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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 National Front" (1977) and follow publication order through all 12 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The National Front
1977

Daily Sketches
1978

Powers of the Press
1983

The Waking Giant: Soviet Union Under Gorbachev
1986

Martin Walker's Russia
1989

The Harper Independent Traveller
1990

The Cold War and the Making of the Modern World
1993

Clinton: The President They Deserve
1996

America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives
2000

Makers of the American Century
2001

The Iraq War
2003

Bruno's Cookbook (With: Julia Watson)
2023
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