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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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