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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 Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings" (2003) and follow publication order through all 23 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings
2003
Post Pregnancy Diet
2015
Where The Past Begins: A Writers Memoir
2017
The Backyard Bird Chronicles
2024
Points of View
1956
The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992
American Voices
1992
Growing Up Female: Stories By Women Writers From the American Mosaic
1993
Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction
1993
Mid-life Confidential
1994
Out of the Mold
1997
The Best American Short Stories 1999
1999
The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction
1999
The Eloquent Essay
2000
40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000
Big City Cool: Short Stories About Urban Youth
2002
The Little Big Book of California
2005
40 Model Essays
2005
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
2007
Rotten English
2007
First Words: Earliest Writing from Favorite Contemporary Authors
2009
Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (of Authors) Tells All
2013
The Boomer List
2014
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