3.89 avg rating — 568,662 ratings

"Essentially where it all started. This edition features an afterword by noted Wellsian critic Simon J. James."

3.73 avg rating — 136,241 ratings

"Horror? Scientific romance? Wells could balance genres like no-one else."

3.51 avg rating — 567 ratings

"Wells is now underrated as a comic writer. This gem is up there with Three Men in a Boat and The Diary of a Nobody."

3.63 avg rating — 218,764 ratings

"Like Shakespeare, Wells could convince you of the impossible, in this case thanks partly to his skilful characterisation."

3.83 avg rating — 352,014 ratings

"The all-conquering king of invasion stories!"

3.65 avg rating — 18,731 ratings

"Combines his best sci-fi with his best comic writing."

3.41 avg rating — 593 ratings

3.44 avg rating — 1,332 ratings

"A comic novel with some surprisingly moving scenes."

3.61 avg rating — 1,233 ratings

"Better than The Food of the Gods and In the Days of the Comet, this deserves more readers."

3.43 avg rating — 1,499 ratings

"One of Wells's attempts to write the great Condition of England novel. This attempt was a success. A classic."

3.56 avg rating — 1,518 ratings

"I asked Wellsian scholar/biographer Michael Sherborne (formerly Draper) what Wells's most underrated book was. This was his answer."

3.64 avg rating — 2,200 ratings

"One of his best-loved comic novels."

4.13 avg rating — 1,117 ratings

"Wells excelled at the short story too. "

3.84 avg rating — 45 ratings

"There have been some brilliant biographies - recently Michael Sherborne's - but nothing beats Wells's own take on his life. Genial, very frank and hugely entertaining."

3.89 avg rating — 228 ratings

"How many books change the world? This is one of them, helping to shape EU and UK Human Rights legislation."