Non-Fiction Books in Order

38
Books
1980
First Book
2019
Latest Book
40
Years

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: January 2026

Publication Order

1

The New Gods

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1980

2

Film Tricks (With: David Everitt)

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1980

3

The Manly Handbook

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1982

4

Discoveries

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1983

5

Not-The-A-Team Beauty Book (With: David Everitt)

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1984

6

The Bosom Serpent

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1988

7

American Voices

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1988

8

1989

9

1990

10

Start Collecting Comic Books

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1990

11

1994

12

The A to Z Encyclopedia of Serial Killers (With: David Everitt)

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1996

13

Original Sin: The Visionary Art of Joe Coleman

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1997

14

The Manipulator: Virile Video & Two-Fisted Cinema

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1997

15

1998

16

Real to Reel

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2000

17

2000

18

Panzram: A Journal of Murder

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2002

19

2003

20

The Serial Killer Files

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2003

21

Savage Pastimes

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2005

22

The Devil's Gentleman

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2007

23

The Whole Death Catalog

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2009

24

Killer Colt

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2010

25

Psycho USA

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2012

26

The Mad Sculptor

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2014

27

Man-Eater

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2015

28

Beauty Slain in Bath

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2015

29

Hell's Princess

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2018

30

Ripped from the Headlines!

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2020

31

2021

32

Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? (With: Eric Powell)

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2021

33

Butcher's Work

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2022

34

Murderabilia

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2023

35

50 States of Murder

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2025

36

Killer Verse: Poems of Murder and Mayhem

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2011

37

Serial Killer Quarterly Vol.1 No.3 "Unsolved in North America"

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2014

38

Reel Verse

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2019

Frequently Asked Questions

The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. The New Gods (1980), 2. Film Tricks (With: David Everitt) (1980), 3. The Manly Handbook (1982), 4. Discoveries (1983), 5. Not-The-A-Team Beauty Book (With: David Everitt) (1984), and 33 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Non-Fiction series by Harold Schechter contains 38 books. The series began in 1980 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

The Non-Fiction series is written by Harold Schechter. You can find more books and series by this author on our website.

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