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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 "Going Home" (1957) and follow publication order through all 24 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Going Home
1957
In Pursuit Of The English
1960
On Cats
1967
A Small Personal Voice
1974
Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
1986
The Wind Blows Away Our Words
1987
African Laughter
1992
Under My Skin
1994
Putting the Questions Differently
1996
Walking in the Shade
1997
Doris Lessing: Conversations
2000
Time Bites
2004
Women and Fiction
1975
Best for Winter
1979
The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories
1987
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers
1994
Granta 58: Ambition
1997
Mistresses of the Dark
1998
Granta 13: After the Revolution
1999
Great Modern Stories
2009
Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection
2009
Fathers: A Literary Anthology
2011
London Stories
2013
Letters to Change the World: From Pankhurst to Orwell
2018
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