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Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Non-Fiction 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 Non-Fiction series? Start with "The War Lords Of Washington" (1948) and follow publication order through all 27 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The War Lords Of Washington
1948
Banners at Shenandoah
1955
America Goes to War
1958
The Penguin Book of the American Civil War
1960
The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War (With: Richard M. Ketchum)
1960
The American Heritage New History of the Civil War (With: James M. McPherson)
1960
The Civil War
1960
Gettysburg: The Final Fury
1963
Two Roads to Sumter
1963
Waiting for the Morning Train (With: William B. Catton)
1972
A Short History of the Civil War
1976
The Bold and Magnificent Dream (With: William B. Catton)
1978
The American Heritage: Short History Of The Civil War
1978
Bruce Catton's America: Selections From His Greatest Works
1979
Reflections on the Civil War
1981
Bruce Catton's Civil War
1984
Grant Moves South, 1861-1863
1990
Waiting For The Morning Train An American Boyhood
2013
Last Days of the Civil War: The Enormous Silence
2015
U. S. Grant and the American Military Tradition
2015
Antietam
2016
The Battle of Gettysburg
2017
Shiloh
2017
The Meaning of the Civil War: An Address Delivered at the Chicago Historical Society, April 12, 1961
2018
Non-Fiction Writing, Vol IV
1960
Grant, Lee, Lincoln and the Radicals: Essays on Civil War Leadership
2001
40 Model Essays
2005
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