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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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