| | Adams, Jad | Rudyard Kipling | Haus Books | London | 2006 | | |
| | Birkenhead, Lord | Rudyard Kipling | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | London | 1978 | ISBN 0 297 77535 9 | Biography suppressed for some ten years by Elsie Bambridge and only published after her death and that of the author. |
| | Braddy, Nella | Rudyard Kipling | Julian Mesner Inc. | New York City | 1941 | | Illustrated biography aimed at children. |
| | Brown, Hilton | Rudyard Kipling: A New Appreciation | Hamish Hamilton | London | 1945 | | Foreword by Frank Swinnerton. |
| | Carrington, Charles | Rudyard Kipling: His Life and Work | Macmillan & Co. | London | 1955 | | The rare 3rd. Edition of 1978 contains appendices not available in other editions. |
| | Chevrillon, André | Rudyard Kipling | Librairie Plon | Paris | 1936 | | Paperback. |
| | Cross, Thomas N. | East and West; Biography of Rudyard Kipling | Luckystone Press | Ann Arbor, MI | 1992 | | |
| | Dillingham, William B. | Rudyard Kipling, Hell and Heroism | Palgrave Macmillan | New York | 2005 | | |
| | Dillingham, William B. | Being Kipling | Palgrave Macmillan | New York | 2008 | | |
| | Fido, Martin | Rudyard Kipling | Hamlyn | London | 1974 | | Very well illustrated. |
| | Gilbert, Elliott L, (Ed.) | Oh Beloved Kids | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | London | 1983 | | Letters to his children including Kipling's drawings |
| | Gilmour, David | The Long Recessional | John Murray | London | 2002 | | The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling'. |
| | Hopkins, R Thurston | Rudyard Kipling's World | Robert Holden | London | 1916 | | |
| | Hutchinson, Geoff | Kipling | Geoff Hutchinson | | 1988 | | Brief illustrated account for children. Paperback. |
| | Keating, Peter | Kipling the Poet | Secker & Warburg | London | 1994 | | |
| | Kennedy, Rosalind & Pinney, Thomas | Kipling Down Under | XLIBRIS | USA | 2000 | | Rudyard Kipling's Visit to Australia, 1891: A Narrative with Documents. |
| | Kernahan, Coulson | Nothing Quite Like Kipling Had Happened Before | Epworth Press | London | 1944 | | Brief reminiscences published posthumously. |
| | Lemonnier, Leon | Kipling | Editions Jules Tallandier | Paris | 1939 | | Popular biography in French. Paperback. |
| | Laski, Marghanita | From Palm to Pine, Rudyard Kipling at Home and Abroad | Sidgwick and Jackson | London | 1987 | | |
| | Lewins, Jeffrey D. | Kipling and his 'Coll' | Magdalene College | Cambridge | 1993 | | Pamphlet. |
| | Lycett, Andrew | Rudyard Kipling | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | London | 1999 | | |
| | Lycett, Andrew | Rudyard Kipling | Phoenix | London | 2000 | | Paperback edition |
| | Macdonald, Meryl | The Long Trail - Kipling Round the World | Tideway House | Bristol | 1999 | | |
| | Mallett, Philip | Rudyard Kipling, a Literary Life | Palgrave Macmillan | London | 2003 | | |
| | Mason, Philip | Kipling - The Glass, the Shadow and the Fire | Jonathan Cape | London | 1975 | | Having loved Kipling as a child, disliked him as a student, then ignored him for thirty years Mason (ex-ICS) documents his return to him in retirement. |
| | Pinney, Thomas | See Rosalind Kennedy above.. | | | | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Letters of Rudyard Kipling (Vol I) 1872-89 | Macmillan | | 1990 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Letters of Rudyard Kipling (Vol II) 1890-99 | Macmillan | | 1990 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Letters of Rudyard Kipling (Vol III) 1900-1910 | Macmillan | | 1996 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Letters of Rudyard Kipling (Vol IV) 1911-1919 | Macmillan | | 1999 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Letters of Rudyard Kipling (Vols V and VI) 1920-1936 | Macmillan | | 2004 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas, and Richards, David Alan | Kipling and his First Publisher | Rivendale Press | | 2001 | | |
| | Pinney, Thomas (Ed.) | Kipling's India, Uncollected Sketches 1884 to 1888 | Macmillan | | 1986 | | |
| | Ponton, Dorothy | Rudyard Kipling at Home and at Work | Privately published | | 1952 | | Author was governess to Elsie and after 1919 secretary to Kipling. Paperback. |
| | Ricketts, Harry | The Unforgiving Minute - A Life of Rudyard Kipling | Chatto & Windus | London | 1999 | | |
| | Seymour-Smith, Martin | Rudyard Kipling | Macdonald | London | 1989 | | |
| | Stewart, J.I.M. | Rudyard Kipling | Victor Golancz | London | 1966 | | |
| | Sutcliffe, Rosemary | Rudyard Kipling | Bodley Head | London | 1960 | | A Bodley Head monograph aimed at children. |
| | Wilson, Angus | The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling | Secker & Warburg | London | 1977 | | 'His Life and Works' |