Steampunk is derived from in the Science Fiction literature of the 19th century. Literature is today the most abundant form of steampunk media.
Initially created by the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, the as-yet unnamed genre experienced a revival in the 1960s through the novels Worlds of the Imperium and Queen Victoria's Bomb. These books, as well as their nineteenth-century predecessors built the foundation for steampunk. Since then, several steampunk novels were written, further building steampunk into the distinctive genre it is known as today.
Literature
| Year | Title | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 1863 |
Five Weeks in a Balloon (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1864 |
A Journey to the Center of the Earth (novel) The Adventures of Captain Hatteras |
Jules Verne |
| 1865 |
From the Earth to the Moon (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1869 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1873 |
Around the World in Eighty Days (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1875 |
The Mysterious Island (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1886 |
Robur the Conqueror | Jules Verne |
| 1893 |
Angel of the Revolution (novel) | George Griffith |
| 1895 |
The Time Machine (novel) | H. G. Wells |
| 1896 |
Facing the Flag | Jules Verne |
| 1897 |
The Invisible Man (novel) | H. G. Wells |
| 1898 |
The War of the Worlds (novel) | H. G. Wells |
| 1901 |
First Men in the Moon (novel) | H. G. Wells |
| 1903 |
Master of the World (novel) | Jules Verne |
| 1909 |
With the Night Mail | Rudyard Kipling |
| 1912 |
The Lost World (novel) | Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 1917 |
As Easy as A.B.C. | Rudyard Kipling |
| 1935 |
The African Queen (novel) | C. S. Forester |
| 1959 |
Titus Alone | Mervyn Peake |
| 1962 |
Worlds of the Imperium | Keith Laumer |
| 1964 |
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: The Magical Car | Ian Fleming |
| 1971 |
A Nomad of the Time Streams Warlord of the Air |
Michael Moorcock |
| 1976 |
Queen Victoria's Bomb The Space Machine |
Ronald W. Clark Christopher Priest |
| 1977 |
Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! | Harry Harrison |
| 1979 |
Morlock Night Time After Time |
K. W. Jeter Jack Finney |
| 1981 |
The Dancers at the End of Time | Michael Moorcock |
| 1980 |
The Horn of Mortal Danger | Lawrence Leonard |
| 1983 |
The Anubis Gates | Tim Powers |
| 1984 |
The Digging Leviathan | James Blaylock |
| 1986 |
Homunculus Land and Overland |
James Blaylock Bob Shaw |
| 1987 |
Infernal Devices | K. W. Jeter |
| 1989 |
The Stress of Her Regard | Tim Powers |
| 1990 |
The Difference Engine Mary Reilly (novel) |
William Gibson and Bruce Sterling Valerie Martin |
| 1992 |
Anno Dracula Lord Kelvin's Machine |
Kim Newman James Blaylock |
| 1993 |
Anti-Ice
The List of Seven |
Stephen Baxter
Mark Frost |
| 1995 |
The Diamond Age His Dark Materials The Prestige (novel) The Steampunk Trilogy The Time Ships |
Neal Stephenson Philip Pullman Christopher Priest Paul Di Filippo Stephen Baxter |
| 1996 |
Jack Faust Neverwhere (novel) |
Michael Swanwick Neil Gaiman |
| 1997 |
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| 1998 |
The Age of Unreason series Stardust (novel) Stars and Stripes trilogy To Visit the Queen |
Gregory Keyes Neil Gaiman Harry Harrison Diane Duane |
| 1999 |
Dark Sleeper Greatwinter A Series of Unfortunate Events Souls in the Great Machine |
Jeffrey E. Barlough Sean McMullen Daniel Handler Sean McMullen |
| 2000 |
Imperial Moon Perdido Street Station |
Christopher Bulis China Mieville |
| 2001 |
Danger Boy House in the High Wood Mortal Engines Quartet Ned the Seal The Sundowners series |
Mark London Williams Jeffrey E. Barlough Philip Reeve Joe R. Lansdale James Swallow |
| 2002 |
Coraline (novel) The Peshawar Lancers The Scar Strange Cargo |
Neil Gaiman S.M. Stirling China Mieville Jeffrey E. Barlough |
| 2003 |
The Light Ages Reckless Engineering The Witches of Chiswick |
Ian R. MacLeod Nick Walters Robert Rankin |
| 2004 |
Fitzpatrick's War Iron Council Matt Cruse series |
Theodore Judson China Mieville Kenneth Oppel |
| 2006 |
Against the Day The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters Larklight series Lucifer Box series Monster Blood Tattoo series Virga series |
Thomas Pynchon Gordon Dahlquist Philip Reeve Mark Gatiss D.M. Cornish Karl Schroeder |
| 2007 |
Pax Britannia Mainspring Wicked Gentlemen |
Jonathan Green Jay Lake Ginn Hale |
| 2008 |
The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives The Affinity Bridge The Alchemy of Stone Chronicles of Isambard Smith Clockwork Heart The Dark Volume Extraordinary Engines The Martian General's Daughter Whitechapel Gods |
James Blaylock George Mann Ekaterina Sedia Toby Frost Dru Pagliassotti G.W. Dahlquist Nick Gevers Theodore Judson S.M. Peters |
| 2009 |
Clockwork Century The Hunchback Assignments Leviathan The Manual of Detection The Osiris Ritual Soulless |
Cherie Priest Arthur Slade Scott Westerfeld Jedediah Berry George Mann Gail Carriger |
| 2010 |
Blameless Changeless The Dark Deeps Receptio Clockwork Angel Steamed |
Gail Carriger Gail Carriger Arthur Slade __ Cassandra Clare Katie MacAlister |
| 2011 |
Agatha H. and the Airship City Heartless Clockwork prince The Second Corps of Discovery: 1811 Journal of the Jackson and Clark Expeditionary Force Blood in the skies Machine of God |
Kaja and Phil Foglio Gail Carriger Cassandra Clare F. Scott Key G.D. Falksen __ __ __ Cindy Spencer Pape Cindy Spencer Page |
| 2012 |
Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess Clockwork princess The Girl in the Steel Corset Kiss of Steel |
Kaja and Phil Foglio Cassandra Clare Kady Cross Bec McMaster |
| 2013 |
A Guide to Tea Duelling Hard Bank Left A Study In Silks A Study In Darkness A Study In Ashes The Girl in the Clockwork Collar |
Khurt Khave Alethearia Moon Emma Jane Holloway Emma Jane Holloway Emma Jane Holloway Kady Cross |
| 2014 |
Agatha H. and the Voice of the Castle Chainsaw Alice in Wonderland Gears Of Brass |
Kaja and Phil Foglio Khurt Khave Kady Cross Anthology |
| 2015 | The Mechanical | Ian Tregillis |