, short story writer, and a social activist.

The best place to start is the Perennial Library series, the earliest of Jack London's multi-book series: it opens with You Can't Go Home Again (1940) and runs to 29 books across 1940–1994, ending with Scarne's Encyclopedia Of Card Games (1994).

Jack London has 310 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1667 and 2026. 139 of them belong to 4 named series — the largest being the Perennial Library series with 29 books — and 171 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. Jack London's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Dogs of the Islands (1917, 2 books) and Perennial Library (1940–1994, 29 books).

This guide splits Jack London's 310 books into 4 named series and 171 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Perennial Library (29 books, 1940–1994); Dogs of the Islands (2 books, 1917); Gothic Fantasy (91 books, 1667–2026); Selected Shorts (17 books, 1993–2012).