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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 "Journey Without Maps" (1936) and follow publication order through all 18 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Journey Without Maps
1936
The Lawless Roads / Another Mexico
1939
British Dramatists
1942
The Lost Childhood and Other Essays
1951
In Search of a Character
1961
In Search of a Character: Two African Journals
1961
Collected Essays
1969
A Sort of Life
1971
Pleasure Dome: The Collected Film Criticism, 1935-40
1972
Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester
1974
Why Do I Write? (With: Elizabeth Bowen,V.S. Pritchett)
1975
Ways of Escape
1980
The Other Man
1983
Reflections
1990
Fragments of Autobiography
1991
Yours etc.: Letters to the Press, 1945-89
1991
A World of My Own: A Dream Diary
1992
Articles of Faith: The Collected Tablet Journalism of Graham Greene
2006
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