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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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