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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: April 2026
Quick Answer
What order should I read the Non-Fiction series? Start with "The Desperate People" (1957) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order
The Desperate People
1957
The Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug
1958
Coppermine Journey: An Account of Great Adventure Selected from the Journals of Samuel Hearne
1958
The Black Joke (With: Victor Mays)
1962
Never Cry Wolf: The Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves
1963
Canada North Now: The Great Betrayal
1967
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
1969
Sibir: My Discovery of Siberia
1970
A Whale for the Killing
1972
Wake of the Great Sealers
1973
The Serpent's Coil
1974
The Regiment
1974
The Snow Walker
1975
This Rock within the Sea
1976
And No Birds Sang (With: Robert MacNeil)
1979
Sea of Slaughter (With: David Suzuki)
1984
My Discovery of America
1985
Virunga: The Passion of Dian Fossey / Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of Africa
1987
The New Founde Land
1989
Rescue the Earth: Conversations with the Green Crusaders
1990
Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry Wolf
1992
My Father's Son: Memories of War and Peace
1993
Aftermath: Travels in a Post-War World
1996
The Farfarers: Before the Norse
1998
Walking on the Land
2000
High Latitudes: An Arctic Journey
2002
No Man's River
2004
Bay of Spirits: A Love Story
2006
Otherwise
2008
Eastern Passage
2010
Out Among the Wolves
1993
Small Boats on Green Waters
2007
“Never Cry Wolf”
1983
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