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Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction books in publication order. This is generally the recommended reading order for the series.
Reading order verified: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction series? Start with "Robert Louis Stevenson" (1902) and follow publication order through all 14 books.
The complete Chesterton's Biographies Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

Robert Louis Stevenson
1902

Thomas Carlyle
1902

Tennyson
1903

Thackeray
1903

G.F. Watts
1904

Charles Dickens
1906

William Blake
1909

Saint Francis of Assisi
1923

St. Thomas Aquinas
1933

George Bernard Shaw
1935

William Cobbett
2001

Chaucer
2016

Leo Tolstoy
2017

Robert Browning
2018
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