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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 "Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King" (1961) and follow publication order through all 75 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Barney Oldfield: The Life and Times of America's Legendary Speed King
1961
Steve McQueen: Star on Wheels
1972
Carnival of Speed
1973
Hammett
1983
McQueen
1984
Max Brand
1985
The Work Of Charles Beaumont
1990
How to Write Horror Fiction
1991
Phil Hill, Yankee Champion: First American to Win the Driving Championship of the World Revised
1996
Legends And Lovers
1997
Let's Get Creative
2006
Nolan on Bradbury
2013
Writing as Life
2020
The Village Street and Other Poems (By: Frederick Faust)
1922
Wine on the Desert and Other Stories (By: Max Brand)
1940
The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand (By: Max Brand)
1957
Tales of the Wild West (By: Max Brand)
1962
Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 (With: Max Brand)
1981
Wine on the Desert (By: Max Brand)
1983
Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 (With: Max Brand)
1985
The Sacking of El Dorado (By: Max Brand)
1994
The Collected Stories of Max Brand (By: Max Brand)
1994
The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures (By: Max Brand)
1996
The Black Rider and Other Stories (By: Max Brand)
1996
Outlaws All (By: Max Brand)
1996
The Bells of San Carlos (By: Max Brand)
1996
Slumber Mountain (By: Max Brand)
1997
Men Beyond the Law (By: Max Brand)
1997
Two Sixes (By: Max Brand)
1997
The Abandoned Outlaw (By: Max Brand)
1997
The Rock of Kiever (By: Max Brand)
1998
The Oath of Office (By: Max Brand)
1998
Stolen Gold (By: Max Brand)
1999
More Tales of the Wild West (By: Max Brand)
1999
Timber Line (By: Max Brand)
1999
The Overland Kid (By: Max Brand)
2000
Jokers Extra Wild (By: Max Brand)
2002
Flaming Fortune (By: Max Brand)
2003
Red Fire (By: Max Brand)
2013
The White Streak (By: Max Brand)
2022
Luck and a Horse (By: Max Brand)
2022
Selections from the Pan Book of Horror Stories #5
1964
A Wilderness of Stars
1969
Three To The Highest Power
1971
Wondermakers 2
1974
Demons Within & Other Disturbing Tales
1977
Rod Serling's Other Worlds
1978
Science Fiction Origins
1980
Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King
1986
First Annual Collection
1988
Demons & Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1
1988
Urban Horrors
1990
The Bradbury Chronicles
1991
Dark Crimes 2
1993
The Young Oxford Book of Aliens
1999
Dark Masques
2001
Murder On The Railways
2003
It's That Time Again! 2
2004
DeathGrip: Exit Laughing
2006
Damned Nation
2006
The Best of Cemetery Dance II
2008
The Bleeding Edge
2009
The Best of Talebones
2010
The Devil's Coattails
2012
The Time Travel Megapack
2013
Dark Discoveries - Issue #24
2013
Bleed
2013
The Best of the Horror Society 2013
2013
The Future Embodied
2014
Qualia Nous
2014
Cemetery Riots
2016
The 3rd Spectral Book of Horror Stories
2016
Never Fear - The Apocalypse
2017
Zippered Flesh 3
2017
Christmas Horror Vol. 2
2018
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