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
In Holy Terror
Buy on Amazon1975
American Heartbeat
Buy on Amazon1976
Their Noble Lordships: Class and Power in Modern Britain
Buy on Amazon1981
Prison Diary, Argentina
Buy on Amazon1984
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
Buy on Amazon1985
The Sun Never Sets: travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire
Buy on Amazon1985
Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles
Buy on Amazon1988
The Rise and Fall of Travel
Buy on Amazon1989
Pacific Nightmare : How Japan Starts World War III
Buy on Amazon1991
Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture
Buy on Amazon1991
Hong Kong: Here Be Dragons
Buy on Amazon1992
The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze, and Back in Chinese Time
Buy on Amazon1996
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
Buy on Amazon1998
The Professor and the Madman
Buy on Amazon1998
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans
Buy on Amazon1999
The Map That Changed the World
Buy on Amazon2001
The Meaning Of Everything
Buy on Amazon2003
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
Buy on Amazon2003
Simon Winchester's Calcutta
Buy on Amazon2004
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
Buy on Amazon2005
The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Buy on Amazon2008
Bomb, Book and Compass: Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
Buy on Amazon2008
The Best American Travel Writing 2009
Buy on Amazon2009
The Alice Behind Wonderland
Buy on Amazon2011
Skulls: An Exploration of Alan Dudley's Curious Collection
Buy on Amazon2012
The Man With The Electrified Brain: Story of a Man with an Electrified Brain
Buy on Amazon2013
When the Earth Shakes: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
Buy on Amazon2015
Pacific
Buy on Amazon2015
When the Sky Breaks: Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and the Worst Weather in the World
Buy on Amazon2017
Exactly / The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
Buy on Amazon2018
The End of the River
Buy on Amazon2020
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
Buy on Amazon2021
Knowing What We Know
Buy on Amazon2023
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
Buy on Amazon2004
By the Seat of My Pants
Buy on Amazon2005
Unsavory Elements
Buy on Amazon2013
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. In Holy Terror (1975), 2. American Heartbeat (1976), 3. Their Noble Lordships: Class and Power in Modern Britain (1981), 4. Prison Diary, Argentina (1984), 5. Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire (1985), and 31 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Non-Fiction series by Simon Winchester contains 36 books. The series began in 1975 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Non-Fiction series is written by Simon Winchester. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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