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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 "Signifying Rappers" (1990) and follow publication order through all 25 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
Signifying Rappers
1990
The Future of Fiction
1996
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
1997
McCain's Promise
2000
Up, Simba!
2000
Everything and More
2003
Consider the Lobster and Other Essays
2005
This Is Water
2009
Fate, Time, and Language
2010
Getting Away from Already Being Pretty Much Away from It All
2012
Both Flesh and Not
2012
Quack This Way
2013
On Tennis
2014
David Foster Wallace: In His Own Words
2014
Open City #5: Change or Die
1997
The Ex-Files
2000
Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus
2004
The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
2004
The Best American Essays 2005
2005
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
2007
Thomas Demand: L'Esprit d'Escalier
2007
The Best American Essays 2007
2007
Conversaciones con David Foster Wallace
2012
Way More than Luck
2015
Conceptualisms
2022
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