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 Day the World Ended: The Mount Pelée Disaster: May 7, 1902 (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1969
The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1971
Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1972
Voyage of the Damned (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1974
Issels: The Biography of a Doctor
Buy on Amazon1975
The Day Guernica Died (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1975
Enola Gay: Mission to Hiroshima (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1977
The Day the Bubble Burst: A Social History of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1979
Bed of Nails: The Story of the Amazing Blondini
Buy on Amazon1981
Anatomy of an Epidemic (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1981
Pontiff (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1983
The Operation
Buy on Amazon1984
The Year of Armageddon: The Pope and the Bomb (With: Max Morgan-Witts)
Buy on Amazon1984
Desire and Denial: Celibacy and the Church
Buy on Amazon1986
The Jesus Conspiracy: An Investigative Reporter's Look at an Extraordinary Life & Death
Buy on Amazon1987
The Trial
Buy on Amazon1987
Journey into Madness: The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control & Medical Abuse
Buy on Amazon1987
Enslaved
Buy on Amazon1989
Chaos Under Heaven: The Shocking Story of China's Search for Democracy
Buy on Amazon1991
Trespass into Temptation
Buy on Amazon1997
Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
Buy on Amazon1999
Seeds of Fire: China and the Story Behind the Attack on America
Buy on Amazon2001
Robert Maxwell, Israel's Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul (With: Martin Dillon)
Buy on Amazon2002
Human Beings: The Weird and the Wonderful
Buy on Amazon2005
Secret Wars: One Hundred Years of British Intelligence Inside MI5 and MI6
Buy on Amazon2009
Operation Exodus: From the Nazi Death Camps to the Promised Land: A Perilous Journey That Shaped Israel's Fate
Buy on Amazon2009
Secret Wars / Inside British Intelligence
Buy on Amazon2009
Prisoners in Rabaul: Civilians Surviving Japanese Captivity, 1942-1945
Buy on Amazon2012
The Pope's Jews: The Vatican's Secret Plan to Save Jews from the Nazis
Buy on Amazon2012
Magdalene: Jesus and the Woman Who Loved Him
Buy on Amazon2014
Shadow Warriors of World War II: The Daring Women of the OSS and SOE (With: Greg Lewis)
Buy on Amazon2017
Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule (With: Greg Lewis)
Buy on Amazon2019
Frequently Asked Questions
The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. The Day the World Ended: The Mount Pelée Disaster: May 7, 1902 (With: Max Morgan-Witts) (1969), 2. The San Francisco Earthquake: A Minute-by-Minute Account of the 1906 Disaster (With: Max Morgan-Witts) (1971), 3. Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle (With: Max Morgan-Witts) (1972), 4. Voyage of the Damned (With: Max Morgan-Witts) (1974), 5. Issels: The Biography of a Doctor (1975), and 27 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.
The Non-Fiction series by Gordon Thomas contains 32 books. The series began in 1969 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.
The Non-Fiction series is written by Gordon Thomas. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.
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