Steampunk Essentials

Here is a list of books from etheremporium considered to be essential readings in steampunk. The books that are in the public domain and available online:

H.G. Wells:
The War of the Worlds
The Invisible Man
The Food of the God
The Time Machine
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The War in the Air

Verne:
From the Earth to the Moon
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Mysterious Island
Robur the Conqueror
Master of the World

London:
The Iron Heel
The Star Rover

Doyle:
The Lost World
The Poison Belt and other Stories
The Sherlock Holmes Canon

Wilde:
The Picture of Dorian Gray

R.L. Stevenson:
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stoker, Bram:
Dracula
The Jewel of Seven Stars
The Lair of the White Worm

Shelley, Mary:
Frankenstein

Kerruish:
The Undying Monster

Kipling:
The Man Who Would Be King
With the Night Mail
Easy as ABC
Wireless

Haggard, H. Rider:
King Solomon’s Mines
Allan Quatermain
She

Collins, Wilkie:
The Moonstone

Poe:
His complete works

More recent books are also listed, including books by Stephen Baxter and China Miéville. Related books are also listed.

The basic steampunk movies listed:

The Lost World (1925)
King Solomon’s mines (1937)
Metropolis (1927)
Dracula (1931)
Frankenstein (1931)
Bride of Frankenstein
The Invisible Man (1933)
A Trip to the Moon (1902)

Other films (and some tv) are also listed.