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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 "The Land of the Blessed Virgin" (1905) and follow publication order through all 36 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Land of the Blessed Virgin
1905
On A Chinese Screen
1922
The Gentleman in the Parlour
1930
Don Fernando
1935
My South Sea Island
1936
The Summing Up
1938
Books and You
1940
France at War
1940
Strictly Personal
1941
Ten Novels and Their Authors
1948
A Writer's Notebook
1949
The Writer's Point of View
1951
The Vagrant Mood
1952
The Partial View
1954
The Travel Books
1955
Points of View
1958
Orientations
1899
The Trembling of a Leaf
1921
The Casuarina Tree
1926
Six Stories Written in the First Person Singular
1931
The Book Bag
1932
Ah King
1933
The Judgement Seat
1934
Cosmopolitans
1936
Princess September and the Nightingale
1939
The Mixture As Before
1940
Creatures Of Circumstance
1947
Quartet: Stories
1948
Here and There
1948
The Complete Short Stories Volume 2
1950
Trio: Stories
1950
The Complete Short Stories: Volume 3
1951
Encore: Stories
1951
Collected Short Stories
1963
Collected Stories
2004
The Skeptical Romancer
2009
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