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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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