Non-Fiction Books in Order

The recommended reading order for the Non-Fiction series is publication order: 1. V.S. Naipaul (1972), 2. The Great Railway Bazaar (1975), 3. The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas (1979), 4. To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels (1980), 5. The Kingdom by the Sea (1983), and 28 more. This is generally the best way to experience the story as the author intended.

The Non-Fiction series by Paul Theroux contains 33 books. The series began in 1972 and continues to be a popular choice for readers.

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

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Publication Order

V.S. Naipaul

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Old Patagonian Express: By Train Through the Americas

To the Ends of the Earth: The Selected Travels

The Kingdom by the Sea

Sailing Through China

The Imperial Way: By Rail from Peshawar to Chittagong

Patagonia Revisited (With: Bruce Chatwin)

Sunrise with Seamonsters

Nowhere Is a Place (With: Bruce Chatwin)

Riding the Iron Rooster

Travelling the World

The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

The Pillars of Hercules

Slow Trains to Simla

Sir Vidia's Shadow

Nurse Wolf and Dr. Sacks

Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town

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Ghost Train to the Eastern Star

The Tao of Travel: Enlightenments from Lives on the Road

The Last Train to Zona Verde: My Ultimate African Safari

Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads

Figures in a Landscape: People and Places

On the Plain of Snakes: A Mexican Journey

The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories

Travel Writing

City Sleuths and Tough Guys

The Literary Traveller

A Tangled Web

Cape Town Calling

Fakes: An Anthology of Pseudo-Interviews, Faux-Lectures, Quasi-Letters, "Found" Texts, and Other Fraudulent Artifacts

The Best American Travel Writing 2014

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