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Dalkey Archive Essentials Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Dalkey Archive Essentials books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: March 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Dalkey Archive Essentials series? Start with "The Making of Americans (By: Gertrude Stein)" (1925) and follow publication order through all 24 books.
The complete Dalkey Archive Essentials reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Making of Americans (By: Gertrude Stein)
1925

Ryder (By: Djuna Barnes)
1928

Point Counter Point (By: Aldous Huxley)
1928

Family of Pascual Duarte (By: Anthony Kerrigan,Camilo José Cela)
1942

Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias (By: Mark Van Doren,Marguerite Young)
1945

The Planetarium (By: Nathalie Sarraute,Maria Jolas)
1959

The Sot-Weed Factor (By: John Barth)
1960

Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (By: Marguerite Young)
1965

Langrishe, Go Down (By: Aidan Higgins)
1966

Cigarettes (By: Harry Mathews)
1987

Jade Cabinet (By: Rikki Ducornet)
1993

Billy and Girl (By: Deborah Levy)
1996

Europeana (By: Patrik Ouředník,Gerald Turner)
2001

Impossible Object (By: Nicholas Mosley)
2015

Trilogy
2022

Mulligan Stew (By: Gilbert Sorrentino)
2022

La Batarde (By: Violette Leduc,Derek Coltman)
2023

Nobodaddy's Children (By: John E. Woods,Arno Schmidt)
2023

Tomb for Boris Davidovich (By: Danilo Kiš)
2024

Chapel Road (By: )
2025

Freedom
2009

Best European Fiction 2010
2009

Best European Fiction 2016
2015
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