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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 Zürau Aphorisms" (1931) and follow publication order through all 33 books.
The complete Non-Fiction reading order is listed below in publication sequence.
Publication Order

The Zürau Aphorisms
1931

Letter to His Father
1952

Letters to Milena
1952

Meditation
1913

The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
1949

Diaries, 1910-1923
1949

Selected Short Stories
1952

Parables and Paradoxes
1961

The Complete Stories
1976

Stories 1904-1924
1981

Best Short Stories
1997

The Unhappiness of Being a Single Man
2018

He, the Shorter Writings of Franz Kafka
2020

The Lost Writings
2020

Na Colônia Penal
1918

The Book of Fantasy
1940

Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes
1978

The Penguin Book of Horror Stories
1984

Magical Realist Fiction
1984

The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror
1992

The Short Story: 30 Masterpieces
1992

The Picador Book of Crime Writing
1993

40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology
2000

The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories
2010

Fathers: A Literary Anthology
2011

50 Classic Novellas
2011

The Big Book of Classic Horror, Fantasy & Science Fiction
2013

Flash Fiction International
2015

The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 4
2018

Great German Short Stories
2018

Writers: Their Lives and Works
2018

The Big Book of Classic Fantasy
2019
Franz Kafka was a German-speaking Bohemian author famously known for his book The Metamorphosis
1916
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