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Dalkey Archive Essentials Books in Order
Below you'll find the complete list of Dalkey Archive Essentials 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 Dalkey Archive Essentials series? Start with "The Making of Americans (By: Gertrude Stein)" (1925) and follow publication order through all 28 books.
The complete Dalkey Archive Essentials reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Making of Americans (By: Gertrude Stein)
1925
Ryder (By: Djuna Barnes)
1928
Point Counter Point
1928
Family of Pascual Duarte (By: Anthony Kerrigan,Camilo José Cela)
1942
Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias (By: Mark Van Doren,Marguerite Young)
1945
The Planetarium (By: Nathalie Sarraute,Maria Jolas)
1959
The Sot-Weed Factor (By: John Barth)
1960
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling (By: Marguerite Young)
1965
Langrishe, Go Down (By: Aidan Higgins)
1966
Cigarettes (By: Harry Mathews)
1987
Jade Cabinet (By: Rikki Ducornet)
1993
Billy and Girl (By: Deborah Levy)
1996
Europeana (By: Patrik Ouředník,Gerald Turner)
2001
Impossible Object (By: Nicholas Mosley)
2015
Trilogy (By: Jon Fosse)
2022
Mulligan Stew (By: Gilbert Sorrentino)
2022
La Batarde (By: Violette Leduc,Derek Coltman)
2023
Nobodaddy's Children (By: John E. Woods,Arno Schmidt)
2023
Tomb for Boris Davidovich (By: Danilo Kiš)
2024
Chapel Road (By: )
2025
50 Great Short Stories
1952
War: An Anthology
1969
Moksha: Writings on Psychedelics and the Visionary Experience, 1931-1963
1977
Timothy Leary: Outside Looking In
1999
Writing Los Angeles
2002
The Little Big Book of California
2005
The Harvard Psychedelic Club
2010
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories
2019
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