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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 "Pleasures & Treasures: Dolls" (1967) and follow publication order through all 21 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Pleasures & Treasures: Dolls
1967
A History of Toys
1972
Dolls
1973
Cromwell
1973
Mary Queen of Scots and the Historians
1974
King James, VI of Scotland, I of England
1974
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England
1975
Royal Charles
1979
King Charles II
1979
Heroes and Heroines
1980
The Six Wives of Henry VIII
1995
Faith and Treason / The Gunpowder Plot
1996
Marie Antoinette
2001
Love and Louis XIV
2006
Must You Go?
2010
Perilous Question
2013
My History: A Memoir of Growing Up
2015
Our Israeli Diary - Of That Time, Of That Place
2017
The King and the Catholics
2018
The Case of the Married Woman
2022
Lady Caroline Lamb: A Free Spirit
2023
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