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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 "Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas" (1991) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Walking with the Great Apes: Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, Birute Galdikas
1991
The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries
1991
Seasons of the Wild: A Year of Nature's Magic and Mysteries
1995
The Man-Eating Tigers of Sundarbans
1995
Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest
2000
The Wild Out Your Window: Exploring Nature Near at Hand
2002
Search for the Golden Moon Bear: Science and Adventure in Southeast Asia
2002
The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood
2006
Spell of the Tiger: The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans
2009
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World (With: Temple Grandin)
2012
Aloft: A Meditation on Pigeons & Pigeon-Flying (With: Stephen Bodio)
2014
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness
2015
Tamed and Untamed (With: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)
2017
How To Be A Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals (With: Rebecca Green)
2018
Allowed to Grow Old: Portraits of Elderly Animals from Farm Sanctuaries (With: Gene Baur,Isa Leshko,Anne Wilkes Tucker)
2019
Peaceable Kingdom: The Special Bond between Animals and their Humans (With: Sage Sohier)
2021
The Book of Turtles (With: Matt Patterson)
2023
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell (With: Matt Patterson)
2023
Secrets of the Octopus
2024
Mysterious, Marvelous Octopus! (With: Paige Towler)
2024
What the Chicken Knows
2024
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