Series
The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells, Malvina G. Vogel & T. S. Gregory · 2 novels · 4 short stories · 1897–1995
The Invisible Man is H. G. Wells's 1897 science fiction novel about Griffin, a scientist who works out how to make living tissue invisible and tests the process on himself, only to discover he has no way to reverse it. Unseen and increasingly cut off from other people, he turns to theft and violence while trying to survive and find a cure, making the book as much about his moral collapse as about the invisibility premise itself. It's a single self-contained novel; the two listed titles here are duplicate editions rather than separate books.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
Map
The Invisible Man at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
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By decade
- 1890s2
- 1900s0
- 1910s0
- 1920s0
- 1930s1
- 1940s0
- 1950s0
- 1960s1
- 1970s1
- 1980s0
- 1990s1
Shape
2 novels · 4 short stories
3 authors
reads like:science fictionmadnessbritish isles19th centurytenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 6 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Invisible Mandarkest · calmest
- Invisible in Londonbrightest · most intense