The best collection of books to keep at home, so you never run out of quality reading time!

When it comes to books that can sweep you out of your feet, David Lodge fictionalized as HG Wells is the author to rely upon. The prolific writer of the twentieth century amazes you with science fiction that is realistic, comic, tragic, utopian, dystopian and has tons of history. Here are the 6 chosen books you must read to become a fan of his works.

1. The Time Machine- 1895

The book that got HG Wells his deserved recognition and publicity. Since the day it was first sent to print in 1895, it has never been out of demand even till date. The quaint bicycle machine that he made a time machine out of and ventures to the end days of the earth where the sun loses its heat in year 802,000 is something that doesn’t fail to amaze us even now.

2. The War Of The Worlds- 1898

The god of every alien invasion novel ever written, the book about Martian monsters landing in England and causing a world catastrophe is something that can cause you instant goosebumps. The depiction of devastation and panic that is finally won over by nature is something that you should have on your bookshelf.

3. Kipps- 1905-

The downtrodden Arthur Kipps who is an apprentice in a drapery store and miraculously inherits a considerable fortune to make himself one among the upper-class gentlemen. The simple nature of him gets him conned by other people and is something that unveils the class distinctions in the times of bourgeoisie associates.

4. Tono-Bungay- 1909

The whole novel gives a thorough description of the then London. The name of the book is a patent medicine that gets the narrators pharmaceutical uncle ridiculously rich through meticulous advertising and marketing.

5. Ann Veronica 1909-

The novel is about a young woman who is apprehensive about the middle-class behaviour meddled out to her gender. Set in the background of the suffragette movement, it was initially banned from libraries but later took to the liking of a whole bunch of womankind.

6. The History Of Mr Polly-

One of Wells most loved novels, the story revolves around a henpecked, unsuccessful and frustrated shopkeeper who mismanages to the extent of suicide but survives. Once he takes up another identity, his life takes u-turn, and everything is hale and hearty again.