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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 "Skin" (1994) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Skin
1994
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure
1995
Conversations with Dorothy Allison
2012
Women on Women
1990
Leatherfolk
1991
High Risk
1991
Growing Up Gay/Growing Up Lesbian: A Literary Anthology
1993
Writing Women's Lives
1994
Downhome
1995
Swords of the Rainbow
1996
The Best American Short Stories 2003
2003
Rhetorical Women: Roles and Representations
2005
The Writer's Notebook
2009
My Favorite Lesbian Stories from Best American Erotica
2012
Gay City: Volume 5
2013
Walk Till the Dogs Get Mean:Meditations on the Forbidden from Contemporary Appalachia
2015
LGBTQ Fiction and Poetry from Appalachia
2019
OutWrite
2022
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