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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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