The War of the Worlds

First published	1898
Publisher	William Heinemann
Format	Hardcover
Type	Novel
Pages	viii+303

Notes

First published as a 9-part serial in Pearson's Magazine (UK) and The Cosmopolitan (US), April to December 1897, with illustrations by {{a|Cosmo Rowe}} (two?) and {{a|Warwick Goble}} (numerous).

• The full text and images of this edition are available at The HathiTrust Digital Library. • No statement of printing on copyright page • Issued with 16-page publisher's catalogue in the back. • Catalogue is dated mdcccxcvii. • The first edition was also issued without the catalogue and Currey gives no priority between issues with or without the catalogue. • Per Currey, this is the earliest of the issues with a catalogue. • Price from review Manchester Guardian 1898-01-25

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Awards

Year	Award	Category	Status
1975	Locus Poll Award	All-Time Best Novel	Nominee/Finalist
1987	Locus Poll Award	All-Time Best SF Novel	Nominee/Finalist
1998	Locus Poll Award	All-Time Best SF Novel before 1990	Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title	Year	Publisher	Format	Type	Catalog ID	Cover Artist	Pages
The War of the Worlds	1898	William Heinemann	Hardcover	Novel			viii+303
The War of the Worlds	1898	William Heinemann	Hardcover	Novel			viii+303
The War of the Worlds	1898	William Heinemann	Hardcover	Novel			viii+303
The War of the Worlds	1898	Harper & Brothers	Hardcover	Novel			290
The War of the Worlds	1945	Editions for the Armed Services	Paperback	Novel	745		256
The War of the Worlds	1945	Editions for the Armed Services	Paperback	Novel	1091		256
The War of the Worlds	1946	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570		208
The War of the Worlds	1951	William Heinemann	Hardcover	Novel			142
The War of the Worlds	1953	Pocket Books	Paperback	Novel	947	Al Nozaki & Hal Pereira	180
The War of the Worlds	1953	Pocket Books	Paperback	Novel	947	Al Nozaki & Hal Pereira	180
The War of the Worlds	1954	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570		191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1955	William Heinemann	Hardcover	Novel			225
The War of the Worlds	1956	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570		191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1959	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570		191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1960	Epstein & Carroll	Hardcover	Novel		Edward Gorey	251
The War of the Worlds	1962	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Virgil Burnett	191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1962	Popular Library	Paperback	Novel	SP170	Richard Powers (artist)	189
The War of the Worlds	1963	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Virgil Burnett	192
The War of the Worlds	1963	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Virgil Burnett	192
The War of the Worlds	1964	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Virgil Burnett	192
The War of the Worlds	1964	Whitman Publishing Company	Hardcover	Novel	1628	Shannon Stirnweis	280
The War of the Worlds	1964	Washington Square Press	Paperback	Novel	RE118		177+38+[16]
The War of the Worlds	1964	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	C922	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1966	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Alan Spain	191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1966	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	F1255	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1967	Magnum Books	Paperback	Novel	13-410	Jack Faragasso	253
The War of the Worlds	1967	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel	570	Harry Willock	191+[1]
The War of the Worlds	1967	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel			173
The War of the Worlds	1968	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	F1255	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1968	Scholastic Book Services	Paperback	Novel	T1118		285
The War of the Worlds	1969	Pendulum Press (USA)	Trade Paperback	Novel	EE15		[4]+v+145
The War of the Worlds	1969	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel		Harry Willock	192
The War of the Worlds	1969	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	F1255	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1970	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	F1255	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1971	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel		Harry Willock	192
The War of the Worlds	1971	Berkley Highland	Paperback	Novel	F1255	Paul Lehr	173
The War of the Worlds	1972	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel		Harry Willock	192
The War of the Worlds	1972	Scholastic Book Services	Paperback	Novel	T1118		285
The War of the Worlds	1973	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel		Harry Willock	192
The War of the Worlds	1973	Magnum Books	Paperback	Novel	13-410	Jack Faragasso	253
The War of the Worlds	1974	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel		Harry Willock	192
The War of the Worlds	1974	Scholastic Book Services	Paperback	Novel	TK1030	Fred Burrell	285
The War of the Worlds	1975	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		George Underwood	192
The War of the Worlds	1975	Magnum Books	Paperback	Novel	13-423	Jack Faragasso	253
The War of the Worlds	1976	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		George Underwood	192
The War of the Worlds	1976	Andor Classic	Paperback	Novel	008-X	Jim Bellamore	253
The War of the Worlds	1976	Caedmon	audio LP	Novel	TC 1520	Rick Sternbach
The War of the Worlds	1976	Magnum Books	Paperback	Novel	13-423	Jack Faragasso	253
The War of the Worlds	1979	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		Mike Trimm	192
The War of the Worlds	1979	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		Mike Trimm	192
The War of the Worlds	1980	Watermill Press	Paperback	Novel			258
The War of the Worlds	1980	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		Mike Trim	192
The War of the Worlds	1980	Watermill Press	Paperback	Novel			259
The War of the Worlds	1981	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		Mike Trimm	192
The War of the Worlds	1981	Amereon House	Hardcover	Novel
The War of the Worlds	1982	Berkley Books	Paperback	Novel			173
The War of the Worlds	1983	Pan Books	Paperback	Novel		Mike Trim	192
War of the Worlds	1985	Berkley Books	Paperback	Novel
The War of the Worlds	1985	Airmont Books	Paperback	Novel			160
The War of the Worlds	1985	Berkley Books	Paperback	Novel		Richard Powers (artist)	173
The War of the Worlds	1986	Signet Classic / New American Library	Paperback	Novel		Richard Clifton-Dey & Roger Dean	215
The War of the Worlds	1987	Aerie	Paperback	Novel		Alan Gutierrez	xiii+204
War of the Worlds	1988	Ace Books	Trade Paperback	Novel
War of the Worlds	1988	Pocket Books	Paperback	Novel			190
The War of the Worlds	1988	Tor	Paperback	Novel			204
The War of the Worlds	1988	Ace Books	Paperback	Novel		Les Edwards	173
The War of the Worlds	1988	Bantam Books	Paperback	Novel			164
The War of the Worlds	1991	The Easton Press	Hardcover	Novel			ix+188
The War of the Worlds	1993	Tor	Paperback	Novel		Alan Gutierrez	204
The War of the Worlds	1993	J. M. Dent	Trade Paperback	Novel		Percy Wyndham Lewis	188
The War of the Worlds	1994	Bantam Books	Paperback	Novel		Chris Hopkins	164
The War of the Worlds	1995	Chivers Press	Hardcover	Novel			262
The War of the Worlds	1995	Oxford University Press	Trade Paperback	Novel			188
The War of the Worlds	1997	Dover Publications	Trade Paperback	Novel		John Green (artist)	xii+145
The War of the Worlds	1997	Dover Publications	Paperback	Novel			145
The War of the Worlds: A Critical Text of the 1898 London First Edition, with an Introduction, Illustrations, and Appendices	2000	McFarland & Company	Hardcover	Novel			xi+321
The War of the Worlds	2001	North Books	Hardcover	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2001	Books of Wonder / HarperCollins	Hardcover	Novel		Tom Kidd	228
The War of the Worlds	2003	Scholastic	Paperback	Novel		Peter Bollinger	285
The War of the Worlds	2003	Broadview Press	Trade Paperback	Novel		NASA	268
The War of the Worlds	2004	The Folio Society	Hardcover	Novel			xx+212
The War of the Worlds	2004	Wildside Press	Hardcover	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2004	Phoenix	Trade Paperback	Novel			172
The War of the Worlds	2004	Wildside Press	Trade Paperback	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2004	Project Gutenberg	eBook	Novel	36
The War of the Worlds	2005	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel			193
The War of the Worlds	2005	Dalmatian Press	Hardcover	Novel		Jim Salvati	xii+208
The War of the Worlds	2005	Penguin Books	Trade Paperback	Novel		Kate Gibb	xxxvi+199
The War of the Worlds	2005	Blackstone Audiobooks	audio CD	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2005	Digireads.com	Trade Paperback	Novel			104
The War of the Worlds	2005	Blackstone Audiobooks	audio cassette	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2005	Blackstone Audiobooks	audio MP3 CD	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2005	Penguin Books	Trade Paperback	Novel		Kate Gibb	xxxvi+199
The War of the Worlds	2005	Coscom Entertainment	Trade Paperback	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2005	New York Review of Books	Hardcover	Novel		Edward Gorey	251
The War of the Worlds	2005	Cosimo Classics	Trade Paperback	Novel		Alvin-Correa	280
The War of the Worlds	2005	Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster	Trade Paperback	Novel			xvii+308
The War of the Worlds	2005	HarperFestival	Trade Paperback	Novel		Joe DeVito	230
The War of the Worlds	2005	Modern Library	Trade Paperback	Novel			xvii+190
The War of the Worlds	2005	Tor	Paperback	Novel		Alan Gutierrez	xviii+204
The War of the Worlds	2005	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel			193
The War of the Worlds	2005	ISIS Audio Books	audio CD	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2005	ISIS Audio Books	audio cassette	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2006	The Echo Library	Trade Paperback	Novel			124
The War of the Worlds	2006	Request Audiobooks	audio CD	Novel
War of the Worlds	2006	Request Audiobooks	audio CD	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2006	Pocket Books	Paperback	Novel		Marc Burckhardt	xx+264
The War of the Worlds	2006	Penguin Books	Paperback	Novel			192
The War of the Worlds	2006	Franklin Watts	Hardcover	Novel			208
The War of the Worlds	2008	Wildside Press	Trade Paperback	Novel			256
The War of the Worlds	2008	Wildside Press	Hardcover	Novel			256
The War of the Worlds	2008	Phoenix Pick	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	180
The War of the Worlds	2009	Red and Black Publishers	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	156
The War of the Worlds	2009	Penguin Books Australia	Paperback	Novel			192
The War of the Worlds	2010	EZReads Publications	Trade Paperback	Novel			204
The War of the Worlds	2010	Prohyptikon Publishing	Trade Paperback	Novel			192
The War of the Worlds	2010	Aziloth Books	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	122
The War of the Worlds	2011	CreateSpace	Trade Paperback	Novel			128
The War of the Worlds	2011	Tribeca Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			138
The War of the Worlds	2011	Zetacraft Publishing	Trade Paperback	Novel			146
The War of the Worlds	2011	ReadHowYouWant	Trade Paperback	Novel			264
The War of the Worlds	2011	R. W. Fisher	Trade Paperback	Novel			148
The War of the Worlds	2011	Martino Fine Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			154
The War of the Worlds: A Critical Text of the 1898 London First Edition, with an Introduction, Illustrations, and Appendices	2012	McFarland & Company	Trade Paperback	Novel			xi+321
The War of the Worlds	2012	Penguin Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			208
The War of the Worlds	2012	Penguin Books	eBook	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2012	Costa Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			144
The War of the Worlds	2012	Gollancz / Orion	Hardcover	Novel		Chris Moore	xvi+187
The War of the Worlds	2012	Gollancz / Orion	eBook	Novel		Chris Moore
The War of the Worlds	2012	Cosimo Classics	Hardcover	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	160
The War of the Worlds	2012	Cosimo Classics	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	160
The War of the Worlds	2013	Wilder Publications	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	180
The War of the Worlds	2013	Waxkeep Publishing	eBook	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa
The War of the Worlds	2013	CreateSpace	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	116
The War of the Worlds	2013	Flame Tree 451	Trade Paperback	Novel			160
The War of the Worlds	2013	Denton & White	Trade Paperback	Novel			206
The War of the Worlds	2013	Rise of Douai	Trade Paperback	Novel			144
The War of the Worlds	2013	Bottom of the Hill Publishing	Trade Paperback	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	160
The War of the Worlds	2013	SaltHeart Publishers, LLC	Trade Paperback	Novel			178
The War of the Worlds	2014	Sterling Children's Books	Hardcover	Novel		Scott McKowen	192
The War of the Worlds	2015	Calla Editions	Hardcover	Novel		Warwick Goble	208
The War of the Worlds	2015	Engage Books	Hardcover	Novel			150
The War of the Worlds	2017	Ulverscroft Large Print Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			306
The War of the Worlds	2017	Vintage (UK)	Trade Paperback	Novel			208
The War of the Worlds	2017	Gollancz / Orion	Trade Paperback	Novel		Chris Moore	xv+186
The War of the Worlds	2017	HarperCollins (UK)	Paperback	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2017	Alma Classics	Trade Paperback	Novel		nathanburtondesign.com	245
The War of the Worlds	2017	Oxford University Press	Trade Paperback	Novel		David Hardy	224
The War of the Worlds	2018	Penguin Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			208
The War of the Worlds	2018	Vintage Books	Trade Paperback	Novel			174
The War of the Worlds	2018	Penguin Books	Hardcover	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2018	Collins	Trade Paperback	Novel			196
The War of the Worlds	2019	Arcturus Publishing	Hardcover	Novel			192
The War of the Worlds	2019	Award Publications	Hardcover	Novel			224
The War of the Worlds	2019	Inkflight	Hardcover	Novel			150
The War of the Worlds	2019	Royal Classics	Hardcover	Novel			150
The War of the Worlds	2019	Sphere	eBook	Novel
The War of the Worlds	2019	Collins	Trade Paperback	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2020	Arcturus Publishing	Hardcover	Novel			192
The War of the Worlds	2020	Sphere	Trade Paperback	Novel			224
The War of the Worlds	2020	Collins	Paperback	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2021	New York Review of Books	Trade Paperback	Novel		Edward Gorey	256
The War of the Worlds	2022	Collins	Trade Paperback	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2022	Chartwell Books	Hardcover	Novel			200
The War of the Worlds	2024	Sirius	Hardcover	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2025	Flame Tree Publishing	Hardcover	Novel		Henrique Alvim Corrêa	544
The War of the Worlds	2025	Grosvenor House Publishing	Hardcover	Novel			240
The War of the Worlds	2026	Vintage (UK)	Hardcover	Novel			192