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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 Battle of the Books" (1704) and follow publication order through all 30 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Battle of the Books
1704
Abolishing Christianity and Other Short Pieces
0
A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
0
Directions to Servants
0
Polite Conversation
0
The Drapier's Letters
1935
The Letters of Jonathan Swift to Charles Ford
1935
The Bickerstaff Partridge Papers
1940
The Examiner and Other Pieces Written in 1710-11
1940
Irish Tracts 1720-1723 and Sermons
1948
Political Tracts, 1711-1713
1951
The History of the Last Four Years of the Queen
1951
Irish Tracts 1728-1733
1955
The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, D.D.
1963
Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue
1969
A Discourse Concerning The Mechanical Operation Of The Spirit
1970
The Account Books of Jonathan Swift
1984
The Last Will and Testament of the Revd. Dr. Jonathan Swift
1984
Swift vs. Mainwaring: The Examiner and the Medley
1985
Service Is No Inheritance, Or, Rules to Servants According to the REV. Dr. Swift
1987
Swift's Irish pamphlets
1990
The Intelligencer
1992
Sayings of Jonathan Swift
1994
A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation
1995
The benefit of farting explain'd
1996
Classic Sea Stories
1996
The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction
1999
40 Model Essays
2005
Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories
2019
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