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: January 2026
Publication Order
The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (With: Evan Thomas)
Buy on Amazon1986
Kissinger
Buy on Amazon1992
People of the Century: One Hundred Men & Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years
Buy on Amazon1999
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Buy on Amazon2003
A Benjamin Franklin Reader (With: Benjamin Franklin)
Buy on Amazon2005
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Buy on Amazon2007
Einstein: The Life of a Genius
Buy on Amazon2009
American Sketches: Great Leaders, Creative Thinkers, and Heroes of a Hurricane
Buy on Amazon2009
Profiles in Leadership: Historians on the Elusive Quality of Greatness
Buy on Amazon2010
Steve Jobs
Buy on Amazon2011
The Innovators: How a Group ofHackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution
Buy on Amazon2014
Leonardo da Vinci
Buy on Amazon2017
Invent and Wander: The Collected Writings of Jeff Bezos (With: Jeff Bezos)
Buy on Amazon2020
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race
Buy on Amazon2021
Albert Einstein
Buy on Amazon2021
Elon Musk
Buy on Amazon2023
The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Buy on Amazon2025
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made (With: Evan Thomas) (1986), 2. Kissinger (1992), 3. People of the Century: One Hundred Men & Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years (1999), 4. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003), 5. A Benjamin Franklin Reader (With: Benjamin Franklin) (2005), and 12 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Non-Fiction series by Walter Isaacson contains 17 books. The series began in 1986 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Non-Fiction series is written by Walter Isaacson. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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