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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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