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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 "Spanish Testament" (1937) and follow publication order through all 32 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Spanish Testament
1937

Scum of the Earth
1941

Dialogue with Death
1942

The Yogi and the Commissar and Other Essays
1945

Promise and Fulfilment: Palestine 1917-1949
1949

The God That Failed
1949

Insight and Outlook
1949

Arrow in the Blue
1952

The Trail of the Dinosaur
1952

The Invisible Writing
1954

Reflections on Hanging
1956

The Sleepwalkers
1959

The Lotus and the Robot
1960

The Watershed
1960

Hanged by the Neck
1961

Suicide of a Nation
1963

The Act of Creation
1964

The Ghost in the Machine
1967

Drinkers of Infinity: Essays 1955-1967
1968

The Case of the Midwife Toad
1971

The Roots of Coincidence
1972

Beyond Reductionism
1972

The Lion and the Ostrich
1973

The Heel of Achilles; Essays 1968-1973
1974

Astride the Two Cultures
1975

The Thirteenth Tribe
1976

Twentieth Century Views
1977

Janus: A Summing Up
1978

Kaleidoscope
1981

Bricks to Babel
1982

Stranger on the Square (With: Cynthia Koestler)
1984

Promise and Fulfilment Palestine 1917-1949
2017
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